2. Bundesliga · first half goals
St. Pauli First Half Goals
In 102 2. Bundesliga matches, 73.5% of St. Pauli’s first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 23 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 55.9% of them and conceded in 35.3%.
What St. Pauli’s first halves look like
Early scoring in St. Pauli’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 55.9% of matches and at the wrong one in 35.3%, 20.6pp apart. The back line is a different proposition on the road: 45.1% of away matches bring an early goal against St. Pauli, next to 25.5% at home.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 102 matches against a typical 136. A St. Pauli away first half is worth 1.51 goals on average, a home one 1.16.
First halves here rarely stop at one: where St. Pauli’s matches produce an early goal, a second follows 56% of the time, against 53% across the division. Counted in goals rather than matches, St. Pauli put 0.87 past the opposition before the break each game and ship 0.46.
Every figure on this page rests on 102 completed St. Pauli matches over 3 seasons (2021 to 2024). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
St. Pauli first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 73.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 41.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 12.7% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.33 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 55.9% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 35.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.87 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.46 |
| Matches counted | 102 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2021 to 2024) |
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 | 68.6% | 37.3% | 56.9% | 25.5% | 1.16 | 51 |
| Away | 78.4% | 45.1% | 54.9% | 45.1% | 1.51 | 51 |
St. Pauli score before halftime 56.9% of the time at home against 54.9% away, a gap of 2.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
St. Pauli against 2. Bundesliga
| Line | St. Pauli | 2. Bundesliga | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 73.5% | 73.2% | +0.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 41.2% | 38.6% | +2.6pp |
| Over 2.5 | 12.7% | 14.6% | −1.9pp |
Counted from 102 matches · 3 seasons · 2021 to 2024.
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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