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Derry City First Half Goals
In 101 Premier Division matches, 65.3% of Derry City’s first halves produced a goal, 8th of the 10 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 38.6% of them and conceded in 39.6%.
What Derry City’s first halves look like
The first goal is usually the last one before the break: a second follows only 32% of the time against 43% division-wide. Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 20.8% against 29.9% across the division.
Derry City guard the first half better than they attack it: 3rd of 10 in the division for early goals conceded, 9th for scoring them. Derry City come 8th of 10 in the published Premier Division field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
A goal arrives before halftime in 65.3% of Derry City’s Premier Division matches. The Premier Division figure is 69.1%, leaving them 3.8pp short of it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 34.7%. Where Derry City play barely moves when they score: 39.2% of home matches bring a first-half goal of theirs, 38.0% of away ones.
Every figure on this page rests on 101 completed Derry City matches over 3 seasons (2024 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Derry City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 65.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 20.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.9% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 0.99 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 38.6% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 39.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.54 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.45 |
| Matches counted | 101 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (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 | 66.7% | 23.5% | 39.2% | 37.3% | 1.04 | 51 |
| Away | 64.0% | 18.0% | 38.0% | 42.0% | 0.94 | 50 |
Derry City score before halftime 39.2% of the time at home against 38.0% away, a gap of 1.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Derry City against Premier Division
| Line | Derry City | Premier Division | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 65.3% | 69.1% | −3.8pp |
| Over 1.5 | 20.8% | 29.9% | −9.1pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.9% | 11.1% | −1.2pp |
Counted from 101 matches · 3 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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