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Sunderland First Half Goals
In 143 England Championship matches, 66.4% of Sunderland’s first halves produced a goal, 23rd of the 32 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 42.0% of them and conceded in 41.3%.
What Sunderland’s first halves look like
Sunderland guard the first half better than they attack it: 11th of 32 in the division for early goals conceded, 18th for scoring them. Home advantage is worth a little to Sunderland rather than a lot: 45.1% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 38.9% away.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 143 matches against a typical 189. Three-goal first halves stay scarce, 5.6% of Sunderland’s matches against 10.3% for the division as a whole.
Sunderland come 23rd of 32 in the published England Championship field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 28.7% of Sunderland’s matches against 31.5% across the division.
Every figure on this page rests on 143 completed Sunderland matches over 3 seasons (2022 to 2025). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Sunderland first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 66.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 28.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 5.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.01 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 42.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 41.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.53 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.48 |
| Matches counted | 143 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2022 to 2025) |
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 | 64.8% | 32.4% | 45.1% | 39.4% | 1.06 | 71 |
| Away | 68.1% | 25.0% | 38.9% | 43.1% | 0.97 | 72 |
Sunderland score before halftime 45.1% of the time at home against 38.9% away, a gap of 6.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Sunderland against England Championship
| Line | Sunderland | England Championship | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 66.4% | 68.3% | −1.9pp |
| Over 1.5 | 28.7% | 31.5% | −2.8pp |
| Over 2.5 | 5.6% | 10.3% | −4.7pp |
Counted from 143 matches · 3 seasons · 2022 to 2025.
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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