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Paderborn First Half Goals
In 170 2. Bundesliga matches, 72.9% of Paderborn’s first halves produced a goal, 12th of the 23 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 52.4% of them and conceded in 45.9%.
What Paderborn’s first halves look like
Paderborn shade the early exchanges without dominating them: a goal of their own before the break in 52.4% of matches, one against in 45.9%. There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 170 matches against a typical 136.
Where Paderborn play barely moves when they score: 50.6% of home matches bring a first-half goal of theirs, 54.1% of away ones. Paderborn attack the first half better than they guard it: 5th of 23 in the division for scoring before halftime, 8th for keeping the other side out.
The tail is heavy: 17.1% of Paderborn’s first halves reach three goals, against 14.6% for the division as a whole. A goal arrives before halftime in 72.9% of Paderborn’s 2. Bundesliga matches. The 2. Bundesliga figure is 73.2%, which is as close to the division norm as this measure gets. The other 27.1% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 170 completed Paderborn matches over 5 seasons (2021 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Paderborn first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 72.9% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 37.1% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 17.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.36 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 52.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 45.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.71 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.65 |
| Matches counted | 170 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2021 to 2026) |
The over rows count goals by either side; the scored and conceded rows split that between them.
Home and away
| Venue | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Scored | Conceded | Avg goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 74.1% | 38.8% | 50.6% | 49.4% | 1.42 | 85 |
| Away | 71.8% | 35.3% | 54.1% | 42.4% | 1.29 | 85 |
Paderborn score before halftime 50.6% of the time at home against 54.1% away, a gap of −3.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Paderborn against 2. Bundesliga
| Line | Paderborn | 2. Bundesliga | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 72.9% | 73.2% | −0.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 37.1% | 38.6% | −1.5pp |
| Over 2.5 | 17.1% | 14.6% | +2.5pp |
Counted from 170 matches · 5 seasons · 2021 to 2026.
How to read these numbers
- These are historical rates over pooled seasons, not a forecast. A club that has changed manager, division or squad reads as the average of every version of itself on record.
- The opponent matters as much as the club. A high-scoring side against a defense that rarely concedes early is a different fixture from the same side against one that does.
For the model’s estimate of an actual upcoming fixture rather than this club’s history, see first half goals predictions and how the model works.
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