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Shimizu S-Pulse First Half Goals
In 123 J1 League matches, 65.0% of Shimizu S-Pulse’s first halves produced a goal, 10th of the 22 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 33.3% of them and conceded in 43.1%.
What Shimizu S-Pulse’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Shimizu S-Pulse’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 43.1% of matches and find the net in 33.3%, 9.8pp apart. The first goal is usually the last one before the break: a second follows only 39% of the time against 47% division-wide.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 123 matches against a typical 195. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 25.2% of Shimizu S-Pulse’s matches against 30.1% across the division.
Home advantage is worth a little to Shimizu S-Pulse rather than a lot: 35.5% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 31.1% away. Three-goal first halves stay scarce, 7.3% of Shimizu S-Pulse’s matches against 10.2% for the division as a whole.
Every figure on this page rests on 123 completed Shimizu S-Pulse matches over 4 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.
Shimizu S-Pulse first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 65.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 25.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 7.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.00 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 33.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 43.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.42 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.58 |
| Matches counted | 123 |
| Seasons covered | 4 (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 | 69.4% | 25.8% | 35.5% | 41.9% | 1.02 | 62 |
| Away | 60.7% | 24.6% | 31.1% | 44.3% | 0.98 | 61 |
Shimizu S-Pulse score before halftime 35.5% of the time at home against 31.1% away, a gap of 4.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Shimizu S-Pulse against J1 League
| Line | Shimizu S-Pulse | J1 League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 65.0% | 64.2% | +0.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 25.2% | 30.1% | −4.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 7.3% | 10.2% | −2.9pp |
Counted from 123 matches · 4 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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