Ireland - Premier Division time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2023

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 Bohemians  36 25% 53.8% 21.2% Cork City  36 22.3% 44% 33.7% Derry City  36 36% 51.9% 12.1% Drogheda Utd  36 15.8% 57.1% 27.1% Dundalk  36 26.3% 45.2% 28.5% Shamrock Rovers  36 39.7% 51.2% 9.1% Shelbourne  36 28.9% 58.1% 13% Sligo Rovers  36 22% 43.9% 34.1% St. Patricks  36 32.3% 47.3% 20.3% UC Dublin  36 7.4% 35.9% 56.7% League average 25.6% 48.9% 25.6% 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 Bohemians  18 29.9% 45.9% 24.3% Cork City  18 25.2% 53.8% 21% Derry City  18 32% 58.6% 9.4% Drogheda Utd  18 16.9% 54.5% 28.6% Dundalk  18 37.6% 40.4% 22% Shamrock Rovers  18 44.6% 40% 15.4% Shelbourne  18 27.3% 56.2% 16.5% Sligo Rovers  18 26.4% 43.6% 30% St. Patricks  18 30.2% 52.4% 17.4% UC Dublin  18 9.7% 43.1% 47.2% League average 28% 48.9% 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 Bohemians  18 20.1% 61.8% 18.1% Cork City  18 19.3% 34.2% 46.5% Derry City  18 40.1% 45.2% 14.8% Drogheda Utd  18 14.6% 59.7% 25.7% Dundalk  18 15% 50.1% 34.9% Shamrock Rovers  18 34.8% 62.5% 2.7% Shelbourne  18 30.6% 60% 9.4% Sligo Rovers  18 17.7% 44.2% 38.1% St. Patricks  18 34.5% 42.3% 23.2% UC Dublin  18 5.1% 28.7% 66.2% League average 23.2% 48.9% 28%

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