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Sydney FC First Half Goals
In 141 A-League matches, 71.6% of Sydney FC’s first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 12 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 51.1% of them and conceded in 48.9%.
What Sydney FC’s first halves look like
Home advantage is worth a little to Sydney FC rather than a lot: 55.1% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 47.2% away. Sydney FC come 11th of 12 in the published A-League field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
First halves here rarely stop at one: where Sydney FC’s matches produce an early goal, a second follows 55% of the time, against 50% across the division. A goal arrives before halftime in 71.6% of Sydney FC’s A-League matches. The A-League figure is 74.6%, leaving them 3.0pp short of it. The other 28.4% end level and goalless.
Neither end of the pitch is much busier than the other early on in Sydney FC’s matches: they find the net before the break in 51.1% of matches and let one in during 48.9%.
Every figure on this page rests on 141 completed Sydney 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.
Sydney FC first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 71.6% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 39.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 18.4% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.34 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 51.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 48.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.67 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.67 |
| Matches counted | 141 |
| 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 | 72.5% | 40.6% | 55.1% | 50.7% | 1.35 | 69 |
| Away | 70.8% | 38.9% | 47.2% | 47.2% | 1.33 | 72 |
Sydney FC score before halftime 55.1% of the time at home against 47.2% away, a gap of 7.9pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Sydney FC against A-League
| Line | Sydney FC | A-League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 71.6% | 74.6% | −3.0pp |
| Over 1.5 | 39.7% | 37.5% | +2.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 18.4% | 16.1% | +2.3pp |
Counted from 141 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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