Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership 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 Ballymena Utd  38 21.3% 54.5% 24.2% Carrick Rangers  38 21.7% 54.6% 23.6% Cliftonville  38 28% 50.3% 21.7% Coleraine  38 23.9% 45.4% 30.7% Crusaders  38 28.2% 44% 27.8% Dungannon  38 33.7% 46.7% 19.5% Glenavon  38 19.5% 45.6% 34.9% Glentoran  38 29.3% 51% 19.7% Larne  38 25.4% 54.2% 20.4% Linfield  38 48% 43.8% 8.3% Loughgall  38 10.1% 39.7% 50.1% Portadown  38 23.7% 44.4% 32% League average 26.1% 47.9% 26.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Ballymena Utd  18 23.8% 57.9% 18.3% Carrick Rangers  20 29.5% 56.2% 14.3% Cliftonville  18 37.3% 57% 5.7% Coleraine  19 24.6% 47.1% 28.3% Crusaders  20 27.8% 41.2% 31% Dungannon  20 37.6% 41.4% 21% Glenavon  19 13% 53.3% 33.7% Glentoran  17 32.9% 53.1% 14.1% Larne  18 21.5% 53.6% 24.8% Linfield  20 49.7% 43.9% 6.4% Loughgall  19 16.1% 38% 46% Portadown  20 33.9% 34.8% 31.3% League average 29.1% 47.9% 23% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Ballymena Utd  20 19.1% 51.4% 29.5% Carrick Rangers  18 13.1% 53% 34% Cliftonville  20 19.6% 44.3% 36.1% Coleraine  19 23.2% 43.7% 33.1% Crusaders  18 28.6% 47.2% 24.2% Dungannon  18 29.4% 52.7% 17.9% Glenavon  19 26% 37.8% 36.2% Glentoran  21 26.5% 49.3% 24.2% Larne  20 28.9% 54.8% 16.3% Linfield  18 46% 43.6% 10.3% Loughgall  19 4.2% 41.5% 54.3% Portadown  18 12.2% 55% 32.8% League average 23% 47.9% 29.1%

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