Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership 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 Ballymena Utd  38 18.8% 49.2% 32% Carrick Rangers  38 18.8% 47.1% 34.2% Cliftonville  38 39.4% 39.3% 21.4% Coleraine  38 35.8% 43.1% 21.1% Crusaders  38 33.6% 45.6% 20.8% Dungannon  38 12.5% 42.1% 45.4% Glenavon  38 23.7% 51.7% 24.6% Glentoran  38 36.4% 46.6% 17% Larne  38 38.9% 53.7% 7.4% Linfield  38 38.1% 48.6% 13.3% Newry City  38 13.4% 43.7% 42.9% Portadown  38 15.1% 40.7% 44.3% League average 27% 45.9% 27% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Ballymena Utd  19 29.4% 50.4% 20.2% Carrick Rangers  20 24.2% 45.3% 30.5% Cliftonville  20 45% 37.2% 17.8% Coleraine  19 39.8% 45.3% 15% Crusaders  20 44.7% 43.1% 12.2% Dungannon  18 22.2% 43.7% 34.1% Glenavon  20 23.9% 53.9% 22.2% Glentoran  18 42.4% 45.9% 11.7% Larne  18 48.1% 46.2% 5.7% Linfield  18 40.2% 50.7% 9.1% Newry City  19 9.4% 49.9% 40.7% Portadown  19 24.2% 40.2% 35.7% League average 32.7% 45.9% 21.3% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Ballymena Utd  19 8.3% 47.9% 43.8% Carrick Rangers  18 12.7% 49.1% 38.2% Cliftonville  18 33.1% 41.5% 25.4% Coleraine  19 31.9% 41% 27.1% Crusaders  18 21.2% 48.5% 30.3% Dungannon  20 3.7% 40.7% 55.7% Glenavon  18 23.5% 49.3% 27.2% Glentoran  20 30.9% 47.2% 21.9% Larne  20 30.6% 60.4% 9% Linfield  20 36.1% 46.7% 17.2% Newry City  19 17.4% 37.6% 45% Portadown  19 6% 41.2% 52.9% League average 21.3% 45.9% 32.7%

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