A win away of any of the top teams against another is the main reason why the APLT table does not reflect the real table until the last game has been played; is that correct? The away team gains 2 points, while the home team loses 3 points, so that's a 5 point difference, whereas in the table it's only 3 pts.
I've been thinking if this effect can be dampened a bit, and I think the following would go some ways to do that (if there were the desire). We can apply a different standard to the top 7 teams. For example, the home games of a top 7 team against the other top 7 teams can be weighed more like 2/1/0 pts for a win/draw/loss. That would distribute the expected points as follows:
Home games: 6x2 (wins against the other top 7 teams) + 13x3 = 51 pts
Away games: 10x3 (bottom half of table) + 9x1 = 39 pts
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Total: 90 pts
Any thoughts?