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Bristol Rovers First Half Goals
In 97 EFL League Two matches, 72.2% of Bristol Rovers’ first halves produced a goal, 7th of the 36 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 43.3% of them and conceded in 42.3%.
What Bristol Rovers’ first halves look like
Away from home the back line is barely the same unit: 54.2% of away matches bring an early goal against Bristol Rovers, next to 30.6% at home. Home advantage is worth a little to Bristol Rovers rather than a lot: 46.9% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 39.6% away.
Bristol Rovers guard the first half better than they attack it: 11th of 36 in the division for early goals conceded, 18th for scoring them. Only 6 published EFL League Two clubs beat Bristol Rovers for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 97 matches against a typical 141. An early goal in Bristol Rovers’ matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 41% of the time, where the division manages 46%.
Every figure on this page rests on 97 completed Bristol Rovers matches over 3 seasons (2021 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Bristol Rovers first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 72.2% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 29.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 8.2% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.11 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 43.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 42.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.56 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.56 |
| Matches counted | 97 |
| 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 | 63.3% | 34.7% | 46.9% | 30.6% | 1.08 | 49 |
| Away | 81.3% | 25.0% | 39.6% | 54.2% | 1.15 | 48 |
Bristol Rovers score before halftime 46.9% of the time at home against 39.6% 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.
Bristol Rovers against EFL League Two
| Line | Bristol Rovers | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 72.2% | 68.9% | +3.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 29.9% | 31.8% | −1.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 8.2% | 11.2% | −3.0pp |
Counted from 97 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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