USA - MLS 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 Atlanta Utd  26 12.5% 49.5% 38% Austin  25 26.2% 55.1% 18.7% CF Montreal  27 16.8% 48.6% 34.7% Charlotte  27 30.7% 44% 25.3% Chicago Fire  26 33.6% 40.8% 25.6% Cincinnati  27 36.7% 45.8% 17.5% Colorado Rapids  27 24.7% 48.6% 26.7% Columbus Crew  26 31% 43.7% 25.3% Dallas  26 17% 55.5% 27.5% DC United  27 12.4% 49.1% 38.5% Houston Dynamo  25 17.8% 47.9% 34.4% Inter Miami  24 36.9% 43.6% 19.5% LA Galaxy  26 13.7% 48.5% 37.8% Los Angeles FC  24 29.9% 44.3% 25.9% Minnesota Utd  27 33.6% 56.4% 10% Nashville SC  26 34.7% 47.6% 17.7% New England  26 20.8% 53.3% 25.9% New York City  24 25.8% 47.1% 27.1% New York RB  27 25.4% 44.5% 30.1% Orlando City  27 37.9% 49.3% 12.9% Philadelphia  27 38% 49.7% 12.3% Portland  26 24.1% 52.1% 23.8% Real Salt Lake  26 27.6% 52.1% 20.3% San Diego  26 28.5% 48.8% 22.6% Seattle  26 28.6% 48.7% 22.7% SJ Earthquakes  26 25% 49.9% 25.1% Sporting KC  26 14.4% 40.7% 44.9% St. Louis City  26 18.5% 53% 28.5% Toronto  26 17.9% 47.6% 34.5% Vancouver  25 33.5% 46.4% 20.1% League average 25.8% 48.4% 25.8% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  13 23.2% 50.9% 25.8% Austin  13 21.5% 63.3% 15.1% CF Montreal  13 21.5% 42.1% 36.4% Charlotte  13 46.5% 43.4% 10.1% Chicago Fire  13 22.8% 51.5% 25.6% Cincinnati  12 37.3% 49.7% 13% Colorado Rapids  14 27.1% 46% 26.9% Columbus Crew  14 35.8% 47.5% 16.7% Dallas  13 23.2% 52.6% 24.2% DC United  13 10.6% 54.3% 35.1% Houston Dynamo  13 18.5% 44% 37.5% Inter Miami  12 44% 46.9% 9.2% LA Galaxy  12 27.5% 40.4% 32.1% Los Angeles FC  13 33.1% 48.2% 18.7% Minnesota Utd  14 30.5% 59.4% 10.2% Nashville SC  13 38.7% 59.7% 1.6% New England  13 11.1% 51.7% 37.2% New York City  11 38.4% 36.7% 24.9% New York RB  14 39.6% 36.2% 24.2% Orlando City  14 44.4% 42% 13.7% Philadelphia  14 53.8% 37.5% 8.7% Portland  14 26.3% 57.5% 16.1% Real Salt Lake  12 37.9% 49.6% 12.5% San Diego  14 30.3% 52.9% 16.7% Seattle  12 35.8% 58.6% 5.6% SJ Earthquakes  13 34.7% 44.9% 20.4% Sporting KC  13 10.4% 36.6% 53% St. Louis City  13 29.9% 50.9% 19.1% Toronto  14 15.2% 53.8% 31% Vancouver  11 42.5% 41.5% 16% League average 30.3% 48.4% 21.3% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  13 1.7% 48.1% 50.2% Austin  12 31.3% 46.2% 22.5% CF Montreal  14 12.4% 54.6% 33% Charlotte  14 16% 44.6% 39.4% Chicago Fire  13 44.4% 30.1% 25.6% Cincinnati  15 36.2% 42.6% 21.2% Colorado Rapids  13 22% 51.5% 26.6% Columbus Crew  12 25.5% 39.2% 35.4% Dallas  13 10.8% 58.4% 30.9% DC United  14 14.1% 44.2% 41.7% Houston Dynamo  12 17% 52% 30.9% Inter Miami  12 29.9% 40.3% 29.8% LA Galaxy  14 1.8% 55.6% 42.6% Los Angeles FC  11 26.1% 39.6% 34.3% Minnesota Utd  13 36.9% 53.2% 9.9% Nashville SC  13 30.6% 35.6% 33.8% New England  13 30.4% 55% 14.6% New York City  13 15.1% 55.9% 29% New York RB  13 10.1% 53.4% 36.5% Orlando City  13 30.9% 57.1% 12.1% Philadelphia  13 21% 62.8% 16.2% Portland  12 21.5% 45.7% 32.8% Real Salt Lake  14 18.7% 54.3% 27% San Diego  12 26.5% 44.1% 29.4% Seattle  14 22.4% 40.2% 37.4% SJ Earthquakes  13 15.4% 54.9% 29.7% Sporting KC  13 18.3% 44.9% 36.8% St. Louis City  13 7% 55% 37.9% Toronto  12 21% 40.4% 38.6% Vancouver  14 26.3% 50.2% 23.4% League average 21.3% 48.4% 30.3%

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