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Melbourne Victory FC First Half Goals
In 142 A-League matches, 64.8% of Melbourne Victory FC’s first halves produced a goal, 12th of the 12 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 46.5% of them and conceded in 43.7%.
What Melbourne Victory FC’s first halves look like
Home advantage arrives early for Melbourne Victory FC: they open the scoring account before halftime in 52.9% of home matches and only 40.3% of away ones, 12.6pp between them. A goal arrives before halftime in 64.8% of Melbourne Victory FC’s A-League matches. Set against the A-League figure of 74.6%, that is a full 9.8pp adrift. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 35.2%.
Melbourne Victory FC sit last of the 12 published A-League clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Melbourne Victory FC guard the first half better than they attack it: 2nd of 12 in the division for early goals conceded, 10th for scoring them.
Three-goal first halves stay scarce, 11.3% of Melbourne Victory FC’s matches against 16.1% for the division as a whole. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 33.1% of Melbourne Victory FC’s matches against 37.5% across the division.
Every figure on this page rests on 142 completed Melbourne Victory FC 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.
Melbourne Victory FC first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 64.8% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 33.1% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 11.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.13 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 46.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 43.7% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.65 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.48 |
| Matches counted | 142 |
| 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 | 65.7% | 38.6% | 52.9% | 41.4% | 1.20 | 70 |
| Away | 63.9% | 27.8% | 40.3% | 45.8% | 1.06 | 72 |
Melbourne Victory FC score before halftime 52.9% of the time at home against 40.3% away, a gap of 12.6pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Melbourne Victory FC against A-League
| Line | Melbourne Victory FC | A-League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 64.8% | 74.6% | −9.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 33.1% | 37.5% | −4.4pp |
| Over 2.5 | 11.3% | 16.1% | −4.8pp |
Counted from 142 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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