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Cork City First Half Goals
In 131 Republic of Ireland First Division matches, 66.4% of Cork City’s first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 12 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 52.7% of them and conceded in 31.3%.
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 52.7% of matches and at the wrong one in 31.3%, 21.4pp apart. Cork City come 11th of 12 in the published Republic of Ireland First Division field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Home advantage is worth a little to Cork City rather than a lot: 56.1% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 49.2% away. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 131 matches against a typical 178.
A goal arrives before halftime in 66.4% of Cork City’s Republic of Ireland First Division matches. The Republic of Ireland First Division figure is 71.1%, leaving them 4.7pp short of it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 33.6%. Counted in goals rather than matches, Cork City put 0.84 past the opposition before the break each game and ship 0.37.
Every figure on this page rests on 131 completed Cork City matches over 4 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.
Cork City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 66.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 34.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.21 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 52.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 31.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.84 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.37 |
| Matches counted | 131 |
| Seasons covered | 4 (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 | 69.7% | 39.4% | 56.1% | 30.3% | 1.30 | 66 |
| Away | 63.1% | 29.2% | 49.2% | 32.3% | 1.11 | 65 |
Cork City score before halftime 56.1% of the time at home against 49.2% away, a gap of 6.9pp. 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 | 66.4% | 71.1% | −4.7pp |
| Over 1.5 | 34.4% | 34.7% | −0.3pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.3% | 13.1% | +2.2pp |
Counted from 131 matches · 4 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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