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Cambridge United First Half Goals
In 189 EFL League One matches, 66.7% of Cambridge United’s first halves produced a goal, 28th of the 35 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 35.4% of them and conceded in 46.0%.
What Cambridge United’s first halves look like
The back line is a different proposition on the road: 53.7% of away matches bring an early goal against Cambridge United, next to 38.3% at home. Early scoring in Cambridge United’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 46.0% of matches and find the net in 35.4%, 10.6pp apart.
Home advantage is worth a little to Cambridge United rather than a lot: 39.4% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 31.6% away. Cambridge United guard the first half better than they attack it: 22nd of 35 in the division for early goals conceded, 28th for scoring them.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 189 matches against a typical 138. Cambridge United come 28th of 35 in the published EFL League One field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 189 completed Cambridge United matches over 5 seasons (2021 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Cambridge United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 66.7% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 8.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.08 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 35.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 46.0% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.42 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.66 |
| Matches counted | 189 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2021 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 | 64.9% | 28.7% | 39.4% | 38.3% | 1.03 | 94 |
| Away | 68.4% | 33.7% | 31.6% | 53.7% | 1.14 | 95 |
Cambridge United score before halftime 39.4% of the time at home against 31.6% away, a gap of 7.8pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Cambridge United against EFL League One
| Line | Cambridge United | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 66.7% | 70.2% | −3.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.2% | 33.0% | −1.8pp |
| Over 2.5 | 8.5% | 10.5% | −2.0pp |
Counted from 189 matches · 5 seasons · 2021 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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