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Cork City First Half Goals
In 66 Republic of Ireland First Division matches, 65.2% of Cork City’s first halves produced a goal, 9th of the 10 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 51.5% of them and conceded in 33.3%.
What Cork City’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Cork City’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 51.5% of matches and at the wrong one in 33.3%, 18.2pp apart. Home advantage arrives early for Cork City: they open the scoring account before halftime in 57.6% of home matches and only 45.5% of away ones, 12.1pp between them.
Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 56% of the time, well clear of the 47% the division manages. Cork City come 9th of 10 in the published Republic of Ireland First Division field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 66 matches against a typical 104. A goal arrives before halftime in 65.2% of Cork City’s Republic of Ireland First Division matches. The Republic of Ireland First Division figure is 69.7%, leaving them 4.5pp short of it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 34.8%.
Every figure on this page rests on 66 completed Cork City matches over 2 seasons (2024 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Cork City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 65.2% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 36.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 12.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.17 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 51.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 33.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.76 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.41 |
| Matches counted | 66 |
| Seasons covered | 2 (2024 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 | 69.7% | 45.5% | 57.6% | 33.3% | 1.33 | 33 |
| Away | 60.6% | 27.3% | 45.5% | 33.3% | 1.00 | 33 |
Cork City score before halftime 57.6% of the time at home against 45.5% away, a gap of 12.1pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Cork City against Republic of Ireland First Division
| Line | Cork City | Republic of Ireland First Division | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 65.2% | 69.7% | −4.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 36.4% | 32.8% | +3.6pp |
| Over 2.5 | 12.1% | 11.4% | +0.7pp |
Counted from 66 matches · 2 seasons · 2024 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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