Ireland - Premier Division time spent leading or trailing during matches

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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 Bohemians  29 36.3% 48.9% 14.8% Derry City  29 21.5% 51.7% 26.9% Drogheda Utd  29 18.7% 46.2% 35.1% Dundalk  29 28.4% 44.9% 26.6% Galway Utd  28 23.4% 54.4% 22.1% Shamrock Rovers  29 36.1% 46.3% 17.5% Shelbourne  28 18.5% 58.3% 23.2% Sligo Rovers  29 17.5% 47.2% 35.4% St. Patricks  29 32.6% 46.8% 20.6% Waterford  29 21.3% 46.5% 32.2% League average 25.5% 49.1% 25.5% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Bohemians  15 32.1% 58% 9.9% Derry City  15 24.4% 48% 27.6% Drogheda Utd  15 27.8% 42.8% 29.4% Dundalk  14 33.5% 46.9% 19.6% Galway Utd  14 25.2% 52.1% 22.7% Shamrock Rovers  14 52.6% 41.7% 5.6% Shelbourne  14 14% 57.5% 28.5% Sligo Rovers  14 28.1% 43.6% 28.3% St. Patricks  15 30.6% 50.8% 18.6% Waterford  14 19.4% 49.1% 31.5% League average 28.8% 49.1% 22.2% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Bohemians  14 40.8% 39.1% 20.1% Derry City  14 18.3% 55.6% 26% Drogheda Utd  14 9% 49.9% 41.1% Dundalk  15 23.7% 43.1% 33.2% Galway Utd  14 21.6% 56.8% 21.6% Shamrock Rovers  15 20.7% 50.6% 28.7% Shelbourne  14 22.9% 59.1% 17.9% Sligo Rovers  15 7.6% 50.5% 41.9% St. Patricks  14 34.8% 42.5% 22.7% Waterford  15 23.2% 44% 32.8% League average 22.2% 49.1% 28.8%

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