Northern Ireland - NIFL Premiership time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2024

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 15.1% 42.3% 42.7% Carrick Rangers  38 24.2% 40.6% 35.3% Cliftonville  38 41.3% 40.8% 17.9% Coleraine  38 17.5% 48.6% 33.9% Crusaders  38 29.8% 47% 23.2% Dungannon  38 27.2% 48.2% 24.6% Glenavon  38 21.6% 39.8% 38.6% Glentoran  38 40.1% 41.7% 18.2% Larne  38 52.6% 45.6% 1.8% Linfield  38 37.1% 52.6% 10.3% Loughgall  38 21.8% 41.1% 37.2% Newry City  38 9% 37.3% 53.7% League average 28.1% 43.8% 28.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Ballymena Utd  19 17.1% 40.4% 42.5% Carrick Rangers  18 18.3% 47% 34.8% Cliftonville  18 51.8% 38.1% 10.1% Coleraine  20 14.5% 55.6% 29.9% Crusaders  18 29.5% 46.6% 23.9% Dungannon  20 33.1% 46% 20.9% Glenavon  18 23.3% 47.8% 28.9% Glentoran  20 51.3% 37.8% 10.8% Larne  20 69.9% 29.7% 0.3% Linfield  19 44.4% 49.4% 6.2% Loughgall  19 14.7% 46.6% 38.7% Newry City  19 5.7% 41.1% 53.2% League average 31.3% 43.8% 24.9% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Ballymena Utd  19 13% 44.1% 42.9% Carrick Rangers  20 29.5% 34.8% 35.7% Cliftonville  20 31.9% 43.2% 24.9% Coleraine  18 20.8% 40.8% 38.4% Crusaders  20 30.1% 47.4% 22.5% Dungannon  18 20.7% 50.7% 28.6% Glenavon  20 20.1% 32.7% 47.3% Glentoran  18 27.7% 45.9% 26.4% Larne  18 33.3% 63.3% 3.5% Linfield  19 29.7% 55.9% 14.4% Loughgall  19 28.9% 35.5% 35.6% Newry City  19 12.3% 33.5% 54.2% League average 24.9% 43.8% 31.3%

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