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Blackpool First Half Goals
In 97 EFL League One matches, 69.1% of Blackpool’s first halves produced a goal, 10th of the 17 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 44.3% of them and conceded in 42.3%.
What Blackpool’s first halves look like
Blackpool are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 52.1% of home matches, 36.7% of away ones, 15.4pp between them. No published club in the division leans on its own ground more than Blackpool do for early goals.
Blackpool guard the first half better than they attack it: 6th of 17 in the division for early goals conceded, 9th for scoring them. Neither end of the pitch is much busier than the other early on in Blackpool’s matches: they find the net before the break in 44.3% of matches and let one in during 42.3%.
Blackpool sit 10th of 17 published EFL League One clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. A goal arrives before halftime in 69.1% of Blackpool’s EFL League One matches. The EFL League One figure is 68.7%, which is as close to the division norm as this measure gets. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 30.9%.
Every figure on this page rests on 97 completed Blackpool matches over 3 seasons (2024 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Blackpool first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 69.1% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 32.0% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 11.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.16 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 44.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 42.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.61 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.56 |
| Matches counted | 97 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2024 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 | 72.9% | 35.4% | 52.1% | 45.8% | 1.27 | 48 |
| Away | 65.3% | 28.6% | 36.7% | 38.8% | 1.06 | 49 |
Blackpool score before halftime 52.1% of the time at home against 36.7% away, a gap of 15.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Blackpool against EFL League One
| Line | Blackpool | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 69.1% | 68.7% | +0.4pp |
| Over 1.5 | 32.0% | 32.5% | −0.5pp |
| Over 2.5 | 11.3% | 10.8% | +0.5pp |
Counted from 97 matches · 3 seasons · 2024 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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