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Wellington Phoenix FC First Half Goals
In 135 A-League matches, 74.1% of Wellington Phoenix FC’s first halves produced a goal, 7th of the 12 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 48.1% of them and conceded in 45.9%.
What Wellington Phoenix FC’s first halves look like
Away from home the back line is barely the same unit: 58.0% of away matches bring an early goal against Wellington Phoenix FC, next to 33.3% at home. Home advantage arrives early for Wellington Phoenix FC: they open the scoring account before halftime in 53.0% of home matches and only 43.5% of away ones, 9.5pp between them.
Three-goal first halves stay scarce, 11.9% of Wellington Phoenix FC’s matches against 16.1% for the division as a whole. An early goal in Wellington Phoenix FC’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 47% of the time, where the division manages 50%.
Wellington Phoenix FC guard the first half better than they attack it: 3rd of 12 in the division for early goals conceded, 6th for scoring them. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 34.8% of Wellington Phoenix FC’s matches against 37.5% across the division.
Every figure on this page rests on 135 completed Wellington Phoenix 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.
Wellington Phoenix FC first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 74.1% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 34.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 11.9% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.23 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 48.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 45.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.59 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.64 |
| Matches counted | 135 |
| 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 | 66.7% | 30.3% | 53.0% | 33.3% | 1.11 | 66 |
| Away | 81.2% | 39.1% | 43.5% | 58.0% | 1.35 | 69 |
Wellington Phoenix FC score before halftime 53.0% of the time at home against 43.5% away, a gap of 9.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Wellington Phoenix FC against A-League
| Line | Wellington Phoenix FC | A-League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 74.1% | 74.6% | −0.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 34.8% | 37.5% | −2.7pp |
| Over 2.5 | 11.9% | 16.1% | −4.2pp |
Counted from 135 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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