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Portsmouth First Half Goals
In 102 England Championship matches, 70.6% of Portsmouth’s first halves produced a goal, 14th of the 32 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 38.2% of them and conceded in 50.0%.
What Portsmouth’s first halves look like
The back line is a different proposition on the road: 60.8% of away matches bring an early goal against Portsmouth, next to 39.2% at home. Early scoring in Portsmouth’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 50.0% of matches and find the net in 38.2%, 11.8pp apart.
Home advantage arrives early for Portsmouth: they open the scoring account before halftime in 43.1% of home matches and only 33.3% of away ones, 9.8pp between them. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 102 matches against a typical 195.
The tail is heavy: 14.7% of Portsmouth’s first halves reach three goals, against 10.5% for the division as a whole. A Portsmouth away first half is worth 1.41 goals on average, a home one 1.04.
Every figure on this page rests on 102 completed Portsmouth matches over 3 seasons (2024 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Portsmouth first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 70.6% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 14.7% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.23 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 38.2% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 50.0% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.53 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.70 |
| Matches counted | 102 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2024 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 | 70.6% | 23.5% | 43.1% | 39.2% | 1.04 | 51 |
| Away | 70.6% | 39.2% | 33.3% | 60.8% | 1.41 | 51 |
Portsmouth score before halftime 43.1% of the time at home against 33.3% away, a gap of 9.8pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Portsmouth against England Championship
| Line | Portsmouth | England Championship | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 70.6% | 68.5% | +2.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.4% | 31.6% | −0.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 14.7% | 10.5% | +4.2pp |
Counted from 102 matches · 3 seasons · 2024 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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