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Peterborough United First Half Goals
In 97 EFL League One matches, 74.2% of Peterborough United’s first halves produced a goal, 4th of the 17 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 45.4% of them and conceded in 53.6%.
What Peterborough United’s first halves look like
Travel costs Peterborough United at the back: 60.4% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 46.9% of home ones. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 42.3% of Peterborough United’s matches manage it against 32.5% for the division.
Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 57% of the time, well clear of the 47% the division manages. Peterborough United attack the first half better than they guard it: 8th of 17 in the division for scoring before halftime, 17th for keeping the other side out.
The tail is heavy enough to notice: 19.6% of Peterborough United’s first halves reach three goals where the division manages 10.8%. Early scoring in Peterborough United’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 53.6% of matches and find the net in 45.4%, 8.2pp apart.
Every figure on this page rests on 97 completed Peterborough United 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.
Peterborough United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 74.2% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 42.3% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 19.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.43 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 45.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 53.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.67 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.76 |
| 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 | 77.6% | 42.9% | 49.0% | 46.9% | 1.51 | 49 |
| Away | 70.8% | 41.7% | 41.7% | 60.4% | 1.35 | 48 |
Peterborough United score before halftime 49.0% of the time at home against 41.7% away, a gap of 7.3pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Peterborough United against EFL League One
| Line | Peterborough United | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 74.2% | 68.7% | +5.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 42.3% | 32.5% | +9.8pp |
| Over 2.5 | 19.6% | 10.8% | +8.8pp |
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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