Premier League 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 Arsenal  38 42.3% 49.3% 8.4% Aston Villa  38 23.5% 51.5% 25% Bournemouth  38 28.4% 53.5% 18.2% Brentford  38 28.2% 46.3% 25.4% Brighton  38 25.9% 45.4% 28.7% Burnley  38 9% 46.6% 44.4% Chelsea  38 28.8% 42.7% 28.5% Crystal Palace  38 19.9% 55.7% 24.4% Everton  38 25.6% 48.8% 25.6% Fulham  38 22.3% 53.7% 24% Leeds Utd  38 23.2% 56.5% 20.3% Liverpool  38 26.3% 53.6% 20.1% Manchester City  38 46.9% 44.8% 8.3% Manchester Utd  38 36.9% 44.8% 18.3% Newcastle Utd  38 28.5% 48.9% 22.6% Nottm Forest  38 19.3% 52.9% 27.9% Sunderland  38 16.8% 58.7% 24.4% Tottenham  38 20.3% 44.3% 35.4% West Ham Utd  38 20.8% 49.6% 29.5% Wolverhampton  38 8.9% 48.5% 42.5% League average 25.1% 49.8% 25.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  19 47.3% 43.9% 8.9% Aston Villa  19 33.3% 45.7% 21% Bournemouth  19 28.4% 57.8% 13.9% Brentford  19 35.8% 44.7% 19.5% Brighton  19 38.5% 41.2% 20.3% Burnley  19 11.7% 49.2% 39.1% Chelsea  19 34.2% 46.8% 18.9% Crystal Palace  19 14.3% 60.5% 25.2% Everton  19 27.3% 43.9% 28.8% Fulham  19 30.5% 53.2% 16.3% Leeds Utd  19 30.8% 55.5% 13.7% Liverpool  19 40.5% 50.3% 9.2% Manchester City  19 56.3% 38.8% 4.9% Manchester Utd  19 48.6% 33.8% 17.6% Newcastle Utd  19 33.3% 49.4% 17.3% Nottm Forest  19 16.4% 66.6% 17% Sunderland  19 23.3% 60.8% 15.9% Tottenham  19 18.9% 43.3% 37.8% West Ham Utd  19 23.7% 59.4% 16.9% Wolverhampton  19 13.3% 51.3% 35.3% League average 30.3% 49.8% 19.9% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  19 37.4% 54.7% 7.9% Aston Villa  19 13.6% 57.3% 29.1% Bournemouth  19 28.4% 49.2% 22.5% Brentford  19 20.6% 48% 31.4% Brighton  19 13.3% 49.6% 37% Burnley  19 6.4% 44% 49.6% Chelsea  19 23.4% 38.6% 38% Crystal Palace  19 25.5% 50.8% 23.7% Everton  19 24% 53.6% 22.4% Fulham  19 14% 54.2% 31.8% Leeds Utd  19 15.6% 57.5% 26.8% Liverpool  19 12.2% 57% 30.9% Manchester City  19 37.6% 50.7% 11.7% Manchester Utd  19 25.2% 55.8% 18.9% Newcastle Utd  19 23.7% 48.4% 27.9% Nottm Forest  19 22.1% 39.1% 38.8% Sunderland  19 10.4% 56.7% 32.9% Tottenham  19 21.7% 45.3% 33% West Ham Utd  19 18% 39.9% 42.2% Wolverhampton  19 4.6% 45.7% 49.8% League average 19.9% 49.8% 30.3%

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