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Minnesota United First Half Goals
In 166 MLS matches, 69.3% of Minnesota United’s first halves produced a goal, 28th of the 30 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 47.0% of them and conceded in 44.6%.
What Minnesota United’s first halves look like
Minnesota United guard the first half better than they attack it: 9th of 30 in the division for early goals conceded, 21st for scoring them. Minnesota United come 28th of 30 in the published MLS field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
A goal arrives before halftime in 69.3% of Minnesota United’s MLS matches. The MLS figure is 73.6%, leaving them 4.3pp short of it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 30.7%. Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 34.9% of Minnesota United’s matches against 38.6% across the division.
A Minnesota United away first half is worth 1.42 goals on average, a home one 1.12. Neither end of the pitch is much busier than the other early on in Minnesota United’s matches: they find the net before the break in 47.0% of matches and let one in during 44.6%.
Every figure on this page rests on 166 completed Minnesota United 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.
Minnesota United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 69.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 34.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.7% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.27 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 47.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 44.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.67 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.60 |
| Matches counted | 166 |
| 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 | 72.0% | 28.0% | 47.6% | 42.7% | 1.12 | 82 |
| Away | 66.7% | 41.7% | 46.4% | 46.4% | 1.42 | 84 |
Minnesota United score before halftime 47.6% of the time at home against 46.4% away, a gap of 1.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Minnesota United against MLS
| Line | Minnesota United | MLS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 69.3% | 73.6% | −4.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 34.9% | 38.6% | −3.7pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.7% | 15.5% | +0.2pp |
Counted from 166 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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