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Köln First Half Goals
In 142 Bundesliga matches, 67.6% of Köln’s first halves produced a goal, 19th of the 19 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 39.4% of them and conceded in 53.5%.
What Köln’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Köln’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 53.5% of matches and find the net in 39.4%, 14.1pp apart. Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 33.1% against 43.8% across the division.
A goal arrives before halftime in 67.6% of Köln’s Bundesliga matches. Set against the Bundesliga figure of 77.4%, that is a full 9.8pp adrift. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 32.4%. Köln sit last of the 19 published Bundesliga clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
An early goal in Köln’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 49% of the time, where the division manages 57%. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 142 matches against a typical 176.
Every figure on this page rests on 142 completed Köln 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.
Köln first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 67.6% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 33.1% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.25 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 39.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 53.5% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.52 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.73 |
| 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 | 66.2% | 28.2% | 36.6% | 53.5% | 1.14 | 71 |
| Away | 69.0% | 38.0% | 42.3% | 53.5% | 1.35 | 71 |
Köln score before halftime 36.6% of the time at home against 42.3% 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.
Köln against Bundesliga
| Line | Köln | Bundesliga | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 67.6% | 77.4% | −9.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 33.1% | 43.8% | −10.7pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.5% | 17.7% | −2.2pp |
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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