Scotland - 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 Aberdeen  32 14% 51.3% 34.7% Celtic  32 34.1% 48.2% 17.7% Dundee FC  32 18.1% 49.4% 32.5% Dundee Utd  32 19% 53.4% 27.6% Falkirk  32 25.8% 48.3% 26% Hearts  32 35.6% 48.8% 15.7% Hibernian  32 31.4% 52.4% 16.2% Kilmarnock  32 20.3% 39.9% 39.8% Livingston  32 10.8% 48.4% 40.9% Motherwell  32 31.5% 54.2% 14.2% Rangers  32 45.2% 41.9% 12.8% St. Mirren  32 15% 62.3% 22.7% League average 25.1% 49.9% 25.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Aberdeen  15 18.4% 52.8% 28.8% Celtic  15 38.4% 52.7% 9% Dundee FC  16 21.3% 44.4% 34.3% Dundee Utd  16 17.5% 57.4% 25.1% Falkirk  16 27.6% 51.4% 21% Hearts  16 40.6% 50.5% 8.9% Hibernian  16 35.8% 47.8% 16.4% Kilmarnock  16 28.8% 40.4% 30.8% Livingston  16 19.6% 44.2% 36.3% Motherwell  17 36.6% 45.8% 17.6% Rangers  17 45.1% 46.3% 8.6% St. Mirren  16 18.1% 65.5% 16.4% League average 29.1% 49.9% 21% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Aberdeen  17 10.2% 50% 39.8% Celtic  17 30.3% 44.3% 25.4% Dundee FC  16 14.9% 54.4% 30.8% Dundee Utd  16 20.6% 49.3% 30.1% Falkirk  16 23.9% 45.1% 31% Hearts  16 30.5% 47% 22.5% Hibernian  16 27% 56.9% 16% Kilmarnock  16 11.9% 39.4% 48.8% Livingston  16 1.9% 52.6% 45.5% Motherwell  15 25.8% 63.8% 10.4% Rangers  15 45.4% 37% 17.6% St. Mirren  16 11.9% 59% 29.1% League average 21% 49.9% 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