Premier League time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2022

Avg. time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (home and away) - based on 90 min. per game (home and away) GP Percentage of minutes per game Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  38 41.4% 37.9% 20.7% Aston Villa  38 23.2% 46.6% 30.2% Brentford  38 17.8% 47.7% 34.5% Brighton  38 20.3% 48.2% 31.5% Burnley  38 16.1% 51.6% 32.3% Chelsea  38 37.4% 54.3% 8.3% Crystal Palace  38 23.2% 53.8% 23% Everton  38 15.4% 50.5% 34.2% Leeds Utd  38 15.9% 46.2% 37.9% Leicester City  38 26.1% 47.1% 26.8% Liverpool  38 49% 43.9% 7.1% Manchester City  38 51.1% 38.2% 10.6% Manchester Utd  38 23.2% 52.7% 24.1% Newcastle Utd  38 23.7% 52.5% 23.8% Norwich City  38 11.2% 43.9% 44.9% Southampton  38 23.5% 47% 29.5% Tottenham  38 38.5% 46.8% 14.7% Watford  38 13.3% 41.8% 44.9% West Ham Utd  38 25.2% 52.6% 22.2% Wolverhampton  38 25.9% 53.9% 20.1% League average 26.1% 47.9% 26.1% Home Lead durations (at home) - based on 90 min. per game (at home) GP Percentage of minutes per game Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  19 45.1% 39.6% 15.3% Aston Villa  19 18.9% 53.7% 27.4% Brentford  19 15.7% 53.6% 30.7% Brighton  19 21.6% 49.3% 29.1% Burnley  19 19.1% 53.2% 27.7% Chelsea  19 33.4% 54.2% 12.4% Crystal Palace  19 28.2% 54.5% 17.3% Everton  19 21.1% 48.5% 30.4% Leeds Utd  19 16% 41.9% 42.2% Leicester City  19 31.1% 47.3% 21.7% Liverpool  19 51% 43.6% 5.4% Manchester City  19 53.1% 36.1% 10.8% Manchester Utd  19 29.6% 57.9% 12.5% Newcastle Utd  19 29.8% 50.2% 19.9% Norwich City  19 13.2% 42.4% 44.4% Southampton  19 35.4% 48.4% 16.1% Tottenham  19 46.5% 41.5% 12% Watford  19 14.7% 39.8% 45.5% West Ham Utd  19 28.5% 53.9% 17.7% Wolverhampton  19 26.7% 48% 25.3% League average 28.9% 47.9% 23.2% Away Lead durations (away) - based on 90 min. per game (away) GP Percentage of minutes per game Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  19 37.7% 36.2% 26.1% Aston Villa  19 27.4% 39.5% 33% Brentford  19 19.8% 41.9% 38.2% Brighton  19 18.9% 47.2% 33.9% Burnley  19 13% 50.1% 36.9% Chelsea  19 41.4% 54.3% 4.3% Crystal Palace  19 18.3% 53.1% 28.6% Everton  19 9.6% 52.4% 38% Leeds Utd  19 15.9% 50.5% 33.6% Leicester City  19 21.1% 47% 32% Liverpool  19 47% 44.2% 8.9% Manchester City  19 49.1% 40.4% 10.5% Manchester Utd  19 16.8% 47.6% 35.6% Newcastle Utd  19 17.7% 54.7% 27.7% Norwich City  19 9.2% 45.5% 45.3% Southampton  19 11.6% 45.6% 42.8% Tottenham  19 30.5% 52.1% 17.4% Watford  19 11.9% 43.9% 44.2% West Ham Utd  19 21.9% 51.4% 26.7% Wolverhampton  19 25.2% 59.8% 15% League average 23.2% 47.9% 28.9%

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