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Reading First Half Goals
In 92 England Championship matches, 68.5% of Reading’s first halves produced a goal, 19th of the 32 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 35.9% of them and conceded in 50.0%.
What Reading’s first halves look like
Reading are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 45.7% of home matches, 26.1% of away ones, 19.6pp between them. Early scoring in Reading’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 35.9%, 14.1pp apart.
Travel costs Reading at the back: 56.5% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 43.5% of home ones. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 92 matches against a typical 189.
Reading guard the first half better than they attack it: 25th of 32 in the division for early goals conceded, 30th for scoring them. An early goal in Reading’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 41% of the time, where the division manages 46%.
Every figure on this page rests on 92 completed Reading matches over 2 seasons (2021 to 2023). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Reading first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 68.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 28.3% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.8% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.12 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 35.9% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 50.0% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.45 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.67 |
| Matches counted | 92 |
| Seasons covered | 2 (2021 to 2023) |
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 | 67.4% | 32.6% | 45.7% | 43.5% | 1.15 | 46 |
| Away | 69.6% | 23.9% | 26.1% | 56.5% | 1.09 | 46 |
Reading score before halftime 45.7% of the time at home against 26.1% away, a gap of 19.6pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Reading against England Championship
| Line | Reading | England Championship | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 68.5% | 68.3% | +0.2pp |
| Over 1.5 | 28.3% | 31.5% | −3.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.8% | 10.3% | −0.5pp |
Counted from 92 matches · 2 seasons · 2021 to 2023.
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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