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St. Louis City First Half Goals
In 134 MLS matches, 69.4% of St. Louis City’s first halves produced a goal, 29th of the 30 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 51.5% of them and conceded in 43.3%.
What St. Louis City’s first halves look like
The back line is a different proposition on the road: 52.2% of away matches bring an early goal against St. Louis City, next to 34.3% at home. Home advantage arrives early for St. Louis City: they open the scoring account before halftime in 58.2% of home matches and only 44.8% of away ones, 13.4pp between them.
St. Louis City come 29th of 30 in the published MLS field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Most of the early scoring in St. Louis City’s matches is their own doing. They find the net before the break in 51.5% of matches and let one in during 43.3%, 8.2pp apart.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 134 matches against a typical 208. A goal arrives before halftime in 69.4% of St. Louis City’s MLS matches. The MLS figure is 73.6%, leaving them 4.2pp short of it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 30.6%.
Every figure on this page rests on 134 completed St. Louis City matches over 4 seasons (2023 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
St. Louis City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 69.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 38.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 17.2% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.34 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 51.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 43.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.79 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.54 |
| Matches counted | 134 |
| Seasons covered | 4 (2023 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 | 68.7% | 41.8% | 58.2% | 34.3% | 1.39 | 67 |
| Away | 70.1% | 35.8% | 44.8% | 52.2% | 1.28 | 67 |
St. Louis City score before halftime 58.2% of the time at home against 44.8% away, a gap of 13.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
St. Louis City against MLS
| Line | St. Louis City | MLS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 69.4% | 73.6% | −4.2pp |
| Over 1.5 | 38.8% | 38.4% | +0.4pp |
| Over 2.5 | 17.2% | 15.3% | +1.9pp |
Counted from 134 matches · 4 seasons · 2023 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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