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Washington Spirit First Half Goals
In 152 NWSL matches, 65.8% of Washington Spirit’s first halves produced a goal, 12th of the 14 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 45.4% of them and conceded in 40.1%.
What Washington Spirit’s first halves look like
Washington Spirit come 12th of 14 in the published NWSL field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. Washington Spirit shade the early exchanges without dominating them: a goal of their own before the break in 45.4% of matches, one against in 40.1%.
A goal arrives before halftime in 65.8% of Washington Spirit’s NWSL matches. The NWSL figure is 70.8%, leaving them 5.0pp short of it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 34.2%. Where Washington Spirit play barely moves when they score: 46.8% of home matches bring a first-half goal of theirs, 43.8% of away ones.
Washington Spirit guard the first half better than they attack it: 2nd of 14 in the division for early goals conceded, 5th for scoring them. Counted in goals rather than matches, Washington Spirit put 0.69 past the opposition before the break each game and ship 0.53.
Every figure on this page rests on 152 completed Washington Spirit 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.
Washington Spirit first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 65.8% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 36.2% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 13.8% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.22 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 45.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 40.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.69 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.53 |
| Matches counted | 152 |
| 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 | 64.6% | 35.4% | 46.8% | 38.0% | 1.25 | 79 |
| Away | 67.1% | 37.0% | 43.8% | 42.5% | 1.19 | 73 |
Washington Spirit score before halftime 46.8% of the time at home against 43.8% away, a gap of 3.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Washington Spirit against NWSL
| Line | Washington Spirit | NWSL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 65.8% | 70.8% | −5.0pp |
| Over 1.5 | 36.2% | 36.9% | −0.7pp |
| Over 2.5 | 13.8% | 11.9% | +1.9pp |
Counted from 152 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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