Ireland - Premier Division time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2025

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  36 25.4% 50.3% 24.4% Cork City  36 14.4% 48.3% 37.3% Derry City  36 29.4% 47.9% 22.7% Drogheda Utd  36 27.7% 60.1% 12.2% Galway Utd  36 17.1% 58.6% 24.3% Shamrock Rovers  36 28.4% 54.2% 17.4% Shelbourne  36 26.5% 52.7% 20.9% Sligo Rovers  36 20.6% 46.4% 33% St. Patricks  36 26.7% 53.8% 19.5% Waterford  36 25.2% 45% 29.7% League average 24.1% 51.7% 24.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Bohemians  18 35.2% 43% 21.7% Cork City  18 18.1% 47.8% 34.1% Derry City  18 32.4% 54.2% 13.4% Drogheda Utd  18 34.6% 57% 8.4% Galway Utd  18 22.5% 57.5% 20% Shamrock Rovers  18 40.6% 52.5% 7% Shelbourne  18 22.5% 57.2% 20.3% Sligo Rovers  18 20.5% 49.2% 30.3% St. Patricks  18 33% 55.2% 11.8% Waterford  18 25.7% 43.6% 30.7% League average 28.5% 51.7% 19.8% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Bohemians  18 15.5% 57.5% 27% Cork City  18 10.7% 48.7% 40.6% Derry City  18 26.4% 41.6% 32% Drogheda Utd  18 20.8% 63.1% 16% Galway Utd  18 11.7% 59.8% 28.5% Shamrock Rovers  18 16.2% 55.9% 27.9% Shelbourne  18 30.5% 48.1% 21.4% Sligo Rovers  18 20.8% 43.5% 35.7% St. Patricks  18 20.4% 52.4% 27.2% Waterford  18 24.8% 46.5% 28.7% League average 19.8% 51.7% 28.5%

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