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Crystal Palace First Half Goals
In 197 Premier League matches, 66.5% of Crystal Palace’s first halves produced a goal, 20th of the 21 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 38.6% of them and conceded in 45.2%.
What Crystal Palace’s first halves look like
Crystal Palace guard the first half better than they attack it: 8th of 21 in the division for early goals conceded, 18th for scoring them. Crystal Palace come 20th of 21 in the published Premier League field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
A goal arrives before halftime in 66.5% of Crystal Palace’s Premier League matches. Set against the Premier League figure of 73.2%, that is a full 6.7pp adrift. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 33.5%. Crystal Palace come off slightly worse in the early exchanges: one against before the break in 45.2% of matches, one of their own in 38.6%.
Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 31.0% against 37.4% across the division. An early goal in Crystal Palace’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 47% of the time, where the division manages 51%.
Every figure on this page rests on 197 completed Crystal Palace 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.
Crystal Palace first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 66.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.0% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 11.7% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.16 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 38.6% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 45.2% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.53 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.63 |
| Matches counted | 197 |
| 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 | 63.3% | 27.6% | 40.8% | 41.8% | 1.11 | 98 |
| Away | 69.7% | 34.3% | 36.4% | 48.5% | 1.20 | 99 |
Crystal Palace score before halftime 40.8% of the time at home against 36.4% away, a gap of 4.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Crystal Palace against Premier League
| Line | Crystal Palace | Premier League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 66.5% | 73.2% | −6.7pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.0% | 37.4% | −6.4pp |
| Over 2.5 | 11.7% | 14.4% | −2.7pp |
Counted from 197 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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