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Excelsior First Half Goals
In 179 Eredivisie matches, 76.0% of Excelsior’s first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 25 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 46.9% of them and conceded in 51.4%.
What Excelsior’s first halves look like
Away from home the back line is barely the same unit: 64.4% of away matches bring an early goal against Excelsior, next to 38.2% at home. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 179 matches against a typical 266.
A Excelsior away first half is worth 1.63 goals on average, a home one 1.13. Excelsior come off slightly worse in the early exchanges: one against before the break in 51.4% of matches, one of their own in 46.9%.
Where Excelsior play barely moves when they score: 46.1% of home matches bring a first-half goal of theirs, 47.8% of away ones. Excelsior sit 11th of 25 published Eredivisie clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 179 completed Excelsior matches over 6 seasons (2017 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Excelsior first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 76.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 41.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.39 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 46.9% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 51.4% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.60 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.78 |
| Matches counted | 179 |
| Seasons covered | 6 (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 | 69.7% | 31.5% | 46.1% | 38.2% | 1.13 | 89 |
| Away | 82.2% | 52.2% | 47.8% | 64.4% | 1.63 | 90 |
Excelsior score before halftime 46.1% of the time at home against 47.8% away, a gap of −1.7pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Excelsior against Eredivisie
| Line | Excelsior | Eredivisie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 76.0% | 76.1% | −0.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 41.9% | 41.3% | +0.6pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.6% | 15.4% | +0.2pp |
Counted from 179 matches · 6 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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