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Orlando Pirates First Half Goals
In 154 Premier Soccer League matches, 66.9% of Orlando Pirates’ first halves produced a goal, 3rd of the 17 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 55.2% of them and conceded in 27.9%.
What Orlando Pirates’ first halves look like
Early scoring in Orlando Pirates’ matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 55.2% of matches and at the wrong one in 27.9%, 27.3pp apart. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 31.2% of Orlando Pirates’ matches manage it against 24.3% for the division.
First halves here rarely stop at one: where Orlando Pirates’ matches produce an early goal, a second follows 47% of the time, against 40% across the division. Only 2 published Premier Soccer League clubs beat Orlando Pirates for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Home advantage is worth a little to Orlando Pirates rather than a lot: 58.4% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 51.9% away. A goal arrives before halftime in 66.9% of Orlando Pirates’ Premier Soccer League matches. The Premier Soccer League figure is 60.9%, so they clear their own division by a wide 6.0pp. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 33.1%.
Every figure on this page rests on 154 completed Orlando Pirates 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.
Orlando Pirates first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 66.9% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 5.8% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.05 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 55.2% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 27.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.74 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.31 |
| Matches counted | 154 |
| 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 | 70.1% | 32.5% | 58.4% | 28.6% | 1.13 | 77 |
| Away | 63.6% | 29.9% | 51.9% | 27.3% | 0.97 | 77 |
Orlando Pirates score before halftime 58.4% of the time at home against 51.9% away, a gap of 6.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Orlando Pirates against Premier Soccer League
| Line | Orlando Pirates | Premier Soccer League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 66.9% | 60.9% | +6.0pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.2% | 24.3% | +6.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 5.8% | 5.4% | +0.4pp |
Counted from 154 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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