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  19 12.7% 47.7% 39.5% Austin  20 23% 54.4% 22.6% CF Montreal  20 15.3% 51.7% 32.9% Charlotte  20 25.7% 41.7% 32.7% Chicago Fire  19 31.8% 42.6% 25.6% Cincinnati  20 34.4% 43.9% 21.7% Colorado Rapids  20 24.2% 50.4% 25.3% Columbus Crew  20 31.7% 43.3% 24.9% Dallas  19 13.3% 57.7% 29% DC United  20 16.1% 45.2% 38.8% Houston Dynamo  20 21.7% 49.4% 28.8% Inter Miami  16 37.5% 44.2% 18.3% LA Galaxy  20 9.2% 52.9% 37.9% Los Angeles FC  17 25.3% 42.4% 32.3% Minnesota Utd  20 35.7% 57.2% 7.1% Nashville SC  20 36.7% 49.3% 13.9% New England  18 23.9% 55.7% 20.4% New York City  19 24.9% 48.7% 26.5% New York RB  20 29.7% 46.6% 23.8% Orlando City  20 36.3% 49.1% 14.6% Philadelphia  20 37.7% 48.1% 14.2% Portland  19 26.4% 53% 20.6% Real Salt Lake  19 26.2% 49.8% 24% San Diego  20 25.1% 52.1% 22.8% Seattle  19 25.7% 48% 26.3% SJ Earthquakes  20 28.9% 47.8% 23.3% Sporting KC  20 13.9% 43.6% 42.5% St. Louis City  20 16.4% 58.6% 24.9% Toronto  19 18% 53.4% 28.7% Vancouver  19 33.5% 51.7% 14.8% League average 25.3% 49.4% 25.3% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  10 22% 55.1% 22.9% Austin  10 21.6% 60.3% 18.1% CF Montreal  9 21.5% 43.2% 35.3% Charlotte  8 41.3% 42.4% 16.4% Chicago Fire  9 20.6% 53.5% 25.9% Cincinnati  8 29.7% 55.8% 14.4% Colorado Rapids  11 23.8% 50.6% 25.6% Columbus Crew  12 38.1% 43.4% 18.4% Dallas  9 14.4% 58.6% 26.9% DC United  11 12.5% 52.8% 34.6% Houston Dynamo  11 21.8% 45.6% 32.6% Inter Miami  9 48.5% 39.3% 12.2% LA Galaxy  8 19.7% 48.1% 32.2% Los Angeles FC  9 26.7% 51.9% 21.5% Minnesota Utd  10 30.9% 63.6% 5.6% Nashville SC  10 33.7% 64.2% 2.1% New England  8 13.3% 57.5% 29.2% New York City  10 34.4% 38.1% 27.4% New York RB  10 50.6% 35.2% 14.2% Orlando City  10 41.4% 39.4% 19.1% Philadelphia  10 51.3% 39.4% 9.2% Portland  10 33.2% 55.3% 11.4% Real Salt Lake  8 37.2% 45.3% 17.5% San Diego  10 34.9% 54.8% 10.3% Seattle  9 36.7% 58% 5.3% SJ Earthquakes  10 38.7% 39.2% 22.1% Sporting KC  10 13.6% 39.1% 47.3% St. Louis City  10 24.7% 54.3% 21% Toronto  12 13.9% 56.4% 29.7% Vancouver  10 40.7% 41.8% 17.6% League average 29.6% 49.4% 21% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  9 2.5% 39.5% 58% Austin  10 24.4% 48.6% 27% CF Montreal  11 10.3% 58.7% 31% Charlotte  12 15.3% 41.2% 43.5% Chicago Fire  10 41.9% 32.8% 25.3% Cincinnati  12 37.6% 35.9% 26.5% Colorado Rapids  9 24.7% 50.2% 25.1% Columbus Crew  8 22.1% 43.2% 34.7% Dallas  10 12.3% 56.8% 30.9% DC United  9 20.4% 35.8% 43.8% Houston Dynamo  9 21.6% 54.2% 24.2% Inter Miami  7 23.3% 50.6% 26% LA Galaxy  12 2.1% 56.1% 41.8% Los Angeles FC  8 23.8% 31.8% 44.4% Minnesota Utd  10 40.4% 50.9% 8.7% Nashville SC  10 39.8% 34.4% 25.8% New England  10 32.3% 54.3% 13.3% New York City  9 14.2% 60.4% 25.4% New York RB  10 8.8% 57.9% 33.3% Orlando City  10 31.2% 58.7% 10.1% Philadelphia  10 24% 56.8% 19.2% Portland  9 18.8% 50.5% 30.7% Real Salt Lake  11 18.2% 53% 28.8% San Diego  10 15.2% 49.4% 35.3% Seattle  10 15.8% 39% 45.2% SJ Earthquakes  10 19.2% 56.3% 24.4% Sporting KC  10 14.2% 48.1% 37.7% St. Louis City  10 8.2% 62.9% 28.9% Toronto  7 24.9% 48.3% 26.8% Vancouver  9 25.6% 62.7% 11.7% League average 21% 49.4% 29.6%

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