Challenge League · first half goals
Neuchâtel Xamax First Half Goals
In 180 Challenge League matches, 78.3% of Neuchâtel Xamax’s first halves produced a goal, 3rd of the 11 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 45.6% of them and conceded in 57.2%.
What Neuchâtel Xamax’s first halves look like
Neuchâtel Xamax are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 54.4% of home matches, 36.7% of away ones, 17.7pp between them. Early scoring in Neuchâtel Xamax’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 57.2% of matches and find the net in 45.6%, 11.6pp apart.
Travel costs Neuchâtel Xamax at the back: 62.2% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 52.2% of home ones. There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 180 matches against a typical 144.
Only 2 published Challenge League clubs beat Neuchâtel Xamax for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. A goal arrives before halftime in 78.3% of Neuchâtel Xamax’s Challenge League matches. The Challenge League figure is 75.8%, putting them 2.5pp clear of it. Only 21.7% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 180 completed Neuchâtel Xamax matches over 5 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.
Neuchâtel Xamax first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 78.3% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 41.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.37 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 45.6% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 57.2% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.62 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.75 |
| Matches counted | 180 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (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 | 81.1% | 43.3% | 54.4% | 52.2% | 1.41 | 90 |
| Away | 75.6% | 40.0% | 36.7% | 62.2% | 1.33 | 90 |
Neuchâtel Xamax score before halftime 54.4% of the time at home against 36.7% away, a gap of 17.7pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Neuchâtel Xamax against Challenge League
| Line | Neuchâtel Xamax | Challenge League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 78.3% | 75.8% | +2.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 41.7% | 40.8% | +0.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.0% | 15.6% | −0.6pp |
Counted from 180 matches · 5 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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