EFL League Two · first half goals
Salford City First Half Goals
In 247 EFL League Two matches, 68.4% of Salford City’s first halves produced a goal, 22nd of the 36 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 48.2% of them and conceded in 44.1%.
What Salford City’s first halves look like
Salford City attack the first half better than they guard it: 9th of 36 in the division for scoring before halftime, 22nd for keeping the other side out. Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 56% of the time, well clear of the 46% the division manages.
Home advantage is worth a little to Salford City rather than a lot: 52.0% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 44.4% away. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 38.1% of Salford City’s matches manage it against 31.8% for the division.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 247 matches against a typical 140. Salford City shade the early exchanges without dominating them: a goal of their own before the break in 48.2% of matches, one against in 44.1%.
Every figure on this page rests on 247 completed Salford City 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.
Salford City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 68.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 38.1% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 14.2% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.24 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 48.2% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 44.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.65 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.59 |
| Matches counted | 247 |
| 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 | 70.7% | 39.0% | 52.0% | 41.5% | 1.23 | 123 |
| Away | 66.1% | 37.1% | 44.4% | 46.8% | 1.25 | 124 |
Salford City score before halftime 52.0% of the time at home against 44.4% away, a gap of 7.6pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Salford City against EFL League Two
| Line | Salford City | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 68.4% | 68.7% | −0.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 38.1% | 31.8% | +6.3pp |
| Over 2.5 | 14.2% | 11.2% | +3.0pp |
Counted from 247 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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