USA - MLS time spent leading or trailing during matches

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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 Atlanta Utd  17 18.6% 53.9% 27.5% Austin  18 15.4% 51.2% 33.4% CF Montreal  17 27.3% 50.9% 21.8% Charlotte  18 23.3% 64.8% 11.9% Chicago Fire  18 11.2% 55% 33.8% Cincinnati  17 30.6% 56.1% 13.3% Colorado Rapids  18 28.7% 46.2% 25.1% Columbus Crew  15 29.9% 59.2% 11% Dallas  17 15.1% 59% 25.9% DC United  18 21.6% 51.8% 26.6% Houston Dynamo  17 21.5% 59.4% 19.1% Inter Miami  19 24.9% 50.9% 24.2% LA Galaxy  18 29.8% 46.1% 24.1% Los Angeles FC  17 32.9% 45.6% 21.4% Minnesota Utd  17 33.7% 40.9% 25.4% Nashville SC  17 23.7% 55.8% 20.5% New England  16 18.1% 52.3% 29.7% New York City  17 31.2% 45.5% 23.3% New York RB  18 33.3% 49% 17.7% Orlando City  17 14.2% 49.4% 36.3% Philadelphia  17 19% 47.8% 33.2% Portland  18 21.4% 44.9% 33.7% Real Salt Lake  18 29.7% 51.4% 18.9% Seattle  18 29.9% 49.9% 20.2% SJ Earthquakes  17 25.8% 48.1% 26.1% Sporting KC  18 20.7% 52.5% 26.9% St. Louis City  17 18.9% 57.7% 23.4% Toronto  18 25.6% 53.3% 21.2% Vancouver  17 26.7% 48.2% 25.1% League average 24.2% 51.6% 24.2% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  10 26.4% 53.3% 20.2% Austin  9 30.2% 45.3% 24.4% CF Montreal  7 24% 62.1% 14% Charlotte  10 29% 64.4% 6.6% Chicago Fire  10 10.7% 46.2% 43.1% Cincinnati  8 33.9% 52.9% 13.2% Colorado Rapids  8 29.7% 54.2% 16.1% Columbus Crew  7 22.9% 61.3% 15.9% Dallas  8 31.7% 49% 19.3% DC United  9 31.2% 47.9% 20.9% Houston Dynamo  8 19.7% 63.2% 17.1% Inter Miami  10 30.7% 48.1% 21.2% LA Galaxy  8 46.1% 40.3% 13.6% Los Angeles FC  9 46.3% 45.3% 8.4% Minnesota Utd  9 32.6% 43% 24.4% Nashville SC  10 32% 56.8% 11.2% New England  9 19.8% 54.4% 25.8% New York City  10 34.9% 46.7% 18.4% New York RB  8 38.9% 55.4% 5.7% Orlando City  9 12.6% 52.7% 34.7% Philadelphia  9 16.7% 44.1% 39.3% Portland  8 27.1% 44.4% 28.5% Real Salt Lake  8 34.3% 44.7% 21% Seattle  8 43.2% 52.4% 4.4% SJ Earthquakes  8 23.9% 50.8% 25.3% Sporting KC  9 35.2% 44.8% 20% St. Louis City  9 20.7% 67.9% 11.4% Toronto  9 30.4% 51.1% 18.5% Vancouver  8 28.2% 56.4% 15.4% League average 29% 51.6% 19.5% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  7 7.3% 54.8% 37.9% Austin  9 0.5% 57.2% 42.3% CF Montreal  10 29.6% 43.1% 27.3% Charlotte  8 16.1% 65.3% 18.6% Chicago Fire  8 11.8% 66% 22.2% Cincinnati  9 27.7% 59% 13.3% Colorado Rapids  10 27.9% 39.9% 32.2% Columbus Crew  8 36% 57.4% 6.7% Dallas  9 0.4% 67.8% 31.9% DC United  9 12% 55.7% 32.3% Houston Dynamo  9 23.1% 56% 20.9% Inter Miami  9 18.5% 54.1% 27.4% LA Galaxy  10 16.8% 50.8% 32.4% Los Angeles FC  8 17.9% 46% 36.1% Minnesota Utd  8 34.9% 38.6% 26.5% Nashville SC  7 11.7% 54.4% 33.8% New England  7 15.9% 49.5% 34.6% New York City  7 25.9% 43.8% 30.3% New York RB  10 28.9% 43.8% 27.3% Orlando City  8 16.1% 45.7% 38.2% Philadelphia  8 21.7% 51.9% 26.4% Portland  10 16.8% 45.3% 37.9% Real Salt Lake  10 26% 56.8% 17.2% Seattle  10 19.3% 47.9% 32.8% SJ Earthquakes  9 27.4% 45.7% 26.9% Sporting KC  9 6.2% 60.1% 33.7% St. Louis City  8 16.8% 46.3% 36.9% Toronto  9 20.7% 55.4% 23.8% Vancouver  9 25.3% 41% 33.7% League average 19.5% 51.6% 29%

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 Lead durations blog article.

See also:

Goal types