EFL League Two · first half goals
Colchester United First Half Goals
In 97 EFL League Two matches, 58.8% of Colchester United’s first halves produced a goal, 17th of the 18 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 36.1% of them and conceded in 41.2%.
What Colchester United’s first halves look like
Colchester United run against the usual pattern, scoring before halftime more often on the road (40.8%) than at home (31.3%). Colchester United carry the smallest home-and-away difference of any published club in the division on that measure.
A goal arrives before halftime in 58.8% of Colchester United’s EFL League Two matches. Set against the EFL League Two figure of 66.8%, that is a full 8.0pp adrift. Goalless first halves are the norm rather than the exception here, at 41.2%. Colchester United guard the first half better than they attack it: 7th of 18 in the division for early goals conceded, 15th for scoring them.
Colchester United come 17th of 18 in the published EFL League Two field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Colchester United come off slightly worse in the early exchanges: one against before the break in 41.2% of matches, one of their own in 36.1%.
Every figure on this page rests on 97 completed Colchester United 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.
Colchester United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 58.8% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 29.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 11.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.06 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 36.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 41.2% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.55 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.52 |
| 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 | 56.3% | 22.9% | 31.3% | 37.5% | 0.98 | 48 |
| Away | 61.2% | 36.7% | 40.8% | 44.9% | 1.14 | 49 |
Colchester United score before halftime 31.3% of the time at home against 40.8% away, a gap of −9.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Colchester United against EFL League Two
| Line | Colchester United | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 58.8% | 66.8% | −8.0pp |
| Over 1.5 | 29.9% | 31.4% | −1.5pp |
| Over 2.5 | 11.3% | 10.1% | +1.2pp |
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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