France · first half goals
Ligue 1 First Half Goals
Across 1,749 Ligue 1 matches, 71.9% produced at least one goal before halftime, at an average of 1.26 first-half goals per match.
Ligue 1 first-half scoring
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 71.9% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 35.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 14.6% |
| Average first-half goals | 1.26 |
| Matches counted | 1,749 |
| Seasons covered | 6 (2021 to 2026) |
That places Ligue 1 38 of 108among the leagues covered here for how often a first half produces a goal. Figures pool every season held for the competition, so they describe the league’s long-run tendency rather than current form.
How Ligue 1 compares
| Competition | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Avg goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | 71.9% | 35.4% | 1.26 |
| Average of all 108 leagues | 69.4% | 33.6% | 1.19 |
| Esiliigahighest | 81.1% | 48.7% | 1.67 |
| Greek Football Cuplowest | 52.6% | 24.4% | 0.86 |
Ligue 1 teams: first-half goals
Every club with enough Ligue 1history to carry its own page. “Scored” and “conceded” are the share of matches in which the club scored or conceded at least once before halftime: a frequency, not a per-match average, so a 3-0 first half and a 1-0 first half each count once.
| Club | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Scored | Conceded | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brest6 seasons | 74.7% | 37.6% | 47.3% | 48.4% | 186 |
| Lens6 seasons | 71.0% | 33.9% | 50.5% | 42.5% | 186 |
| Lille6 seasons | 75.3% | 30.1% | 52.2% | 37.6% | 186 |
| Monaco6 seasons | 72.6% | 39.2% | 57.0% | 42.5% | 186 |
| Nice6 seasons | 71.0% | 30.6% | 44.6% | 46.2% | 186 |
| Olympique Marseille6 seasons | 72.0% | 35.5% | 52.2% | 39.8% | 186 |
| Rennes6 seasons | 74.7% | 40.9% | 55.4% | 40.3% | 186 |
| Strasbourg6 seasons | 74.7% | 34.9% | 46.8% | 50.5% | 186 |
| Olympique Lyonnais6 seasons | 71.9% | 34.6% | 51.4% | 43.2% | 185 |
| PSG6 seasons | 80.5% | 44.3% | 68.6% | 34.6% | 185 |
| Nantes5 seasons | 64.6% | 29.8% | 39.3% | 46.1% | 178 |
| Angers SCO5 seasons | 74.3% | 30.3% | 34.2% | 55.9% | 152 |
| Lorient5 seasons | 63.8% | 34.2% | 42.8% | 40.1% | 152 |
| Toulouse5 seasons | 65.5% | 31.8% | 39.2% | 44.6% | 148 |
| Montpellier4 seasons | 75.0% | 37.5% | 39.6% | 54.2% | 144 |
| Reims4 seasons | 68.1% | 32.6% | 44.4% | 42.4% | 144 |
| Auxerre4 seasons | 71.1% | 36.0% | 42.1% | 50.0% | 114 |
| Clermont3 seasons | 71.8% | 31.8% | 37.3% | 53.6% | 110 |
| Le Havre4 seasons | 63.6% | 31.8% | 32.7% | 52.7% | 110 |
| Metz3 seasons | 66.0% | 43.4% | 38.7% | 56.6% | 106 |
| Troyes3 seasons | 75.0% | 34.5% | 47.6% | 52.4% | 84 |
| Saint-Étienne2 seasons | 83.3% | 43.1% | 44.4% | 72.2% | 72 |
Counted from 1,749 matches · 6 seasons · 2021 to 2026.
How to read these numbers
- A high over 0.5 rate means goalless first halves are rare, not that any particular match will score.
- The gap between the over 0.5 and over 1.5 rates shows how often first halves go beyond a single goal.
- League rates are a starting point. The fixture in front of you depends on the two teams, not the average.
- Seasons are pooled, so a competition that has changed character recently reads as the average of what it was and what it is.
These are historical rates for the competition, counted from completed matches. They are not a prediction for any upcoming fixture. For match-level estimates see first half goals predictions and how the model works.
For which clubs are actually ahead at the interval rather than how often the goals come, see the Ligue 1 first half table: the same competition scored at half-time, with three points for leading at the break.
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