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The New Saints First Half Goals
In 170 Welsh Premier League matches, 77.1% of The New Saints’ first halves produced a goal, 2nd of the 14 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 68.2% of them and conceded in 29.4%.
What The New Saints’ first halves look like
Early scoring in The New Saints’ matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 68.2% of matches and at the wrong one in 29.4%, 38.8pp apart. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 50.6% of The New Saints’ matches manage it against 38.7% for the division.
Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 66% of the time, well clear of the 54% the division manages. Oddly, it is at home that The New Saints are breached early more often, 34.9% of home matches against 23.8% away.
Home advantage arrives early for The New Saints: they open the scoring account before halftime in 73.3% of home matches and only 63.1% of away ones, 10.2pp between them. The goal difference before halftime alone is substantial: 1.29 scored a game against 0.35 conceded.
Every figure on this page rests on 170 completed The New Saints 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.
The New Saints first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 77.1% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 50.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 20.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.64 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 68.2% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 29.4% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 1.29 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.35 |
| Matches counted | 170 |
| 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 | 86.0% | 59.3% | 73.3% | 34.9% | 1.84 | 86 |
| Away | 67.9% | 41.7% | 63.1% | 23.8% | 1.44 | 84 |
The New Saints score before halftime 73.3% of the time at home against 63.1% away, a gap of 10.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
The New Saints against Welsh Premier League
| Line | The New Saints | Welsh Premier League | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 77.1% | 72.0% | +5.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 50.6% | 38.7% | +11.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 20.6% | 15.1% | +5.5pp |
Counted from 170 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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