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Leicester City First Half Goals
In 114 Premier League matches, 78.1% of Leicester City’s first halves produced a goal, 4th of the 21 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 43.9% of them and conceded in 60.5%.
What Leicester City’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Leicester City’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 60.5% of matches and find the net in 43.9%, 16.6pp apart. The back line is a different proposition on the road: 68.4% of away matches bring an early goal against Leicester City, next to 52.6% at home.
A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 47.4% of Leicester City’s matches manage it against 37.5% for the division. Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 61% of the time, well clear of the 51% the division manages.
Leicester City attack the first half better than they guard it: 13th of 21 in the division for scoring before halftime, 20th for keeping the other side out. Only 3 published Premier League clubs beat Leicester City for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 114 completed Leicester City matches over 3 seasons (2021 to 2025). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Leicester City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 78.1% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 47.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 19.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.52 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 43.9% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 60.5% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.60 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.92 |
| Matches counted | 114 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2021 to 2025) |
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 | 73.7% | 43.9% | 43.9% | 52.6% | 1.40 | 57 |
| Away | 82.5% | 50.9% | 43.9% | 68.4% | 1.63 | 57 |
Leicester City score before halftime 43.9% of the time at home against 43.9% away, a gap of 0.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Leicester City against Premier League
| Line | Leicester City | Premier League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 78.1% | 73.6% | +4.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 47.4% | 37.5% | +9.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 19.3% | 14.3% | +5.0pp |
Counted from 114 matches · 3 seasons · 2021 to 2025.
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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