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Seattle Sounders First Half Goals
In 212 MLS matches, 69.3% of Seattle Sounders’ first halves produced a goal, 30th of the 30 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 43.4% of them and conceded in 43.4%.
What Seattle Sounders’ first halves look like
Seattle Sounders guard the first half better than they attack it: 7th of 30 in the division for early goals conceded, 26th for scoring them. Travel costs Seattle Sounders at the back: 49.1% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 37.7% of home ones.
Home advantage arrives early for Seattle Sounders: they open the scoring account before halftime in 48.1% of home matches and only 38.7% of away ones, 9.4pp between them. Seattle Sounders sit last of the 30 published MLS clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 31.1% against 38.4% across the division. An early goal in Seattle Sounders’ matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 45% of the time, where the division manages 52%.
Every figure on this page rests on 212 completed Seattle Sounders 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.
Seattle Sounders first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 69.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.1% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.4% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.11 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 43.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 43.4% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.60 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.51 |
| Matches counted | 212 |
| 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 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 48.1% | 37.7% | 1.10 | 106 |
| Away | 69.8% | 31.1% | 38.7% | 49.1% | 1.11 | 106 |
Seattle Sounders score before halftime 48.1% of the time at home against 38.7% away, a gap of 9.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Seattle Sounders against MLS
| Line | Seattle Sounders | MLS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 69.3% | 73.6% | −4.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.1% | 38.4% | −7.3pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.4% | 15.3% | −5.9pp |
Counted from 212 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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