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Newport County First Half Goals
In 242 EFL League Two matches, 68.2% of Newport County’s first halves produced a goal, 24th of the 36 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 40.9% of them and conceded in 47.1%.
What Newport County’s first halves look like
Home advantage arrives early for Newport County: they open the scoring account before halftime in 45.5% of home matches and only 36.4% of away ones, 9.1pp between them. Newport County come off slightly worse in the early exchanges: one against before the break in 47.1% of matches, one of their own in 40.9%.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 242 matches against a typical 140. First halves here rarely stop at one: where Newport County’s matches produce an early goal, a second follows 51% of the time, against 46% across the division.
Newport County attack the first half better than they guard it: 25th of 36 in the division for scoring before halftime, 29th for keeping the other side out. The tail is heavy: 14.5% of Newport County’s first halves reach three goals, against 11.2% for the division as a whole.
Every figure on this page rests on 242 completed Newport County matches over 6 seasons (2021 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Newport County first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 68.2% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 34.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 14.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.21 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 40.9% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 47.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.57 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.64 |
| Matches counted | 242 |
| Seasons covered | 6 (2021 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 | 66.1% | 35.5% | 45.5% | 43.8% | 1.21 | 121 |
| Away | 70.2% | 33.9% | 36.4% | 50.4% | 1.21 | 121 |
Newport County score before halftime 45.5% of the time at home against 36.4% away, a gap of 9.1pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Newport County against EFL League Two
| Line | Newport County | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 68.2% | 68.7% | −0.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 34.7% | 31.8% | +2.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 14.5% | 11.2% | +3.3pp |
Counted from 242 matches · 6 seasons · 2021 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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