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Ilves First Half Goals
In 86 Veikkausliiga matches, 73.3% of Ilves’ first halves produced a goal, 6th of the 9 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 58.1% of them and conceded in 37.2%.
What Ilves’ first halves look like
Ilves are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 70.5% of home matches, 45.2% of away ones, 25.3pp between them. Early scoring in Ilves’ matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 58.1% of matches and at the wrong one in 37.2%, 20.9pp apart.
Travel costs Ilves at the back: 42.9% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 31.8% of home ones. No published club in the division leans on its own ground more than Ilves do for early goals.
First halves here rarely stop at one: where Ilves’ matches produce an early goal, a second follows 56% of the time, against 50% across the division. Two goals before the break is no rarity in this fixture: 40.7% of Ilves’ matches get there, where the division manages 36.5%.
Every figure on this page rests on 86 completed Ilves matches over 3 seasons (2024 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Ilves first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 73.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 40.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.37 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 58.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 37.2% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.83 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.55 |
| Matches counted | 86 |
| 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 | 79.5% | 43.2% | 70.5% | 31.8% | 1.41 | 44 |
| Away | 66.7% | 38.1% | 45.2% | 42.9% | 1.33 | 42 |
Ilves score before halftime 70.5% of the time at home against 45.2% away, a gap of 25.3pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Ilves against Veikkausliiga
| Line | Ilves | Veikkausliiga | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 73.3% | 73.5% | −0.2pp |
| Over 1.5 | 40.7% | 36.5% | +4.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.3% | 12.6% | +3.7pp |
Counted from 86 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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