EFL League Two · first half goals
Gillingham First Half Goals
In 196 EFL League Two matches, 59.2% of Gillingham’s first halves produced a goal, 35th of the 36 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 31.1% of them and conceded in 42.3%.
What Gillingham’s first halves look like
Gillingham guard the first half better than they attack it: 11th of 36 in the division for early goals conceded, 36th for scoring them. Early scoring in Gillingham’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 42.3% of matches and find the net in 31.1%, 11.2pp apart.
A goal arrives before halftime in 59.2% of Gillingham’s EFL League Two matches. Set against the EFL League Two figure of 68.7%, that is a full 9.5pp adrift. Goalless first halves are the norm rather than the exception here, at 40.8%. Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 22.4% against 31.8% across the division.
Travel costs Gillingham at the back: 46.9% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 37.8% of home ones. Gillingham come 35th of 36 in the published EFL League Two field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 196 completed Gillingham matches over 5 seasons (2022 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Gillingham first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 59.2% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 22.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 6.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 0.92 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 31.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 42.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.36 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.57 |
| Matches counted | 196 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2022 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 | 56.1% | 22.4% | 31.6% | 37.8% | 0.84 | 98 |
| Away | 62.2% | 22.4% | 30.6% | 46.9% | 1.01 | 98 |
Gillingham score before halftime 31.6% of the time at home against 30.6% away, a gap of 1.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Gillingham against EFL League Two
| Line | Gillingham | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 59.2% | 68.7% | −9.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 22.4% | 31.8% | −9.4pp |
| Over 2.5 | 6.6% | 11.2% | −4.6pp |
Counted from 196 matches · 5 seasons · 2022 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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