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Chesterfield First Half Goals
In 101 EFL League Two matches, 73.3% of Chesterfield’s first halves produced a goal, 3rd of the 18 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 51.5% of them and conceded in 44.6%.
What Chesterfield’s first halves look like
Home advantage arrives early for Chesterfield: they open the scoring account before halftime in 58.8% of home matches and only 44.0% of away ones, 14.8pp between them. Oddly, it is at home that Chesterfield are breached early more often, 51.0% of home matches against 38.0% away.
Chesterfield attack the first half better than they guard it: 2nd of 18 in the division for scoring before halftime, 12th for keeping the other side out. Chesterfield shade the early exchanges without dominating them: a goal of their own before the break in 51.5% of matches, one against in 44.6%.
Only 2 published EFL League Two clubs beat Chesterfield for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. A goal arrives before halftime in 73.3% of Chesterfield’s EFL League Two matches. The EFL League Two figure is 66.8%, so they clear their own division by a wide 6.5pp. The other 26.7% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 101 completed Chesterfield matches over 3 seasons (2024 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Chesterfield first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 73.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 35.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 12.9% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.26 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 51.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 44.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.67 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.58 |
| Matches counted | 101 |
| 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 | 84.3% | 43.1% | 58.8% | 51.0% | 1.43 | 51 |
| Away | 62.0% | 28.0% | 44.0% | 38.0% | 1.08 | 50 |
Chesterfield score before halftime 58.8% of the time at home against 44.0% away, a gap of 14.8pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Chesterfield against EFL League Two
| Line | Chesterfield | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 73.3% | 66.8% | +6.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 35.6% | 31.4% | +4.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 12.9% | 10.1% | +2.8pp |
Counted from 101 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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