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  10 10.8% 58.8% 30.4% Austin  10 26.6% 53.6% 19.9% CF Montreal  10 0% 64.7% 35.3% Charlotte  10 35% 45% 20% Chicago Fire  10 17% 49.2% 33.8% Cincinnati  10 28.2% 55.1% 16.7% Colorado Rapids  10 23.6% 60.3% 16.1% Columbus Crew  10 35.4% 51% 13.6% Dallas  10 17.3% 51.7% 31% DC United  10 17.8% 44.4% 37.8% Houston Dynamo  10 17.6% 55.3% 27.1% Inter Miami  9 39.1% 53.3% 7.5% LA Galaxy  10 6.9% 55.3% 37.8% Los Angeles FC  10 12.6% 49.7% 37.8% Minnesota Utd  10 33.8% 61% 5.2% Nashville SC  10 30.6% 50.3% 19.1% New England  9 17.7% 70% 12.3% New York City  10 22.3% 57.8% 19.9% New York RB  10 21.2% 65.4% 13.3% Orlando City  10 23.2% 62% 14.8% Philadelphia  10 40% 39.9% 20.1% Portland  10 37.6% 50.1% 12.3% Real Salt Lake  10 32.3% 40.1% 27.6% San Diego  10 21.7% 42.1% 36.2% Seattle  10 29.9% 37.6% 32.6% SJ Earthquakes  10 31% 35.7% 33.3% Sporting KC  10 11.4% 42.7% 45.9% St. Louis City  10 19.9% 58.7% 21.4% Toronto  10 11% 62.2% 26.8% Vancouver  10 42.6% 52.9% 4.6% League average 23.8% 52.5% 23.8% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  6 14.3% 65.6% 20.2% Austin  5 22.9% 61.1% 16% CF Montreal  2 0% 58.9% 41.1% Charlotte  6 44.6% 43.1% 12.2% Chicago Fire  4 8.3% 65% 26.7% Cincinnati  5 27.1% 68.4% 4.4% Colorado Rapids  5 22.4% 64.7% 12.9% Columbus Crew  6 30.4% 54.6% 15% Dallas  4 21.1% 45.6% 33.3% DC United  5 17.6% 61.6% 20.9% Houston Dynamo  6 21.3% 47% 31.7% Inter Miami  5 38.2% 50.2% 11.6% LA Galaxy  5 13.8% 46.4% 39.8% Los Angeles FC  5 9.1% 68.9% 22% Minnesota Utd  5 20.4% 71.8% 7.8% Nashville SC  6 29.3% 67.4% 3.3% New England  4 17.8% 67.5% 14.7% New York City  4 23.9% 48.1% 28.1% New York RB  6 35.4% 49.3% 15.4% Orlando City  5 42.2% 48.4% 9.3% Philadelphia  6 56.3% 31.9% 11.9% Portland  5 41.3% 44% 14.7% Real Salt Lake  5 39.3% 32.7% 28% San Diego  5 34.9% 44.7% 20.4% Seattle  4 51.9% 48.1% 0% SJ Earthquakes  6 35.6% 35.6% 28.9% Sporting KC  5 4.2% 33.8% 62% St. Louis City  5 25.1% 54.4% 20.4% Toronto  4 5% 75% 20% Vancouver  5 54.7% 36.2% 9.1% League average 28.1% 52.5% 19.5% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  4 5.6% 48.6% 45.8% Austin  5 30.2% 46% 23.8% CF Montreal  8 0% 66.1% 33.9% Charlotte  4 20.6% 47.8% 31.7% Chicago Fire  6 22.8% 38.7% 38.5% Cincinnati  5 29.3% 41.8% 28.9% Colorado Rapids  5 24.7% 56% 19.3% Columbus Crew  4 43.1% 45.6% 11.4% Dallas  6 14.8% 55.7% 29.4% DC United  5 18% 27.3% 54.7% Houston Dynamo  4 11.9% 67.8% 20.3% Inter Miami  4 40.3% 57.2% 2.5% LA Galaxy  5 0% 64.2% 35.8% Los Angeles FC  5 16% 30.4% 53.6% Minnesota Utd  5 47.1% 50.2% 2.7% Nashville SC  4 32.5% 24.7% 42.8% New England  5 17.6% 72% 10.4% New York City  6 21.3% 64.3% 14.4% New York RB  4 0% 89.7% 10.3% Orlando City  5 4.2% 75.6% 20.2% Philadelphia  4 15.6% 51.9% 32.5% Portland  5 33.8% 56.2% 10% Real Salt Lake  5 25.3% 47.6% 27.1% San Diego  5 8.4% 39.6% 52% Seattle  6 15.2% 30.6% 54.3% SJ Earthquakes  4 24.2% 35.8% 40% Sporting KC  5 18.7% 51.6% 29.8% St. Louis City  5 14.7% 62.9% 22.4% Toronto  6 15% 53.7% 31.3% Vancouver  5 30.4% 69.6% 0% League average 19.5% 52.5% 28.1%

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