EFL League One · first half goals
Lincoln City First Half Goals
In 92 EFL League One matches, 75.0% of Lincoln City’s first halves produced a goal, 3rd of the 17 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 63.0% of them and conceded in 31.5%.
What Lincoln City’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Lincoln City’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 63.0% of matches and at the wrong one in 31.5%, 31.5pp apart. Home advantage arrives early for Lincoln City: they open the scoring account before halftime in 69.6% of home matches and only 56.5% of away ones, 13.1pp between them.
Only 2 published EFL League One clubs beat Lincoln City for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. A goal arrives before halftime in 75.0% of Lincoln City’s EFL League One matches. The EFL League One figure is 68.7%, so they clear their own division by a wide 6.3pp. The other 25.0% end level and goalless.
An early goal in Lincoln City’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 42% of the time, where the division manages 47%. Counted in goals rather than matches, Lincoln City put 0.83 past the opposition before the break each game and ship 0.42.
Every figure on this page rests on 92 completed Lincoln City matches over 2 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.
Lincoln City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 75.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.5% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 13.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.25 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 63.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 31.5% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.83 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.42 |
| Matches counted | 92 |
| Seasons covered | 2 (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 | 73.9% | 37.0% | 69.6% | 28.3% | 1.30 | 46 |
| Away | 76.1% | 26.1% | 56.5% | 34.8% | 1.20 | 46 |
Lincoln City score before halftime 69.6% of the time at home against 56.5% away, a gap of 13.1pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Lincoln City against EFL League One
| Line | Lincoln City | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 75.0% | 68.7% | +6.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.5% | 32.5% | −1.0pp |
| Over 2.5 | 13.0% | 10.8% | +2.2pp |
Counted from 92 matches · 2 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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