2025 / 26 League 2 Goals & Leads

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1.
Most home goals scored, away goals scored and total goals scored in League 2.
- Notts County were the highest scorers at home in League 2 with 45 goals scored in their 23 games. Cambridge United scored the highest proportion of their goals at home (65.2%) and had the highest positive home goal difference (+28).
- 45 goals was the most home goals scored (Notts County) and also the most away (MK Dons). The Dons managed as many or more goals in their 23 away games as were scored in total in the 46 games by League 2's 4 lowest scorers. Barrow had the biggest percentage of goals away (60.0%).
- League 2 top scorers MK Dons scored 86 points - 12 more than Grimsby and highest home scorers Notts County. Their +41 difference was also the highest in the division. It was 47 more than relegated Harrogate as the league's lowest scorers and Barrow's -33 was the worst goal diff.

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2.
Fewest home goals conceded, away goals conceded and total goals conceded in League 2.
- Cambridge conceded the fewest goals in their 23 home games (15) and also their 23 away games (18) and their +28 goal difference was the largest at home.Harrogate conceded the most home goals (38) whilst Fleetwood conceded the largest proportion of their goals at home (58.6%).
- Fleetwood had the 3rd leanest away defence but this still resulted in a negative goal difference. Crawley and Shrewsbury both had the worst away goal difference with -22, the latter conceding a league high of 60.9% of all of their goals in their away games.
- Cambridge conceded 11 fewer goals than the next nearest side and only MK Dons (3rd) had a better goal difference. Tranmere and Cheltenham both conceded a league-high 79 goals whilst bottom side Barrow had the worst goal difference (-33).

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3.
First half of the season goals scored and conceded versus second half of the season.
- MK Dons scored 44 goals in the first half of the season and 42 in the second - the highest scorers in both halves. Tranmere scored 37 goals in the first 23 games and only 17 in the 23 games that followed. Bristol Rovers started with 18 and followed up with 38.
- Cheltenham and Tranmere both conceded 37 goals in the first half of the season and both followed up with a further 42 in the second half it. The Gills started by conceding just 26 times in the first 23 games but let in 46 in the second 23.

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4.
League 2 Clean Sheets and Blank Sheets.
- Cambridge had the most clean sheets in the division with 20 from their 46 matches - 10 were at home (the joint highest) and 10 away (the highest). Only 8 sides earned more than Shrewsbury's 13 who also had the joint highest home clean sheets despite finishing 19th in the league.
- Chesterfield only failed to score in 5 of their 46 matches with only 2 blank sheets away from home. 4 sides suffered 18 blank sheets with Harrogate failing to score in 12 of their 23 home games (and only 6 away) whilst Crawley failed to score in 12 of their away games.

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5.
First half and second half goals scored and conceded.
- MK Dons scored 52 goals in the first halves of their matches, more than 6 sides managed in total from all minutes played. It was 60.5% of all of their league goals scored.
- The 5th best side for first half goals scored, Notts County scored the most second half goals in League 2 (42) whilst Cambridge had the best second half goal difference with +20. Cheltenham had the worst first half goal record in League 2 (15 goals and -21 difference) but had the 6th best in the second halves where they scored 71.7% of their goals.
- Cambridge conceded the fewest first half goals in League 2 with 15 in the 46 matches before half time and MK Dons only conceded 2 more however had a far greater goal difference (35, 20 more than the next best side).
- As well as conceding the fewest first half goals, Cambridge also conceded the fewest after half time. Crawley conceded 44 (64.7% of their goals) whilst Tranmere let in 48 second half goals, 4 more than 4 sides conceded from the totals of all minutes played.

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6.
Most first half goals scored in a League 2 game.
5 - Barnet
4 - Colchester
3 - 12 teams (MK Dons = 4 games / Grimsby & Crewe = 3 games / Colchester, Shrewsbury & Swindon = 2 games)

Most first half goals conceded in a League 2 game.
5 = The Gills
4 = Chesterfield
3 = 14 teams (Cheltenham & The Gills = 3 games / Harrogate, Newport & Tranmere = 2 games)

Most second half goals scored in a League 2 game.
5 = Grimsby
4 = Barnet, Cambridge, Cheltenham & Notts County

Most second half goals conceded in a League 2 game.
5 = Cheltenham
4 = Fleetwood, Tranmere (2 games) & Walsall

Most goals scored in a League 2 game.
7 = Grimsby
6 = Barnet & Colchester
5 = Barnet, Cambridge, Grimsby, MK Dons (3 games) & Notts County (2 games)

Most goals conceded in a League 2 game.
7 = Cheltenham
6 = Chesterfield & The Gills
5 = Barrow, Cheltenham (2 games), Fleetwood, The Gills (2 games), Shrewsbury & Tranmere

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7.
Most League 2 leads taken and fewest deficits conceded.
Unsurprisingly, champions Bromley were top for number of leads taken with 40 from their 46 matches, with 25 of them coming at home. Barnet finished 8th but had the 2nd most amount of leads. Barrow managed just 8 at home and 16 in total.
Bromley went behind just 6 times in their 23 home games and 18 times in total with their difference of deficits conceded and leads taken (22) being the most in the division. Cambridge were behind the least (16) whilst Barrow were behind the most (42), 5 more than the next worst side.

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8.
Total minutes in the lead and total minutes in a losing position.