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Bay First Half Goals
In 81 NWSL matches, 76.5% of Bay’s first halves produced a goal, 1st of the 14 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 51.9% of them and conceded in 54.3%.
What Bay’s first halves look like
Bay run against the usual pattern, scoring before halftime more often on the road (61.0%) than at home (42.5%). Bay attack the first half better than they guard it: 2nd of 14 in the division for scoring before halftime, 13th for keeping the other side out.
Bay carry the smallest home-and-away difference of any published club in the division on that measure. Bay top the NWSL list of 14 published clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Travel costs Bay at the back: 58.5% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 50.0% of home ones. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 44.4% of Bay’s matches manage it against 36.9% for the division.
Every figure on this page rests on 81 completed Bay matches over 3 seasons (2024 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Bay first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 76.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 44.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.40 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 51.9% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 54.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.64 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.75 |
| Matches counted | 81 |
| 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 | 70.0% | 42.5% | 42.5% | 50.0% | 1.28 | 40 |
| Away | 82.9% | 46.3% | 61.0% | 58.5% | 1.51 | 41 |
Bay score before halftime 42.5% of the time at home against 61.0% away, a gap of −18.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Bay against NWSL
| Line | Bay | NWSL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 76.5% | 70.8% | +5.7pp |
| Over 1.5 | 44.4% | 36.9% | +7.5pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.0% | 11.9% | +4.1pp |
Counted from 81 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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