England Championship · first half goals
Sheffield United First Half Goals
In 200 England Championship matches, 62.0% of Sheffield United’s first halves produced a goal, 31st of the 32 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 46.5% of them and conceded in 32.5%.
What Sheffield United’s first halves look like
Most of the early scoring in Sheffield United’s matches is their own doing. They find the net before the break in 46.5% of matches and let one in during 32.5%, 14.0pp apart. Home advantage arrives early for Sheffield United: they open the scoring account before halftime in 53.0% of home matches and only 40.0% of away ones, 13.0pp between them.
Sheffield United come 31st of 32 in the published England Championship field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. A goal arrives before halftime in 62.0% of Sheffield United’s England Championship matches. Set against the England Championship figure of 68.5%, that is a full 6.5pp adrift. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 38.0%.
Sheffield United guard the first half better than they attack it: 2nd of 32 in the division for early goals conceded, 8th for scoring them. There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 200 matches against a typical 149.
Every figure on this page rests on 200 completed Sheffield United 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.
Sheffield United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 62.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 27.5% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.01 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 46.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 32.5% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.61 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.40 |
| Matches counted | 200 |
| 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 | 67.0% | 32.0% | 53.0% | 30.0% | 1.09 | 100 |
| Away | 57.0% | 23.0% | 40.0% | 35.0% | 0.93 | 100 |
Sheffield United score before halftime 53.0% of the time at home against 40.0% away, a gap of 13.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Sheffield United against England Championship
| Line | Sheffield United | England Championship | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 62.0% | 68.5% | −6.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 27.5% | 31.6% | −4.1pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.5% | 10.5% | −1.0pp |
Counted from 200 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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