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Ajax First Half Goals
In 308 Eredivisie matches, 80.2% of Ajax’s first halves produced a goal, 2nd of the 25 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 68.5% of them and conceded in 34.1%.
What Ajax’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Ajax’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 68.5% of matches and at the wrong one in 34.1%, 34.4pp apart. Ajax are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 76.3% of home matches, 60.5% of away ones, 15.8pp between them.
Travel costs Ajax at the back: 38.8% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 29.5% of home ones. Only 1 published Eredivisie club beats Ajax for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 308 matches against a typical 242. The tail is heavy: 21.4% of Ajax’s first halves reach three goals, against 15.4% for the division as a whole.
Every figure on this page rests on 308 completed Ajax matches over 10 seasons (2017 to 2026). That is a large enough sample that the venue rows above are worth reading as two separate records rather than one split in half.
Ajax first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 80.2% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 46.1% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 21.4% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.55 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 68.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 34.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 1.14 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.41 |
| Matches counted | 308 |
| Seasons covered | 10 (2017 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 | 84.6% | 48.1% | 76.3% | 29.5% | 1.63 | 156 |
| Away | 75.7% | 44.1% | 60.5% | 38.8% | 1.47 | 152 |
Ajax score before halftime 76.3% of the time at home against 60.5% away, a gap of 15.8pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Ajax against Eredivisie
| Line | Ajax | Eredivisie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 80.2% | 76.1% | +4.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 46.1% | 41.3% | +4.8pp |
| Over 2.5 | 21.4% | 15.4% | +6.0pp |
Counted from 308 matches · 10 seasons · 2017 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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