League Two 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 Accrington  46 25.4% 46.7% 27.9% Barnet  46 27.5% 53.4% 19.1% Barrow  46 16.1% 51.1% 32.8% Bristol Rovers  46 23.6% 47.1% 29.3% Bromley  46 29.9% 54% 16.1% Cambridge Utd  46 33.8% 52.2% 14% Cheltenham  46 13.8% 48.8% 37.4% Chesterfield  46 31.3% 50.3% 18.4% Colchester Utd  46 25.4% 57% 17.6% Crawley Town  46 11.5% 59.7% 28.8% Crewe Alexandra  46 26.4% 48.3% 25.3% Fleetwood  46 20.6% 56.3% 23.1% Gillingham  46 15.9% 52.2% 31.9% Grimsby  46 29.3% 52.2% 18.5% Harrogate  46 17.9% 52% 30.2% Milton Keynes  46 46.6% 41.6% 11.8% Newport  46 14.7% 49.9% 35.4% Notts County  46 29.8% 53% 17.2% Oldham  46 24.9% 51.1% 24% Salford City  46 28% 52.5% 19.5% Shrewsbury  46 16.7% 54.5% 28.8% Swindon Town  46 27.3% 48.2% 24.5% Tranmere  46 20% 50% 30.1% Walsall  46 25.5% 54.7% 19.8% League average 24.2% 51.5% 24.2% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Accrington  23 32.8% 46.1% 21.1% Barnet  23 31.7% 45.8% 22.5% Barrow  23 11.1% 58.3% 30.6% Bristol Rovers  23 32.6% 44.6% 22.8% Bromley  23 38.5% 51.7% 9.9% Cambridge Utd  23 44.1% 49.3% 6.6% Cheltenham  23 15% 49.2% 35.7% Chesterfield  23 35.7% 49% 15.4% Colchester Utd  23 27.3% 51.7% 21% Crawley Town  23 13.8% 63.4% 22.8% Crewe Alexandra  23 29.1% 48.5% 22.4% Fleetwood  23 16.4% 57.6% 26% Gillingham  23 20.4% 51.3% 28.3% Grimsby  23 29.4% 50.7% 19.9% Harrogate  23 12.1% 56.7% 31.2% Milton Keynes  23 48.3% 40.3% 11.4% Newport  23 15.2% 54% 30.8% Notts County  23 36.7% 50.6% 12.7% Oldham  23 22% 52.3% 25.7% Salford City  23 26.5% 57.9% 15.6% Shrewsbury  23 22.8% 57.1% 20.1% Swindon Town  23 26.4% 56.1% 17.5% Tranmere  23 21.9% 42.9% 35.2% Walsall  23 21.4% 51.4% 27.2% League average 26.3% 51.5% 22.2% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Accrington  23 17.9% 47.3% 34.8% Barnet  23 23.2% 61% 15.7% Barrow  23 21.1% 44% 35% Bristol Rovers  23 14.5% 49.6% 35.9% Bromley  23 21.3% 56.4% 22.4% Cambridge Utd  23 23.5% 55.1% 21.4% Cheltenham  23 12.7% 48.4% 39% Chesterfield  23 26.9% 51.6% 21.5% Colchester Utd  23 23.4% 62.3% 14.3% Crawley Town  23 9.2% 55.9% 34.9% Crewe Alexandra  23 23.7% 48.1% 28.2% Fleetwood  23 24.8% 54.9% 20.2% Gillingham  23 11.4% 53.1% 35.5% Grimsby  23 29.2% 53.6% 17.1% Harrogate  23 23.7% 47.2% 29.1% Milton Keynes  23 44.9% 42.9% 12.2% Newport  23 14.3% 45.7% 40% Notts County  23 22.9% 55.3% 21.7% Oldham  23 27.8% 49.9% 22.3% Salford City  23 29.5% 47.1% 23.4% Shrewsbury  23 10.6% 51.8% 37.5% Swindon Town  23 28.2% 40.3% 31.5% Tranmere  23 18.1% 57% 25% Walsall  23 29.6% 58% 12.4% League average 22.2% 51.5% 26.3%

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