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MP First Half Goals
In 131 Ykkösliiga matches, 76.3% of MP’s first halves produced a goal, 5th of the 14 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 45.0% of them and conceded in 52.7%.
What MP’s first halves look like
MP come off slightly worse in the early exchanges: one against before the break in 52.7% of matches, one of their own in 45.0%. There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 131 matches against a typical 104.
Two goals before the break is no rarity in this fixture: 41.2% of MP’s matches get there, where the division manages 37.2%. Where MP play barely moves when they score: 47.0% of home matches bring a first-half goal of theirs, 43.1% of away ones.
First halves here rarely stop at one: where MP’s matches produce an early goal, a second follows 54% of the time, against 50% across the division. MP sit 5th of 14 published Ykkösliiga clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 131 completed MP matches over 5 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.
MP first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 76.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 41.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.41 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 45.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 52.7% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.65 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.76 |
| Matches counted | 131 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (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 | 78.8% | 39.4% | 47.0% | 51.5% | 1.44 | 66 |
| Away | 73.8% | 43.1% | 43.1% | 53.8% | 1.38 | 65 |
MP score before halftime 47.0% of the time at home against 43.1% away, a gap of 3.9pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
MP against Ykkösliiga
| Line | MP | Ykkösliiga | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 76.3% | 74.1% | +2.2pp |
| Over 1.5 | 41.2% | 37.2% | +4.0pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.3% | 15.2% | +0.1pp |
Counted from 131 matches · 5 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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