Republic of Ireland First Division · first half goals
Athlone Town First Half Goals
In 208 Republic of Ireland First Division matches, 73.1% of Athlone Town’s first halves produced a goal, 4th of the 12 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 43.8% of them and conceded in 51.9%.
What Athlone Town’s first halves look like
Home advantage arrives early for Athlone Town: they open the scoring account before halftime in 49.5% of home matches and only 38.1% of away ones, 11.4pp between them. No published club in the division leans on its own ground more than Athlone Town do for early goals.
Travel costs Athlone Town at the back: 56.2% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 47.6% of home ones. Early scoring in Athlone Town’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 51.9% of matches and find the net in 43.8%, 8.1pp apart.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 208 matches against a typical 143. Athlone Town attack the first half better than they guard it: 8th of 12 in the division for scoring before halftime, 12th for keeping the other side out.
Every figure on this page rests on 208 completed Athlone Town 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.
Athlone Town first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 73.1% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 38.5% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.8% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.32 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 43.8% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 51.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.57 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.75 |
| Matches counted | 208 |
| 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 | 73.8% | 36.9% | 49.5% | 47.6% | 1.32 | 103 |
| Away | 72.4% | 40.0% | 38.1% | 56.2% | 1.32 | 105 |
Athlone Town score before halftime 49.5% of the time at home against 38.1% away, a gap of 11.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Athlone Town against Republic of Ireland First Division
| Line | Athlone Town | Republic of Ireland First Division | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 73.1% | 71.1% | +2.0pp |
| Over 1.5 | 38.5% | 34.7% | +3.8pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.8% | 13.1% | +3.7pp |
Counted from 208 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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