w/c 25th May 2024

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Saturday 25th
AFC Wimbledon were the hardest team to score against before half time, conceding just 18 goals in their 46 matches. The Gills were the 5th best side in League 2 for first half goals conceded whilst Salford let in the most (43).
After Wimbledon let in just 18 first half goals, they conceded 33 after the break making them the 8th best side for second half goals conceded. Mansfield were top with 23 whilst Swindon let in a whopping 54 after half time, more than 4 sides' totals across all halves.

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Sunday 26th
The most leads in League 2 were taken by MK Dons who managed 39 in their 46 league games. Champions Stockport managed 2 fewer leads however they were 19 more than the number they conceded, the biggest difference in the division. Forest Green managed just 20, 15 more than they conceded.
Neither Salford nor Notts County were relegated despite both conceding a division-high total of 38 leads against them in their 46 matches. Stockport were hardest to take a lead against, giving away just 18.

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Monday 27th
Stockport were both the best side in League 2 for most time in the lead and also for the fewest time behind. They were in the lead for 1,613 minutes, an average of 35.1 minutes for every one of their 46 league games. It was a huge 900 more minutes than worst side Sutton.
Forest Green were behind the most in League 2 - 1,629 minutes, and average of 35.4 minutes for each of their 46 matches. It was more minutes than Stockport were ahead for as the most in League 2 who were also behind the least - just 11.8 minutes on average.

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Tuesday 28th
Unsurprisingly, champions Stockport opened the scoring the most in League 2 with 29 of their 37 leads being the first goal. MK Dons had more leads (37) but only 26 were the first goal. Barrow & Grimsby each had 29 leads with all bar 5 being the opening goal.
Stockport opened the scoring the most and also conceded the first the least with 13 of the 46 matches seeing their opponents score first. AFC Wimbledon suffered just 20 deficits with all bar 3 being the opening goal. Sutton conceded the first goal in 31 of their 46 games.

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Wednesday 29th
Stockport not only won the most games after scoring first (25), but they also had the highest win percentage (86.2%) after winning all bar 4 of the games they scored first in. Colchester won just 8 games (and lost 6) after opening the scoring in 20 games.
Stockport lost just 6 after conceding the opening goal and they recovered 11 points from the others (2 wins and 5 draws). Crewe recovered the most points (21) after conceding first whilst Forest Green lost half of all their 46 league games when conceding first.

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Thursday 30th
After conceding the first goal, Walsall came back to win the most games (6 out of 24 when conceding first). Wrexham had the biggest win percentage, winning 27.8% of the 18 matches in which their opponents scored first. Sutton were the only side not to win after conceding first 31 times.
Wrexham were unbeatable after scoring the first goal, not losing any (and winning 21) of the 26 games they scored first in. Colchester and Tranmere lost the most games (6) but United lost the greatest proportion of their leads (30.0%).

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Friday 31st
Wrexham and Stockport were leading at half time in 21 of their 46 matches with Wrexham's half time leads coming from a fewer proportion of their total leads. Both had more half time leads than Forest Green had total leads.
AFC Wimbledon were losing at half time in just 7 of their 46 games. Despite Notts County conceding a joint high number of leads (38), just 13 of them were deficits at the break. Forest Green went into the second halves behind in 20 matches.

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