Schedule Difficulty attempts to forecast how easy (or difficult) a team's upcoming fixtures are. The opposition's team rating and home ground advantage are the main factors in grading the difficulty of the fixture. The overall schedule difficulty is an aggregation of all the matches the team is yet to play.
2021 SI AFL SCHEDULE DIFFICULTY
Team
R6
R7
R8
R9
Overall
1
ST KILDASTK
@POR
HAW
@GCS
GEE
1.4
2
GEELONGGEE
WCE
@SYD
@RIC
@STK
1.4
3
GOLD COASTGCS
SYD
@COL
STK
BRI
1.1
4
ADELAIDEADE
@HAW
GWS
@POR
@WCE
1.0
5
GWSGWS
WBD
@ADE
ESS
@RIC
0.9
6
MELBOURNEMEL
RIC
@NME
SYD
CAR
0.7
7
N MELBOURNENME
@FRE
MEL
COL
@HAW
0.4
8
FREMANTLEFRE
NME
@WCE
BRI
@ESS
0.4
9
BULLDOGSWBD
@GWS
@RIC
CAR
@POR
0.3
10
RICHMONDRIC
@MEL
WBD
GEE
GWS
0.2
11
COLLINGWOODCOL
ESS
GCS
@NME
@SYD
-0.2
12
CARLTONCAR
BRI
@ESS
@WBD
@MEL
-0.6
13
P ADELAIDEPOR
STK
@BRI
ADE
WBD
-0.7
14
WEST COASTWCE
@GEE
FRE
@HAW
ADE
-0.8
15
HAWTHORNHAW
ADE
@STK
WCE
NME
-1.0
16
BRISBANEBRI
@CAR
POR
@FRE
@GCS
-1.3
17
SYDNEYSYD
@GCS
GEE
@MEL
COL
-1.6
18
ESSENDONESS
@COL
CAR
@GWS
FRE
-1.8