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Hartlepool United First Half Goals
In 92 EFL League Two matches, 68.5% of Hartlepool United’s first halves produced a goal, 24th of the 36 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 33.7% of them and conceded in 51.1%.
What Hartlepool United’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Hartlepool United’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 51.1% of matches and find the net in 33.7%, 17.4pp apart. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 92 matches against a typical 141.
An early goal in Hartlepool United’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 43% of the time, where the division manages 46%. Hartlepool United sit 24th of 36 published EFL League Two clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Counted in goals rather than matches, Hartlepool United ship 0.72 before the break each game and put 0.39 away. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 29.3% of Hartlepool United’s matches against 31.8% across the division.
Every figure on this page rests on 92 completed Hartlepool United matches over 2 seasons (2021 to 2023). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Hartlepool United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 68.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 29.3% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.8% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.11 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 33.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 51.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.39 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.72 |
| Matches counted | 92 |
| Seasons covered | 2 (2021 to 2023) |
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 | 65.2% | 26.1% | 32.6% | 50.0% | 1.07 | 46 |
| Away | 71.7% | 32.6% | 34.8% | 52.2% | 1.15 | 46 |
Hartlepool United score before halftime 32.6% of the time at home against 34.8% away, a gap of −2.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Hartlepool United against EFL League Two
| Line | Hartlepool United | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 68.5% | 68.9% | −0.4pp |
| Over 1.5 | 29.3% | 31.8% | −2.5pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.8% | 11.2% | −1.4pp |
Counted from 92 matches · 2 seasons · 2021 to 2023.
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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