USA - MLS time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2020

Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Lead durations (home and away) (home and away) GP Average minutes per game % of minutes per game Total minutes Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  23 17.1 39.0 33.8 394 898 778 Chicago Fire  23 23.6 43.7 22.7 543 1006 521 Cincinnati  23 5.9 46.5 37.6 135 1070 865 Colorado  18 21.7 52.2 16.1 391 940 289 Columbus  23 28.7 44.5 16.8 659 1024 387 Dallas  22 22.4 49.9 17.7 493 1097 390 DC United  23 10.8 47.5 31.7 249 1092 729 Houston  23 16.9 37.5 35.7 388 862 820 Inter Miami  23 19.5 47.1 23.4 449 1083 538 L.A. Galaxy  22 16.8 43.5 29.7 370 956 654 Los Angeles FC  22 32.1 30.5 27.4 707 671 602 Minnesota Utd  21 25.5 45.8 18.7 536 961 393 Montreal Impact  23 17.5 41.8 30.7 402 962 706 Nashville SC  23 19.3 51.8 18.8 445 1192 433 New England  23 20.3 58.7 11.0 468 1349 253 New York City  23 24.1 49.9 16.0 555 1148 367 New York RB  23 25.3 44.3 20.4 581 1019 470 Orlando City  23 35.2 49.5 5.3 810 1138 122 Philadelphia  23 33.7 50.5 5.8 775 1162 133 Portland  23 40.3 33.5 16.2 927 770 373 Real Salt Lake  22 13.5 41.3 35.2 296 909 775 San Jose  23 14.7 44.3 31.0 339 1018 713 Seattle  22 27.8 43.5 18.6 612 958 410 Sporting KC  21 28.6 44.8 16.7 600 940 350 Toronto FC  23 29.0 45.1 15.8 668 1038 364 Vancouver  23 18.0 38.4 33.6 415 883 772 Lead durations (at home) (at home) GP Average minutes per game % of minutes per game Total minutes Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  13 18.2 42.2 29.7 236 548 386 Chicago Fire  12 38.2 36.6 15.3 458 439 183 Cincinnati  11 10.5 61.4 18.1 116 675 199 Colorado  7 25.7 53.7 10.6 180 376 74 Columbus  11 45.1 41.5 3.4 496 457 37 Dallas  12 28.5 56.3 5.2 342 676 62 DC United  12 13.6 47.7 28.8 163 572 345 Houston  10 16.7 45.5 27.8 167 455 278 Inter Miami  10 23.7 46.6 19.7 237 466 197 L.A. Galaxy  12 10.8 45.4 33.8 130 545 405 Los Angeles FC  14 45.4 31.2 13.4 635 437 188 Minnesota Utd  9 40.3 36.4 13.2 363 328 119 Montreal Impact  13 15.5 41.4 33.2 201 538 431 Nashville SC  11 24.0 50.3 15.7 264 553 173 New England  10 10.1 61.5 18.4 101 615 184 New York City  11 31.5 39.9 18.5 347 439 204 New York RB  10 22.9 55.8 11.3 229 558 113 Orlando City  11 40.4 47.0 2.6 444 517 29 Philadelphia  11 46.0 44.0 0.0 506 484 0 Portland  12 38.9 41.2 9.9 467 494 119 Real Salt Lake  13 19.1 37.4 33.5 248 486 436 San Jose  11 17.9 47.5 24.5 197 523 270 Seattle  12 36.9 40.2 12.9 443 482 155 Sporting KC  11 19.4 44.5 26.1 213 490 287 Toronto FC  12 27.7 46.6 15.8 332 559 189 Vancouver  11 30.9 32.8 26.3 340 361 289 Lead durations (away) (away) GP Average minutes per game % of minutes per game Total minutes Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  10 15.8 35.0 39.2 158 350 392 Chicago Fire  11 7.7 51.5 30.7 85 567 338 Cincinnati  12 1.6 32.9 55.5 19 395 666 Colorado  11 19.2 51.3 19.5 211 564 215 Columbus  12 13.6 47.3 29.2 163 567 350 Dallas  10 15.1 42.1 32.8 151 421 328 DC United  11 7.8 47.3 34.9 86 520 384 Houston  13 17.0 31.3 41.7 221 407 542 Inter Miami  13 16.3 47.5 26.2 212 617 341 L.A. Galaxy  10 24.0 41.1 24.9 240 411 249 Los Angeles FC  8 9.0 29.3 51.8 72 234 414 Minnesota Utd  12 14.4 52.8 22.8 173 633 274 Montreal Impact  10 20.1 42.4 27.5 201 424 275 Nashville SC  12 15.1 53.3 21.7 181 639 260 New England  13 28.2 56.5 5.3 367 734 69 New York City  12 17.3 59.1 13.6 208 709 163 New York RB  13 27.1 35.5 27.5 352 461 357 Orlando City  12 30.5 51.8 7.8 366 621 93 Philadelphia  12 22.4 56.5 11.1 269 678 133 Portland  11 41.8 25.1 23.1 460 276 254 Real Salt Lake  9 5.3 47.0 37.7 48 423 339 San Jose  12 11.8 41.3 36.9 142 495 443 Seattle  10 16.9 47.6 25.5 169 476 255 Sporting KC  10 38.7 45.0 6.3 387 450 63 Toronto FC  11 30.5 43.5 15.9 336 479 175 Vancouver  12 6.3 43.5 40.3 75 522 483

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