Premier League time spent leading or trailing during matches

Avg. time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (overall) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  37 43.5% 45.6% 11% Aston Villa  37 34% 43% 23% Bournemouth  37 27.7% 44.4% 27.9% Brentford  37 20.6% 54.6% 24.9% Brighton  37 27.4% 41.6% 31.1% Burnley  37 18% 42.3% 39.7% Chelsea  37 31.4% 46% 22.6% Crystal Palace  37 27.4% 49.6% 22.9% Everton  37 22.5% 52.7% 24.8% Fulham  37 22.6% 50.8% 26.7% Liverpool  37 33.5% 49% 17.5% Luton Town  37 15.6% 42.5% 41.8% Manchester City  37 48.4% 42.3% 9.3% Manchester Utd  37 24.5% 49.3% 26.1% Newcastle Utd  37 33.7% 43.3% 22.9% Nottm Forest  37 18.6% 50.4% 31.1% Sheffield Utd  37 9.6% 45.5% 44.8% Tottenham  37 30.3% 45.5% 24.2% West Ham Utd  37 25.9% 42.4% 31.7% Wolverhampton  37 19.2% 50.1% 30.7% League average 26.7% 46.5% 26.7% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  18 46.7% 43.8% 9.4% Aston Villa  19 43.8% 38.9% 17.3% Bournemouth  19 21.6% 53.9% 24.4% Brentford  18 21.7% 59.3% 19.1% Brighton  18 34.3% 43.3% 22.4% Burnley  18 19.3% 29.6% 51.1% Chelsea  18 41.3% 45.9% 12.8% Crystal Palace  18 29.3% 55.4% 15.4% Everton  19 28.9% 52.8% 18.3% Fulham  19 28.1% 49.2% 22.7% Liverpool  18 40.8% 45.1% 14.1% Luton Town  18 11.9% 50.5% 37.6% Manchester City  18 56.5% 37.8% 5.7% Manchester Utd  19 21.4% 44.3% 34.3% Newcastle Utd  19 47.2% 42.6% 10.2% Nottm Forest  19 21% 58.4% 20.6% Sheffield Utd  18 7.2% 46.4% 46.4% Tottenham  19 31.3% 46.9% 21.8% West Ham Utd  19 30.2% 44.6% 25.3% Wolverhampton  19 26.9% 41.9% 31.2% League average 30.5% 46.5% 23% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  19 40.4% 47.3% 12.4% Aston Villa  18 23.6% 47.3% 29.1% Bournemouth  18 34.1% 34.4% 31.5% Brentford  19 19.5% 50.1% 30.4% Brighton  19 20.8% 39.9% 39.2% Burnley  19 16.8% 54.3% 28.8% Chelsea  19 22.1% 46.1% 31.8% Crystal Palace  19 25.7% 44.2% 30.1% Everton  18 15.7% 52.7% 31.7% Fulham  18 16.7% 52.4% 30.9% Liverpool  19 26.5% 52.7% 20.7% Luton Town  19 19.2% 35% 45.8% Manchester City  19 40.7% 46.5% 12.7% Manchester Utd  18 27.8% 54.7% 17.5% Newcastle Utd  18 19.5% 44.1% 36.4% Nottm Forest  18 16% 41.9% 42.1% Sheffield Utd  19 12% 44.7% 43.3% Tottenham  18 29.2% 44% 26.8% West Ham Utd  18 21.5% 40.1% 38.4% Wolverhampton  18 11.1% 58.8% 30.1% League average 23% 46.5% 30.5%

Note: this table shows how long each team has spent leading, level in goals, or trailing during their matches. For this table, to allow for averaging duration values based on a total of 90 minutes per match, goals scored on the 45th minute and during added time of the first half are all considered to be scored on the 45th minute, and all goals scored on the 90th minute and during added time of the second half are considered scored on the 90th minute.

Example for a team (Team A) having played a total of 3 games:

Game 1: Team A vs Opponent B, final score 0-0 (minutes in the lead: 0, minutes played: 90)

Game 2: Team A vs Opponent C, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 88th minute (minutes in the lead: 2, minutes played: 90)

Game 3: Team A vs Opponent D, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 65th minute (minutes in the lead: 25, minutes played: 90)

The 3 games played by Team A would give the following values, regarding total minutes played and time spent in the lead:
  - Total minutes team A has been in the lead: 27
  - Total minutes played by team A: 270
  - Percentage of minutes that team A has been in the lead: 10%
  - Avg minutes per game that team A has spent leading (based on 90 min per game): 9 minutes

Some additional context information on the Lead Duration table and other related tables is provided in the In-play performance blog article.

See also:

Goal types