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Charlotte First Half Goals
In 173 MLS matches, 70.5% of Charlotte’s first halves produced a goal, 27th of the 30 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 48.0% of them and conceded in 43.4%.
What Charlotte’s first halves look like
Away from home the back line is barely the same unit: 55.2% of away matches bring an early goal against Charlotte, next to 31.4% at home. Charlotte guard the first half better than they attack it: 7th of 30 in the division for early goals conceded, 20th for scoring them.
Home advantage arrives early for Charlotte: they open the scoring account before halftime in 52.3% of home matches and only 43.7% of away ones, 8.6pp between them. Charlotte come 27th of 30 in the published MLS field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 173 matches against a typical 208. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 33.5% of Charlotte’s matches against 38.4% across the division.
Every figure on this page rests on 173 completed Charlotte matches over 5 seasons (2022 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Charlotte first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 70.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 33.5% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 13.9% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.20 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 48.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 43.4% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.60 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.60 |
| Matches counted | 173 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2022 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 | 68.6% | 24.4% | 52.3% | 31.4% | 1.06 | 86 |
| Away | 72.4% | 42.5% | 43.7% | 55.2% | 1.33 | 87 |
Charlotte score before halftime 52.3% of the time at home against 43.7% away, a gap of 8.6pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Charlotte against MLS
| Line | Charlotte | MLS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 70.5% | 73.6% | −3.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 33.5% | 38.4% | −4.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 13.9% | 15.3% | −1.4pp |
Counted from 173 matches · 5 seasons · 2022 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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