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Cardiff City First Half Goals
In 189 England Championship matches, 64.0% of Cardiff City’s first halves produced a goal, 28th of the 32 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 30.7% of them and conceded in 51.3%.
What Cardiff City’s first halves look like
Early goals in Cardiff City’s matches land at the wrong end far more often than the right one: 51.3% of matches bring one against them and 30.7% bring one for them, 20.6pp apart. The back line is a different proposition on the road: 58.9% of away matches bring an early goal against Cardiff City, next to 43.6% at home.
Cardiff City run against the usual pattern, scoring before halftime more often on the road (35.8%) than at home (25.5%). Cardiff City carry the smallest home-and-away difference of any published club in the division on that measure.
Cardiff City come 28th of 32 in the published England Championship field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 189 matches against a typical 143.
Every figure on this page rests on 189 completed Cardiff City 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.
Cardiff City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 64.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 29.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 11.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.06 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 30.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 51.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.40 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.66 |
| Matches counted | 189 |
| 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 | 57.4% | 19.1% | 25.5% | 43.6% | 0.85 | 94 |
| Away | 70.5% | 40.0% | 35.8% | 58.9% | 1.27 | 95 |
Cardiff City score before halftime 25.5% of the time at home against 35.8% away, a gap of −10.3pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Cardiff City against England Championship
| Line | Cardiff City | England Championship | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 64.0% | 68.3% | −4.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 29.6% | 31.5% | −1.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 11.6% | 10.3% | +1.3pp |
Counted from 189 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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