Scotland - 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 Aberdeen  38 32.1% 42.3% 25.6% Celtic  38 55.8% 34.6% 9.7% Dundee Utd  38 23.2% 37.5% 39.3% Hearts  38 31% 37.7% 31.3% Hibernian  38 24.4% 41.4% 34.2% Kilmarnock  38 23.9% 32.3% 43.7% Livingston  38 28.7% 39.6% 31.8% Motherwell  38 29% 41.5% 29.4% Rangers  38 49.4% 32.2% 18.4% Ross County  38 14.7% 52% 33.2% St. Johnstone  38 23.6% 43.4% 33% St. Mirren  38 25.2% 43.4% 31.4% League average 30.1% 39.8% 30.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Aberdeen  19 43.3% 49.7% 7% Celtic  19 61.2% 33.2% 5.6% Dundee Utd  19 32.6% 32.3% 35.1% Hearts  19 40.7% 35.6% 23.7% Hibernian  19 31.9% 35% 33.1% Kilmarnock  19 39.2% 36.3% 24.4% Livingston  19 40.8% 40.9% 18.3% Motherwell  19 28.1% 39.2% 32.6% Rangers  19 57.7% 29% 13.3% Ross County  19 19.2% 50.5% 30.2% St. Johnstone  19 20.8% 51.8% 27.4% St. Mirren  19 40.1% 44.4% 15.4% League average 38% 39.8% 22.2% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Aberdeen  19 20.9% 35% 44.2% Celtic  19 50.3% 36% 13.7% Dundee Utd  19 13.8% 42.8% 43.4% Hearts  19 21.3% 39.8% 38.9% Hibernian  19 16.8% 47.8% 35.4% Kilmarnock  19 8.7% 28.3% 63% Livingston  19 16.5% 38.2% 45.3% Motherwell  19 29.9% 43.9% 26.3% Rangers  19 41.1% 35.4% 23.5% Ross County  19 10.2% 53.5% 36.3% St. Johnstone  19 26.4% 35% 38.7% St. Mirren  19 10.4% 42.3% 47.3% League average 22.2% 39.8% 38%

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