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Peterborough United First Half Goals
In 199 EFL League One matches, 74.9% of Peterborough United’s first halves produced a goal, 7th of the 35 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 49.7% of them and conceded in 48.2%.
What Peterborough United’s first halves look like
Peterborough United attack the first half better than they guard it: 9th of 35 in the division for scoring before halftime, 29th for keeping the other side out. Home advantage arrives early for Peterborough United: they open the scoring account before halftime in 55.6% of home matches and only 44.0% of away ones, 11.6pp between them.
Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 58% of the time, well clear of the 47% the division manages. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 43.7% of Peterborough United’s matches manage it against 32.8% for the division.
Only 6 published EFL League One clubs beat Peterborough United for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 199 matches against a typical 138.
Every figure on this page rests on 199 completed Peterborough United matches over 5 seasons (2022 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Peterborough United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 74.9% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 43.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.40 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 49.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 48.2% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.73 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.67 |
| Matches counted | 199 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2022 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 | 79.8% | 47.5% | 55.6% | 47.5% | 1.54 | 99 |
| Away | 70.0% | 40.0% | 44.0% | 49.0% | 1.27 | 100 |
Peterborough United score before halftime 55.6% of the time at home against 44.0% away, a gap of 11.6pp. 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 | 74.9% | 70.1% | +4.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 43.7% | 32.8% | +10.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.1% | 10.5% | +5.6pp |
Counted from 199 matches · 5 seasons · 2022 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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