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Excelsior First Half Goals
In 143 Eerste Divisie matches, 71.3% of Excelsior’s first halves produced a goal, 23rd of the 26 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 51.0% of them and conceded in 41.3%.
What Excelsior’s first halves look like
Excelsior guard the first half better than they attack it: 3rd of 26 in the division for early goals conceded, 14th for scoring them. Most of the early scoring in Excelsior’s matches is their own doing. They find the net before the break in 51.0% of matches and let one in during 41.3%, 9.7pp apart.
Home advantage arrives early for Excelsior: they open the scoring account before halftime in 55.6% of home matches and only 46.5% of away ones, 9.1pp between them. Excelsior come 23rd of 26 in the published Eerste Divisie field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 143 matches against a typical 295. A goal arrives before halftime in 71.3% of Excelsior’s Eerste Divisie matches. The Eerste Divisie figure is 75.7%, leaving them 4.4pp short of it. The other 28.7% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 143 completed Excelsior matches over 4 seasons (2019 to 2025). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Excelsior first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 71.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 40.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.38 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 51.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 41.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.80 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.57 |
| Matches counted | 143 |
| Seasons covered | 4 (2019 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 | 77.8% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 44.4% | 1.54 | 72 |
| Away | 64.8% | 36.6% | 46.5% | 38.0% | 1.21 | 71 |
Excelsior score before halftime 55.6% of the time at home against 46.5% away, a gap of 9.1pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Excelsior against Eerste Divisie
| Line | Excelsior | Eerste Divisie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 71.3% | 75.7% | −4.4pp |
| Over 1.5 | 40.6% | 40.8% | −0.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.1% | 16.8% | −0.7pp |
Counted from 143 matches · 4 seasons · 2019 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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