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Galway United First Half Goals
In 100 Premier Division matches, 63.0% of Galway United’s first halves produced a goal, 10th of the 10 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 36.0% of them and conceded in 43.0%.
What Galway United’s first halves look like
Galway United sit last of the 10 published Premier Division clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Galway United come off slightly worse in the early exchanges: one against before the break in 43.0% of matches, one of their own in 36.0%.
Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 23.0% against 29.9% across the division. An early goal in Galway United’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 37% of the time, where the division manages 43%.
A goal arrives before halftime in 63.0% of Galway United’s Premier Division matches. Set against the Premier Division figure of 69.1%, that is a full 6.1pp adrift. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 37.0%. Galway United guard the first half better than they attack it: 4th of 10 in the division for early goals conceded, 10th for scoring them.
Every figure on this page rests on 100 completed Galway United 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.
Galway United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 63.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 23.0% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 7.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 0.95 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 36.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 43.0% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.43 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.52 |
| Matches counted | 100 |
| 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 | 64.0% | 18.0% | 38.0% | 40.0% | 0.94 | 50 |
| Away | 62.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% | 46.0% | 0.96 | 50 |
Galway United score before halftime 38.0% of the time at home against 34.0% away, a gap of 4.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Galway United against Premier Division
| Line | Galway United | Premier Division | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 63.0% | 69.1% | −6.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 23.0% | 29.9% | −6.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 7.0% | 11.1% | −4.1pp |
Counted from 100 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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