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Ayr United First Half Goals
In 191 Championship matches, 75.4% of Ayr United’s first halves produced a goal, 1st of the 10 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 47.6% of them and conceded in 48.7%.
What Ayr United’s first halves look like
Ayr United top the Championship list of 10 published clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Home advantage is worth a little to Ayr United rather than a lot: 51.0% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 44.2% away.
A goal arrives before halftime in 75.4% of Ayr United’s Championship matches. The Championship figure is 69.2%, so they clear their own division by a wide 6.2pp. The other 24.6% end level and goalless. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 38.2% of Ayr United’s matches manage it against 32.0% for the division.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 191 matches against a typical 155. Ayr United attack the first half better than they guard it: 3rd of 10 in the division for scoring before halftime, 8th for keeping the other side out.
Every figure on this page rests on 191 completed Ayr United matches over 6 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.
Ayr United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 75.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 38.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.7% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.35 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 47.6% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 48.7% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.67 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.68 |
| Matches counted | 191 |
| Seasons covered | 6 (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 | 77.1% | 39.6% | 51.0% | 49.0% | 1.43 | 96 |
| Away | 73.7% | 36.8% | 44.2% | 48.4% | 1.26 | 95 |
Ayr United score before halftime 51.0% of the time at home against 44.2% away, a gap of 6.8pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Ayr United against Championship
| Line | Ayr United | Championship | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 75.4% | 69.2% | +6.2pp |
| Over 1.5 | 38.2% | 32.0% | +6.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.7% | 11.5% | +4.2pp |
Counted from 191 matches · 6 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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