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Southampton First Half Goals
In 103 England Championship matches, 72.8% of Southampton’s first halves produced a goal, 5th of the 32 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 56.3% of them and conceded in 37.9%.
What Southampton’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Southampton’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 56.3% of matches and at the wrong one in 37.9%, 18.4pp apart. Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 56% of the time, well clear of the 46% the division manages.
A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 40.8% of Southampton’s matches manage it against 31.5% for the division. Home advantage is worth a little to Southampton rather than a lot: 60.0% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 52.8% away.
The tail is heavy enough to notice: 17.5% of Southampton’s first halves reach three goals where the division manages 10.3%. Only 4 published England Championship clubs beat Southampton for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 103 completed Southampton matches over 3 seasons (2023 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Southampton first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 72.8% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 40.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 17.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.38 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 56.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 37.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.86 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.51 |
| Matches counted | 103 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2023 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 | 78.0% | 50.0% | 60.0% | 38.0% | 1.54 | 50 |
| Away | 67.9% | 32.1% | 52.8% | 37.7% | 1.23 | 53 |
Southampton score before halftime 60.0% of the time at home against 52.8% away, a gap of 7.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Southampton against England Championship
| Line | Southampton | England Championship | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 72.8% | 68.3% | +4.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 40.8% | 31.5% | +9.3pp |
| Over 2.5 | 17.5% | 10.3% | +7.2pp |
Counted from 103 matches · 3 seasons · 2023 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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