Ireland - First Division time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2023

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 Athlone Town  36 27.8% 42.7% 29.5% Bray Wanderers  36 20.5% 47.9% 31.6% Cobh Ramblers  36 29.1% 48% 22.9% Finn Harps  36 15.3% 48% 36.7% Galway Utd  36 56% 35.3% 8.6% Kerry  36 9.2% 45.2% 45.6% Longford Town  36 18.9% 52.6% 28.6% Treaty Utd  36 21.9% 47.2% 31% Waterford  36 48.7% 34.2% 17.1% Wexford  36 28.2% 47.8% 24% League average 27.6% 44.9% 27.6% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Athlone Town  18 28.7% 44.1% 27.2% Bray Wanderers  18 27.4% 44.4% 28.2% Cobh Ramblers  18 39% 46.2% 14.8% Finn Harps  18 16.9% 52.4% 30.7% Galway Utd  18 67.4% 32.6% 0% Kerry  18 9.5% 53.6% 36.9% Longford Town  18 24.6% 51.2% 24.2% Treaty Utd  18 19.6% 45.6% 34.8% Waterford  18 49.7% 34.1% 16.2% Wexford  18 25.7% 44.6% 29.6% League average 30.9% 44.9% 24.3% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Athlone Town  18 27% 41.2% 31.9% Bray Wanderers  18 13.6% 51.4% 34.9% Cobh Ramblers  18 19.1% 49.8% 31% Finn Harps  18 13.8% 43.6% 42.7% Galway Utd  18 44.6% 38.1% 17.3% Kerry  18 8.9% 36.9% 54.3% Longford Town  18 13.1% 53.9% 33% Treaty Utd  18 24.1% 48.8% 27.2% Waterford  18 47.7% 34.3% 18% Wexford  18 30.7% 50.9% 18.4% League average 24.3% 44.9% 30.9%

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