EFL League Two · first half goals
Cheltenham Town First Half Goals
In 97 EFL League Two matches, 66.0% of Cheltenham Town’s first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 18 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 35.1% of them and conceded in 51.5%.
What Cheltenham Town’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Cheltenham Town’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 51.5% of matches and find the net in 35.1%, 16.4pp apart. Travel costs Cheltenham Town at the back: 58.3% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 44.9% of home ones.
If anything Cheltenham Town start marginally brighter away: 37.5% of away matches bring an early goal of theirs against 32.7% at home. A Cheltenham Town away first half is worth 1.25 goals on average, a home one 1.00.
Counted in goals rather than matches, Cheltenham Town ship 0.70 before the break each game and put 0.42 away. Cheltenham Town sit 11th of 18 published EFL League Two clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 97 completed Cheltenham Town 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.
Cheltenham Town first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 66.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 30.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 12.4% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.12 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 35.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 51.5% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.42 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.70 |
| 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 | 61.2% | 26.5% | 32.7% | 44.9% | 1.00 | 49 |
| Away | 70.8% | 35.4% | 37.5% | 58.3% | 1.25 | 48 |
Cheltenham Town score before halftime 32.7% of the time at home against 37.5% away, a gap of −4.8pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Cheltenham Town against EFL League Two
| Line | Cheltenham Town | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 66.0% | 66.8% | −0.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 30.9% | 31.4% | −0.5pp |
| Over 2.5 | 12.4% | 10.1% | +2.3pp |
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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