We have used the our AI Match Analysis database to conduct this analysis. Members of Predictology can access the same data to conduct their own analysis.

To do so, you would navigate from the members area and hover over the Match Shortlists.

This will show a dropdown and you would select “AI REPORT”

We have taken a sample size of 44,125 matches which should give us ample data to analyse.

First, we simply went through the database and recorded the number of matches that reach half time with each score line.

If you have been football trading or betting for any period of time, you’ll likely know that there is an average of 1 goal in the first half and roughly 1.5 goals in the second half, giving us an approx. average of 2.5 goals a game.

In our sample, the average number of goals in the first half was 1.17 goals, so pretty much in line with expectations.

With this in mind, it is perhaps not all together surprising that the most popular half time score was 0-0 (31.33%), followed by 1-0 (19.66%) and then a slight drop off, indicating home advantage strength, to 0-1 at 16.19%.

One other interesting point to note is that the likelihood of 1-1 is almost 4% more likely than 2-0. So with the right game analysis, the potential to place a lay on the leading team in the half time market when 1-0 / 0-1 could present some very good, low risk trading opportunities at times.