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Port Vale First Half Goals
In 105 EFL League Two matches, 63.8% of Port Vale’s first halves produced a goal, 33rd of the 36 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 47.6% of them and conceded in 33.3%.
What Port Vale’s first halves look like
Most of the early scoring in Port Vale’s matches is their own doing. They find the net before the break in 47.6% of matches and let one in during 33.3%, 14.3pp apart. Travel costs Port Vale at the back: 39.6% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 26.9% of home ones.
Home advantage arrives early for Port Vale: they open the scoring account before halftime in 53.8% of home matches and only 41.5% of away ones, 12.3pp between them. Port Vale come 33rd of 36 in the published EFL League Two field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Port Vale guard the first half better than they attack it: 4th of 36 in the division for early goals conceded, 10th for scoring them. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 105 matches against a typical 141.
Every figure on this page rests on 105 completed Port Vale matches over 3 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.
Port Vale first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 63.8% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 27.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.05 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 47.6% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 33.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.64 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.41 |
| Matches counted | 105 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (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 | 63.5% | 28.8% | 53.8% | 26.9% | 1.04 | 52 |
| Away | 64.2% | 26.4% | 41.5% | 39.6% | 1.06 | 53 |
Port Vale score before halftime 53.8% of the time at home against 41.5% away, a gap of 12.3pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Port Vale against EFL League Two
| Line | Port Vale | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 63.8% | 68.7% | −4.9pp |
| Over 1.5 | 27.6% | 31.8% | −4.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.5% | 11.2% | −1.7pp |
Counted from 105 matches · 3 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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