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Waterford First Half Goals
In 74 Republic of Ireland First Division matches, 74.3% of Waterford’s first halves produced a goal, 2nd of the 12 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 59.5% of them and conceded in 31.1%.
What Waterford’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Waterford’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 59.5% of matches and at the wrong one in 31.1%, 28.4pp apart. Home is where Waterford are breached early, and by some distance: 40.5% of home matches against 21.6% away.
Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 62% of the time, well clear of the 49% the division manages. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 45.9% of Waterford’s matches manage it against 34.3% for the division.
Waterford carry the smallest home-and-away difference of any published club in the division on that measure. The tail is heavy enough to notice: 20.3% of Waterford’s first halves reach three goals where the division manages 13.0%.
Every figure on this page rests on 74 completed Waterford matches over 2 seasons (2022 to 2023). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Waterford first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 74.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 45.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 20.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.49 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 59.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 31.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 1.09 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.39 |
| Matches counted | 74 |
| Seasons covered | 2 (2022 to 2023) |
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 | 70.3% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 40.5% | 1.59 | 37 |
| Away | 78.4% | 48.6% | 62.2% | 21.6% | 1.38 | 37 |
Waterford score before halftime 56.8% of the time at home against 62.2% away, a gap of −5.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Waterford against Republic of Ireland First Division
| Line | Waterford | Republic of Ireland First Division | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 74.3% | 70.7% | +3.6pp |
| Over 1.5 | 45.9% | 34.3% | +11.6pp |
| Over 2.5 | 20.3% | 13.0% | +7.3pp |
Counted from 74 matches · 2 seasons · 2022 to 2023.
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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