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Bristol Rovers First Half Goals
In 138 EFL League One matches, 72.5% of Bristol Rovers’ first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 35 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 34.8% of them and conceded in 53.6%.
What Bristol Rovers’ first halves look like
Early goals in Bristol Rovers’ matches land at the wrong end far more often than the right one: 53.6% of matches bring one against them and 34.8% bring one for them, 18.8pp apart. Home advantage arrives early for Bristol Rovers: they open the scoring account before halftime in 39.1% of home matches and only 30.4% of away ones, 8.7pp between them.
Only 10 published EFL League One clubs beat Bristol Rovers for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Bristol Rovers attack the first half better than they guard it: 30th of 35 in the division for scoring before halftime, 33rd for keeping the other side out.
A goal arrives before halftime in 72.5% of Bristol Rovers’ EFL League One matches. That edges the EFL League One figure of 70.2%, without much in it. The other 27.5% end level and goalless. Counted in goals rather than matches, Bristol Rovers ship 0.72 before the break each game and put 0.46 away.
Every figure on this page rests on 138 completed Bristol Rovers 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.
Bristol Rovers first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 72.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 32.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.4% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.19 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 34.8% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 53.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.46 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.72 |
| Matches counted | 138 |
| 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 | 71.0% | 33.3% | 39.1% | 50.7% | 1.12 | 69 |
| Away | 73.9% | 31.9% | 30.4% | 56.5% | 1.26 | 69 |
Bristol Rovers score before halftime 39.1% of the time at home against 30.4% away, a gap of 8.7pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Bristol Rovers against EFL League One
| Line | Bristol Rovers | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 72.5% | 70.2% | +2.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 32.6% | 33.0% | −0.4pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.4% | 10.5% | −1.1pp |
Counted from 138 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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