EFL League One · first half goals
Milton Keynes Dons First Half Goals
In 104 EFL League One matches, 76.0% of Milton Keynes Dons’ first halves produced a goal, 6th of the 35 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 45.2% of them and conceded in 47.1%.
What Milton Keynes Dons’ first halves look like
Travel costs Milton Keynes Dons at the back: 53.8% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 40.4% of home ones. An early goal in Milton Keynes Dons’ matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 39% of the time, where the division manages 47%.
Milton Keynes Dons attack the first half better than they guard it: 17th of 35 in the division for scoring before halftime, 24th for keeping the other side out. Only 5 published EFL League One clubs beat Milton Keynes Dons for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 104 matches against a typical 148. A goal arrives before halftime in 76.0% of Milton Keynes Dons’ EFL League One matches. The EFL League One figure is 70.1%, putting them 5.9pp clear of it. The other 24.0% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 104 completed Milton Keynes Dons matches over 3 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.
Milton Keynes Dons first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 76.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 29.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 10.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.18 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 45.2% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 47.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.59 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.60 |
| Matches counted | 104 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (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 | 75.0% | 21.2% | 46.2% | 40.4% | 1.08 | 52 |
| Away | 76.9% | 38.5% | 44.2% | 53.8% | 1.29 | 52 |
Milton Keynes Dons score before halftime 46.2% of the time at home against 44.2% away, a gap of 2.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Milton Keynes Dons against EFL League One
| Line | Milton Keynes Dons | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 76.0% | 70.1% | +5.9pp |
| Over 1.5 | 29.8% | 32.8% | −3.0pp |
| Over 2.5 | 10.6% | 10.5% | +0.1pp |
Counted from 104 matches · 3 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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