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North Carolina Courage First Half Goals
In 149 NWSL matches, 71.8% of North Carolina Courage’s first halves produced a goal, 8th of the 14 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 48.3% of them and conceded in 43.6%.
What North Carolina Courage’s first halves look like
Home advantage is worth a little to North Carolina Courage rather than a lot: 51.4% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 45.3% away. First halves here rarely stop at one: where North Carolina Courage’s matches produce an early goal, a second follows 57% of the time, against 52% across the division.
North Carolina Courage shade the early exchanges without dominating them: a goal of their own before the break in 48.3% of matches, one against in 43.6%. Two goals before the break is no rarity in this fixture: 40.9% of North Carolina Courage’s matches get there, where the division manages 36.9%.
North Carolina Courage attack the first half better than they guard it: 4th of 14 in the division for scoring before halftime, 7th for keeping the other side out. A goal arrives before halftime in 71.8% of North Carolina Courage’s NWSL matches. That edges the NWSL figure of 70.8%, without much in it. The other 28.2% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 149 completed North Carolina Courage 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.
North Carolina Courage first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 71.8% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 40.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 12.8% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.30 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 48.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 43.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.67 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.62 |
| Matches counted | 149 |
| 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 | 74.3% | 37.8% | 51.4% | 41.9% | 1.27 | 74 |
| Away | 69.3% | 44.0% | 45.3% | 45.3% | 1.32 | 75 |
North Carolina Courage score before halftime 51.4% of the time at home against 45.3% away, a gap of 6.1pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
North Carolina Courage against NWSL
| Line | North Carolina Courage | NWSL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 71.8% | 70.8% | +1.0pp |
| Over 1.5 | 40.9% | 36.9% | +4.0pp |
| Over 2.5 | 12.8% | 11.9% | +0.9pp |
Counted from 149 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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