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Rennes First Half Goals
In 185 Ligue 1 matches, 74.6% of Rennes’ first halves produced a goal, 7th of the 22 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 55.1% of them and conceded in 40.5%.
What Rennes’ first halves look like
Rennes are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 63.0% of home matches, 47.3% of away ones, 15.7pp between them. Most of the early scoring in Rennes’ matches is their own doing. They find the net before the break in 55.1% of matches and let one in during 40.5%, 14.6pp apart.
Travel costs Rennes at the back: 46.2% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 34.8% of home ones. There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 185 matches against a typical 151.
Two goals before the break is no rarity in this fixture: 40.5% of Rennes’ matches get there, where the division manages 35.5%. First halves here rarely stop at one: where Rennes’ matches produce an early goal, a second follows 54% of the time, against 49% across the division.
Every figure on this page rests on 185 completed Rennes matches over 6 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.
Rennes first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 74.6% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 40.5% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.8% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.35 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 55.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 40.5% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.79 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.56 |
| Matches counted | 185 |
| Seasons covered | 6 (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 | 77.2% | 40.2% | 63.0% | 34.8% | 1.28 | 92 |
| Away | 72.0% | 40.9% | 47.3% | 46.2% | 1.42 | 93 |
Rennes score before halftime 63.0% of the time at home against 47.3% away, a gap of 15.7pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Rennes against Ligue 1
| Line | Rennes | Ligue 1 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 74.6% | 71.9% | +2.7pp |
| Over 1.5 | 40.5% | 35.5% | +5.0pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.8% | 14.7% | +2.1pp |
Counted from 185 matches · 6 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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