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Here is the Form chart for Round 8 and latest form breakdown for Home and Away games. These charts pickup on the form of the teams from the end of the 2013 season.
The first chart displays how difficult the next 6 games will be for a team. Difficulty is ranked from 1 to 5 and an advantage is given to a team that is playing at home (+1 difficulty). The chart can be read as: Team “X” on the left is playing Team “Y” at Home (if bold) or Away (if not bold). Double games and byes will also be included when they come up.
The second chart breaks down a teams at home, away, and from the last 6 games.
If you have any questions, you can also reach me on Twitter at @MLSFantasyBoss or in the Live Chat to the right of this page.
Dashdar – I really appreciate all you put into MLS Fantasy Boss and the game in general. I’ve been trying to figure out the Form Difficulty Chart. I get the olive green color is for DGWs and I understand how you derive the Form percentages. I get that in Week 8, Dallas plays DC in DC (because dc is in lower case and the A means DAL has an Away Game – “dc-4A”) but I don’t understand what the “4” in “dc-4A” means. And I can’t figure out how the colors are derived (Green, Red, Yellow) or how the Game Ease percentage is derived. It may come to me if I study it long enough, but I thought I should ask the creator since we have less than 7 hours until the transfer deadline. Thanks in advance. – Rick S.
Hey Rick,
So there are 6 difficulty levels for a team. 1 & 2 are Green, 3 & 4 are yellow, and 5 & 6 are red.
So for DC v DAL: Dallas is playing away at DC and the difficulty is a 4 out of 6.
The game ease is based on a table. I originally got permission to base this chat off of the ones at a now deal FPL site. If you add up the difficulty values over the 6 weeks (DGW/2), the totals correspond to a value range on a chart I have. It’s a range because that gives rome to adjust based on form.
It’s not an exact science, but people seem to like it. On a related note. In the coming months, I’m going to start publishing a second chart as people from the MLS Fantasy Boss community provide suggestions for how to improve the form chart.