What does over 2.5 goals mean? The leagues with the most this season

What over 2.5 goals means

Over 2.5 goals means that the match ends with three goals or more, whichever team scores them. Goals come in whole numbers, so a match is always on one side of the line: two goals or fewer is under 2.5.

Every goal line works the same way: the number is half a goal below the goals it needs.

• Over 1.5: two goals or more
• Over 2.5: three goals or more
• Over 3.5: four goals or more

Our numbers count the result at full time: regular time plus stoppage time. Extra time and penalty shoot-outs are not in them.

The numbers at a glance

The share of matches with three goals or more this season, across the 66 leagues of Pro Finder's “Only featured” filter with an over 2.5 share: the average across them and the two ends of the range.

42 percentage points separate the highest share from the lowest.

Every featured league, on one line

Each dot is one league, placed by its share of matches with three goals or more. The line marks the average; the five highest shares are named.

The middle half of the leagues sit between 49% and 61%.

The leagues with the most over 2.5 goals

Featured leagues with the highest share of matches with three goals or more, this season

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Featured leagues with the highest share of matches with three goals or more, this season

League	Matches	Over 1.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals	Over 3.5 goals	Goals per match
Rank 11Super LeagueSwitzerland	72	86%	75%	50%	3.76
Rank 221. DivisionNorway	232	89%	72%	50%	3.81
Rank 22EredivisieNetherlands	99	89%	72%	61%	3.82
Rank 44BundesligaGermany	72	81%	69%	53%	3.50
Rank 55Eerste DivisieNetherlands	130	87%	67%	44%	3.57
Rank 66FAW ChampionshipWales	188	84%	66%	46%	3.44
Rank 77Jupiler Pro LeagueBelgium	89	82%	65%	37%	3.22
Rank 77Challenge LeagueSwitzerland	60	92%	65%	35%	3.13
Rank 99Major League SoccerUSA	495	83%	64%	42%	3.26
Rank 99EliteserienNorway	200	87%	64%	38%	3.26
Rank 993. LigaGermany	120	81%	64%	40%	3.27
Rank 99BundesligaAustria	66	88%	64%	35%	3.18
Rank 1313Super LigaSlovakia	78	86%	62%	38%	3.21
Rank 1313Challenger Pro LeagueBelgium	61	79%	62%	34%	3.15
Rank 1515ChampionshipEngland	165	77%	61%	38%	2.92
Rank 1515Premier LeagueWales	119	81%	61%	40%	3.33
Rank 1515EkstraklasaPoland	115	83%	61%	34%	2.98
Rank 1515Serie AItaly	100	86%	61%	34%	3.18
Rank 1515HNLCroatia	59	80%	61%	41%	3.02
Rank 2020Süper LigTurkey	90	78%	60%	33%	3.00

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Over 2.5 goals is the share of matches with three goals or more. Over 1.5 goals counts two goals or more and Over 3.5 goals four or more, on the same matches; Goals per match is the average number of goals in a match. Matches is how many matches the shares are based on.

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The teams with the most over 2.5 goals

The teams of the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 whose matches most often had three goals or more this season. A team's share counts the goals of both teams, scored and conceded.

Teams of the top five European leagues with the highest share of matches with three goals or more, this season

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Teams of the top five European leagues with the highest share of matches with three goals or more, this season

Team	Matches	Over 1.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals	Over 3.5 goals	Goals per match
Rank 11BarcelonaLa Liga	11	100%	91%	73%	5.27
Rank 22FiorentinaSerie A	10	100%	90%	50%	3.80
Rank 22MonzaSerie A	10	100%	90%	70%	4.10
Rank 44RennesLigue 1	9	89%	89%	67%	4.33
Rank 44StrasbourgLigue 1	9	100%	89%	44%	4.00
Rank 661899 HoffenheimBundesliga	8	100%	88%	50%	3.75
Rank 66Bayer LeverkusenBundesliga	8	100%	88%	63%	4.25
Rank 66Bayern MünchenBundesliga	8	88%	88%	75%	4.38
Rank 66Borussia MönchengladbachBundesliga	8	88%	88%	50%	4.12
Rank 66FC AugsburgBundesliga	8	100%	88%	63%	4.12
Rank 66SC FreiburgBundesliga	8	88%	88%	50%	3.50
Rank 1212Racing SantanderLa Liga	11	91%	82%	55%	4.00
Rank 1212Real MadridLa Liga	11	82%	82%	46%	3.45
Rank 1212Real SociedadLa Liga	11	82%	82%	46%	3.64
Rank 1515AtalantaSerie A	10	90%	80%	40%	3.60
Rank 1515InterSerie A	10	90%	80%	60%	3.90
Rank 1515SassuoloSerie A	10	100%	80%	50%	4.20
Rank 1818AuxerreLigue 1	9	89%	78%	67%	4.00
Rank 1818LensLigue 1	9	78%	78%	33%	3.22
Rank 1818Paris Saint GermainLigue 1	9	89%	78%	56%	3.44

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Over 2.5 goals is the share of the team's matches with three goals or more; Matches is how many of its matches it is based on. Early in a season one match can still move a team's share by several points.

Over 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 side by side

The same matches against three goal lines: the average share across the featured leagues, from the lowest line to the highest.

On average, 78% of matches had two goals or more, 55% three goals or more and 32% four goals or more. Each line up asks for one more goal, so fewer matches clear it.

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