Linfield have gone over 2.5 goals in 4 of 11 league games this season (36%) — 33% at home, 40% away. They've scored 16 and conceded 8, so their matches average 2.18 goals, and both teams have scored in 36% of them. Record: 8-2-1 in the NIFL Premiership, where the division average is 53% over 2.5.
Full Linfield season view in the app →They are on the tighter end of the division: 36% over 2.5 against a league average of 53%, 17 points below it. That ranks them 11th of 12 for goals in their matches, 5th for scoring (1.45 a game) and 12th for goals conceded (0.73). They've kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in 11 games — a defence that shuts games down more often than the attack goes missing.
Across 11 matches with half-time data, 63% of the goals in their games have come after the break (9 before, 15 after). Linfield themselves have scored 7 in first halves and 9 in second.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 36% | 18% | 36% |
| Home | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 33% | 0% | 17% |
| Away | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 40% | 40% | 60% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 1–0 (4 times). Biggest win: 2–0 at home to Bangor (Sat 10 Oct). Heaviest defeat: 0–3 at home to Ballymena United. They are unbeaten in 10.
In 39 league games last season Linfield's matches went over 2.5 goals 49% of the time. This season they're running tighter at 36%, down 12 points on 11 games.
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