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Walsall First Half Goals
In 100 EFL League Two matches, 64.0% of Walsall’s first halves produced a goal, 14th of the 18 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 41.0% of them and conceded in 41.0%.
What Walsall’s first halves look like
An early goal in Walsall’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 39% of the time, where the division manages 47%. Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 25.0% against 31.4% across the division.
Walsall guard the first half better than they attack it: 6th of 18 in the division for early goals conceded, 11th for scoring them. Walsall come 14th of 18 in the published EFL League Two field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Where Walsall play barely moves when they score: 42.9% of home matches bring a first-half goal of theirs, 39.2% of away ones. A goal arrives before halftime in 64.0% of Walsall’s EFL League Two matches. The EFL League Two figure is 66.8%, leaving them 2.8pp short of it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 36.0%.
Every figure on this page rests on 100 completed Walsall matches over 3 seasons (2024 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Walsall first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 64.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 25.0% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.02 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 41.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 41.0% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.53 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.49 |
| Matches counted | 100 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2024 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 | 69.4% | 20.4% | 42.9% | 44.9% | 1.06 | 49 |
| Away | 58.8% | 29.4% | 39.2% | 37.3% | 0.98 | 51 |
Walsall score before halftime 42.9% of the time at home against 39.2% away, a gap of 3.7pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Walsall against EFL League Two
| Line | Walsall | EFL League Two | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 64.0% | 66.8% | −2.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 25.0% | 31.4% | −6.4pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.0% | 10.1% | −1.1pp |
Counted from 100 matches · 3 seasons · 2024 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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