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Polokwane City First Half Goals
In 95 Premier Soccer League matches, 52.6% of Polokwane City’s first halves produced a goal, 17th of the 17 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 33.7% of them and conceded in 28.4%.
What Polokwane City’s first halves look like
Polokwane City are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 41.7% of home matches, 25.5% of away ones, 16.2pp between them. The first goal is usually the last one before the break: a second follows only 26% of the time against 40% division-wide.
Getting two before the break is a stretch in this fixture: 13.7% against 24.3% across the division. Polokwane City guard the first half better than they attack it: 3rd of 17 in the division for early goals conceded, 12th for scoring them.
Polokwane City sit last of the 17 published Premier Soccer League clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. A goal arrives before halftime in 52.6% of Polokwane City’s Premier Soccer League matches. Set against the Premier Soccer League figure of 60.9%, that is a full 8.3pp adrift. Goalless first halves are the norm rather than the exception here, at 47.4%.
Every figure on this page rests on 95 completed Polokwane City matches over 4 seasons (2023 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Polokwane City first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 52.6% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 13.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 2.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 0.71 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 33.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 28.4% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.38 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.33 |
| Matches counted | 95 |
| Seasons covered | 4 (2023 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 | 56.3% | 16.7% | 41.7% | 29.2% | 0.73 | 48 |
| Away | 48.9% | 10.6% | 25.5% | 27.7% | 0.68 | 47 |
Polokwane City score before halftime 41.7% of the time at home against 25.5% away, a gap of 16.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Polokwane City against Premier Soccer League
| Line | Polokwane City | Premier Soccer League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 52.6% | 60.9% | −8.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 13.7% | 24.3% | −10.6pp |
| Over 2.5 | 2.1% | 5.4% | −3.3pp |
Counted from 95 matches · 4 seasons · 2023 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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