Reading the last-five-games form guide the right way
The five-game form boxes are handy at a glance, but they can easily mislead if you don’t check who the opponents were.
Three questions to ask
- Were the opponents in those 5 games strong or weak?
- How many were home games, and how many were away games?
- Did the starting lineup change much?
Combine it with other stats
Putting form next to goals scored, goals conceded and xG helps you tell a team that is genuinely good from one that has just had an easy run of fixtures.
