When are goals scored?

SoccerSTATS.com - updated on: 26 Jun 2024

Yet another last-minute equalizer against our team? This seems to be happening much too often lately. Another two points lost. What on earth might be happening with the team during those last minutes this season? Is that the sign of a specific weakness, or just plain bad luck?

Sometimes it feels like our team concedes a disproportionate number of crucial goals in the dying minutes of a match, even if the overall statistics don't reflect a high volume of late goals. The impact of a single, game-changing late goal that costs hard-fought points far outweighs the fleeting positive memories of multiple goals scored when a team is already leading comfortably (e.g., turning a 3-0 lead into 4-0).

Goals by Time Segments

When you suspect your team has a tendency to score or concede goals at specific points in a match, you can consult the goal timing statistics. These tables detail the number of goals scored and conceded by each team within various time segments.

Goals Scored/Conceded in Each 15-Minute Segment

This table presents the number of goals scored and conceded by each team during 15-minute intervals (e.g., minutes 1-15, 16-30, etc.).

Goals Scored/Conceded in Each 10-Minute Segment

For a more granular view of goal timing, this table breaks down goals scored and conceded by each team into shorter, 10-minute periods.

Goals by Half

The Goals by Half table indicates the percentage of goals a team scored in the first half versus the second half. It also provides the average minute at which a team scores its goals.

Regarding the "Average minute" value: a team with an average goal minute of, say, 46, doesn't necessarily score most of its goals around the 46th minute. For example, a team that scored half its goals very early and the other half very late in games, with no goals between the 10th and 80th minutes, could also have an average goal minute of 46.

The purpose of this average minute value is to help identify which teams, on average, tend to score their goals earlier or later than others.

Goal Timing at the League Level

Goals per Time Segment

The table below illustrates when goals were scored across an entire league for all teams combined during a season. It lists, for each 15-minute segment, the total number of goals scored and their percentage relative to all goals scored.

Similar data is also provided for goals scored in the first half compared to the second half.


In addition to these goal timing statistics for individual leagues, a comprehensive overview of the same statistical tables is available for some of the top European leagues on a single page.

Average Minute Each Subsequent Goal Has Been Scored

This table shows the average minute the first goal was scored, across all matches combined during the season, then for the second goal, and so on.

In the example below, the first goal was scored, on average, in the 30th minute. This first row also indicates that a first goal was scored in 279 matches, representing 91.2% of all matches played.

Early Scoring Analysis

This analysis examines the number of goals scored during the 16th to 90th minute time segment, categorized into three distinct situations:

• Matches where any number of goals (including none) were scored during the first 15 minutes (essentially all played matches).
• Only in matches where no goal was scored during the first 15 minutes.
• Only in matches where at least one goal was scored during the first 15 minutes.

For each situation, the last two columns display the total number of goals scored after the initial 15 minutes, and the average per match.

Related Articles

Here are a few other articles that delve into goals scored at specific times during a match:

• First-half and second-half statistics
• First Goal stats
• Lead-taking goals
• Equalizers scored

Examples

In addition to the main Goal Timing pages, such as the 2. Bundesliga goal timing section which compiles these tables on a single page, some tables can also be viewed individually. For example:

• Goals by 15-minute segment in the Bundesliga
• Goals by 10-minute segment in the Italian Serie A
• Featured leagues overview showcasing goals per 15-minute segment for some of Europe's top leagues.