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Santa Cruz First Half Goals
In 140 LFPB matches, 69.3% of Santa Cruz’s first halves produced a goal, 15th of the 17 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 38.6% of them and conceded in 47.9%.
What Santa Cruz’s first halves look like
Away from home the back line is barely the same unit: 62.9% of away matches bring an early goal against Santa Cruz, next to 32.9% at home. Early scoring in Santa Cruz’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 47.9% of matches and find the net in 38.6%, 9.3pp apart.
Santa Cruz come 15th of 17 in the published LFPB field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 140 matches against a typical 194.
Home advantage is worth a little to Santa Cruz rather than a lot: 41.4% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 35.7% away. A Santa Cruz away first half is worth 1.41 goals on average, a home one 0.94.
Every figure on this page rests on 140 completed Santa Cruz matches over 4 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.
Santa Cruz first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 69.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 32.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 12.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.18 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 38.6% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 47.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.45 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.73 |
| Matches counted | 140 |
| Seasons covered | 4 (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 | 61.4% | 27.1% | 41.4% | 32.9% | 0.94 | 70 |
| Away | 77.1% | 38.6% | 35.7% | 62.9% | 1.41 | 70 |
Santa Cruz score before halftime 41.4% of the time at home against 35.7% away, a gap of 5.7pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Santa Cruz against LFPB
| Line | Santa Cruz | LFPB | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 69.3% | 72.8% | −3.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 32.9% | 37.0% | −4.1pp |
| Over 2.5 | 12.1% | 16.1% | −4.0pp |
Counted from 140 matches · 4 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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