Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊

[Albion] Kicking towards the North first half



BRIGHT ON Q

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
9,248
Clever ploy by them. Happens so little, being in the North made the 2nd half even worse.
 






Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
72,314
Surprised more teams don't try that. Mind you, didn't stop us scoring in the North like we always do. Wonder what the stats are for Albion goals at either end. Reckon it must be about 75% - 25% in favour of the North
 


A1X

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Sep 1, 2017
20,523
Deepest, darkest Sussex






AnotherArch

Northern Exile
Apr 2, 2009
1,197
Stockport & M62
Surprised more teams don't try that. Mind you, didn't stop us scoring in the North like we always do. Wonder what the stats are for Albion goals at either end. Reckon it must be about 75% - 25% in favour of the North

We did the same only last week at Anfield. Dunk won the toss and made Liverpool kick towards the Kop in the first half. They scored 2 at that end.
 


Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
25,452
Sussex by the Sea
It's a game of two halves on a football pitch.

All in the mind, all in the mind.

Exactly the same as a new manager bounce.

I thought the Club shrink could sort these things.
 


Acker79

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Nov 15, 2008
31,921
Brighton
I suppose it depends what you're expecting from the game. I think Newcastle were hoping/expecting to be level or maybe having sneaked a goal and want the support of their fans right behind their defence as they faced an onslaught in the seocnd half/late in the game.

I think other teams are perhaps more optimisitic and think they want to be attacking the end with their fans in as they mover into the final third of the game to have that support for their attackers.
 






Uh_huh_him

Well-known member
Sep 28, 2011
12,110
Surprised more teams don't try that. Mind you, didn't stop us scoring in the North like we always do. Wonder what the stats are for Albion goals at either end. Reckon it must be about 75% - 25% in favour of the North

Nearly the opposite this season.
7 home games - 8 goals scored - North 3( 2 Pens) - South 5 ( 1 pen)
 


WASH

Well-known member
Jul 6, 2003
281
Rustington
Surprised more teams don't try that. Mind you, didn't stop us scoring in the North like we always do. Wonder what the stats are for Albion goals at either end. Reckon it must be about 75% - 25% in favour of the North

Overall at The Amex we've now scored 351 goals in 250 games with 206 of them being scored in the North goal (20 pens), 58.7% of the total and 145 scored in the South end (12 pens), 41.3% and have been shooting towards the North goal in the 1st half only 19 times, 7.6% of the time, winning 10, drawing 6 and losing 3 (to Palarse, Arsenal and Newcastle, so they had history in turning us around for the 1st half before. That was the promotion season when they scored the most ridiculous multiple deflected goal late on to pinch the points). So actually shooting North first isn't always a bad thing but just feels wrong!
 




Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
72,314
Overall at The Amex we've now scored 351 goals in 250 games with 206 of them being scored in the North goal (20 pens), 58.7% of the total and 145 scored in the South end (12 pens), 41.3% and have been shooting towards the North goal in the 1st half only 19 times, 7.6% of the time, winning 10, drawing 6 and losing 3 (to Palarse, Arsenal and Newcastle, so they had history in turning us around for the 1st half before. That was the promotion season when they scored the most ridiculous multiple deflected goal late on to pinch the points). So actually shooting North first isn't always a bad thing but just feels wrong!

That's top statting right there! :clap2:
 


Berty23

Well-known member
Jun 26, 2012
3,640
Something that must be taken into account is that more goals are scored in the second half of matches than the first. So if we virtually always attack north second half then stats dictate we should score more goals in that end.
 


nickbrighton

Well-known member
Feb 19, 2016
2,127
Surprised more teams don't try that. Mind you, didn't stop us scoring in the North like we always do. Wonder what the stats are for Albion goals at either end. Reckon it must be about 75% - 25% in favour of the North

Is it simply because with the away fans in the south, by having us attacking the North in the second half, they are attacking towards their fans, and they then get the perceived boost that brings ?
 










World of Sport

Well-known member
Mar 9, 2007
606
WSU
With three more goals scored in the north against Liverpool (2nd half), any of you satiations out there know the north/south ratio this season?




..
 


Brian Fantana

Well-known member
Oct 8, 2006
7,548
In the field
With three more goals scored in the north against Liverpool (2nd half), any of you satiations out there know the north/south ratio this season?




..

By my calculations it is:

North = 10 goals (Leeds x 1, Leicester x 3, Chelsea x 1, Arsenal x 2, Liverpool x 3)
South = 6 goals (Leicester x 2, Chelsea x 3, Villa x 1)
 


Albion and Premier League latest from Sky Sports


Top
Link Here