EFL League One · first half goals
Rotherham United First Half Goals
In 138 EFL League One matches, 67.4% of Rotherham United’s first halves produced a goal, 26th of the 35 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 41.3% of them and conceded in 38.4%.
What Rotherham United’s first halves look like
Rotherham United guard the first half better than they attack it: 7th of 35 in the division for early goals conceded, 22nd for scoring them. Home advantage arrives early for Rotherham United: they open the scoring account before halftime in 47.8% of home matches and only 34.8% of away ones, 13.0pp between them.
An early goal in Rotherham United’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 40% of the time, where the division manages 47%. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 26.8% of Rotherham United’s matches against 32.8% across the division.
Rotherham United come 26th of 35 in the published EFL League One field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Three-goal first halves stay scarce, 7.2% of Rotherham United’s matches against 10.5% for the division as a whole.
Every figure on this page rests on 138 completed Rotherham United 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.
Rotherham United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 67.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 26.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 7.2% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.04 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 41.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 38.4% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.57 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.47 |
| Matches counted | 138 |
| 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 | 69.6% | 37.7% | 47.8% | 37.7% | 1.17 | 69 |
| Away | 65.2% | 15.9% | 34.8% | 39.1% | 0.91 | 69 |
Rotherham United score before halftime 47.8% of the time at home against 34.8% away, a gap of 13.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Rotherham United against EFL League One
| Line | Rotherham United | EFL League One | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 67.4% | 70.1% | −2.7pp |
| Over 1.5 | 26.8% | 32.8% | −6.0pp |
| Over 2.5 | 7.2% | 10.5% | −3.3pp |
Counted from 138 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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