League One time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2026

Average 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 AFC Wimbledon  46 19.4% 51.5% 29% Barnsley  46 28.2% 44.7% 27.1% Blackpool  46 27.1% 45.5% 27.5% Bolton  46 24.8% 50.6% 24.7% Bradford  46 28.3% 46.8% 24.9% Burton Albion  46 22.1% 52.2% 25.7% Cardiff City  46 31.7% 53.5% 14.8% Doncaster  46 23.7% 51.4% 25% Exeter City  46 18.4% 46.9% 34.7% Huddersfield  46 29% 47.2% 23.8% Leyton Orient  46 22.8% 49.6% 27.6% Lincoln City  46 51.2% 38.2% 10.5% Luton Town  46 30.2% 46.4% 23.4% Mansfield  46 25.9% 53.9% 20.2% Northampton  46 12.1% 49.3% 38.6% Peterborough  46 21% 44.9% 34.1% Plymouth  46 30.3% 41.7% 28% Port Vale  46 19.4% 52% 28.6% Reading  46 25.7% 49.8% 24.4% Rotherham  46 20.2% 44.1% 35.8% Stevenage  46 23.3% 60.5% 16.3% Stockport  46 32.3% 46.8% 20.9% Wigan Athletic  46 22.6% 49.7% 27.7% Wycombe  46 32.2% 39.1% 28.7% League average 25.9% 48.2% 25.9% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing AFC Wimbledon  23 26.8% 49.2% 24% Barnsley  23 30.7% 42.8% 26.5% Blackpool  23 40.1% 36.8% 23.1% Bolton  23 33.2% 51.1% 15.7% Bradford  23 36.3% 49.6% 14.2% Burton Albion  23 27.4% 47.1% 25.4% Cardiff City  23 38% 51.7% 10.3% Doncaster  23 33.3% 47.3% 19.4% Exeter City  23 19.6% 47.5% 32.9% Huddersfield  23 36.7% 48% 15.3% Leyton Orient  23 29.5% 48.9% 21.5% Lincoln City  23 55.2% 43% 1.8% Luton Town  23 38% 48.5% 13.5% Mansfield  23 30.1% 52.1% 17.7% Northampton  23 16.5% 52.2% 31.3% Peterborough  23 25% 45.3% 29.7% Plymouth  23 27.2% 45.4% 27.3% Port Vale  23 14.7% 61.9% 23.4% Reading  23 29.7% 46% 24.3% Rotherham  23 26.6% 46.4% 27.1% Stevenage  23 28.9% 65.9% 5.1% Stockport  23 30.7% 46.8% 22.5% Wigan Athletic  23 32.3% 49.3% 18.4% Wycombe  23 44.2% 33.4% 22.4% League average 31.3% 48.2% 20.5% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing AFC Wimbledon  23 12.1% 53.9% 34% Barnsley  23 25.7% 46.6% 27.7% Blackpool  23 14.1% 54.2% 31.8% Bolton  23 16.4% 50% 33.6% Bradford  23 20.4% 44.1% 35.6% Burton Albion  23 16.7% 57.3% 26% Cardiff City  23 25.4% 55.3% 19.3% Doncaster  23 14.1% 55.4% 30.6% Exeter City  23 17.2% 46.3% 36.5% Huddersfield  23 21.3% 46.5% 32.3% Leyton Orient  23 16% 50.3% 33.7% Lincoln City  23 47.3% 33.5% 19.2% Luton Town  23 22.3% 44.4% 33.2% Mansfield  23 21.6% 55.7% 22.7% Northampton  23 7.6% 46.5% 45.9% Peterborough  23 17.1% 44.5% 38.4% Plymouth  23 33.3% 38.1% 28.6% Port Vale  23 24.1% 42.2% 33.7% Reading  23 21.8% 53.6% 24.5% Rotherham  23 13.8% 41.7% 44.5% Stevenage  23 17.6% 55% 27.4% Stockport  23 33.9% 46.8% 19.4% Wigan Athletic  23 12.9% 50% 37.1% Wycombe  23 20.3% 44.7% 34.9% League average 20.5% 48.2% 31.3%

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