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Barnsley First Half Goals
In 199 EFL League One matches, 79.9% of Barnsley’s first halves produced a goal, 1st of the 35 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 54.3% of them and conceded in 45.2%.
What Barnsley’s first halves look like
Barnsley attack the first half better than they guard it: 4th of 35 in the division for scoring before halftime, 20th for keeping the other side out. A goal arrives before halftime in 79.9% of Barnsley’s EFL League One matches. The EFL League One figure is 70.1%, so they clear their own division by a wide 9.8pp. Only 20.1% end level and goalless.
Barnsley top the EFL League One list of 35 published clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Most of the early scoring in Barnsley’s matches is their own doing. They find the net before the break in 54.3% of matches and let one in during 45.2%, 9.1pp apart.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 199 matches against a typical 138. Two goals before the break is no rarity in this fixture: 36.2% of Barnsley’s matches get there, where the division manages 32.8%.
Every figure on this page rests on 199 completed Barnsley matches over 5 seasons (2022 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Barnsley first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 79.9% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 36.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 11.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.28 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 54.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 45.2% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.72 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.56 |
| Matches counted | 199 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2022 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 | 80.0% | 38.0% | 54.0% | 45.0% | 1.32 | 100 |
| Away | 79.8% | 34.3% | 54.5% | 45.5% | 1.24 | 99 |
Barnsley score before halftime 54.0% of the time at home against 54.5% away, a gap of −0.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Barnsley against EFL League One
| Line | Barnsley | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 79.9% | 70.1% | +9.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 36.2% | 32.8% | +3.4pp |
| Over 2.5 | 11.1% | 10.5% | +0.6pp |
Counted from 199 matches · 5 seasons · 2022 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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