Comebacks

Can Sheffield United come back from behind?

Points per game when behind at half-time, against the league average (min 3 games behind).

Club

Too few games

0.00 pts/game

avg

League avg: 0.46
Gap: −0.46
half-time deficits: 2

Only 2 half-time deficits so far.

Comebacks table

League avg 0.45 pts/game

Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
Manchester City	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	Too few games
Liverpool	3	1	2	0	5	1.67	Too few games
Leeds United	2	0	2	0	2	1.00	Too few games
Chelsea	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	Too few games
Everton	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	Too few games
Crystal Palace	5	1	0	4	3	0.60	Too few games
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	1	1	1	0.50	Too few games
Newcastle United	4	0	1	3	1	0.25	Too few games
Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
Bournemouth	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
Fulham	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
Manchester United	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
Sunderland	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
Hull City	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
Ipswich Town	3	0	0	3	0	0.00	Too few games
Coventry City	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Too few games
Brentford	0	–	–	–	–	–	Too few games

League avg 0.46 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Middlesbrough	3	1	2	0	5	1.67	Well above average
2	Swansea City	4	2	0	2	6	1.50	Well above average
3	Charlton Athletic	4	1	1	2	4	1.00	Above average
4	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	0	2	3	1.00	Above average
5	Birmingham City	3	0	2	1	2	0.67	Above average
6	West Ham United	3	0	2	1	2	0.67	Above average
7	Burnley	4	0	2	2	2	0.50	Average
8	Wrexham	4	0	2	2	2	0.50	Average
9	Watford	7	1	0	6	3	0.43	Average
10	Cardiff City	5	0	2	3	2	0.40	Average
11	Queens Park Rangers	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Average
12	Derby County	6	0	2	4	2	0.33	Average
13	Lincoln City	4	0	1	3	1	0.25	Below average
14	Millwall	4	0	1	3	1	0.25	Below average
15	Norwich City	3	0	0	3	0	0.00	Well below average
16	Bristol City	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Well below average
17	Portsmouth	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Well below average
18	Preston North End	5	0	0	5	0	0.00	Well below average
	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	0	1	3	1.50	Too few games
	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Sheffield United	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Southampton	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

League avg 0.41 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Cambridge United	5	2	3	0	9	1.80	Well above average
2	Notts County	4	1	1	2	4	1.00	Well above average
3	Stockport County	3	1	0	2	3	1.00	Well above average
4	Luton Town	5	1	0	4	3	0.60	Above average
5	Mansfield Town	4	0	2	2	2	0.50	Above average
6	MK Dons	4	0	2	2	2	0.50	Above average
7	Barnsley	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Average
8	Blackpool	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Average
9	Wycombe Wanderers	4	0	1	3	1	0.25	Average
10	Peterborough United	5	0	1	4	1	0.20	Average
11	Bromley	6	0	1	5	1	0.17	Below average
12	Leicester City	3	0	0	3	0	0.00	Below average
13	AFC Wimbledon	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Below average
14	Doncaster Rovers	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Below average
15	Plymouth Argyle	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Below average
16	Wigan Athletic	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Below average
	Oxford United	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	Too few games
	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	Too few games
	Bradford City	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games
	Burton Albion	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Leyton Orient	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Huddersfield Town	0	–	–	–	–	–	Too few games
	Stevenage	0	–	–	–	–	–	Too few games

League avg 0.56 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Barnet	4	3	0	1	9	2.25	Well above average
2	Colchester United	4	1	2	1	5	1.25	Well above average
3	Swindon Town	3	1	0	2	3	1.00	Well above average
4	Shrewsbury Town	4	1	0	3	3	0.75	Above average
5	Crewe Alexandra	3	0	2	1	2	0.67	Above average
6	Tranmere Rovers	3	0	2	1	2	0.67	Above average
7	Fleetwood Town	4	0	2	2	2	0.50	Average
8	Grimsby Town	5	0	2	3	2	0.40	Average
9	Accrington Stanley	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Average
10	Cheltenham Town	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Average
11	Gillingham	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Average
12	Rotherham United	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Average
13	Crawley Town	6	0	2	4	2	0.33	Average
14	Chesterfield	5	0	1	4	1	0.20	Below average
15	Rochdale	5	0	1	4	1	0.20	Below average
16	Bristol Rovers	3	0	0	3	0	0.00	Well below average
17	Oldham Athletic	5	0	0	5	0	0.00	Well below average
	York City	2	1	1	0	4	2.00	Too few games
	Newport County	2	0	2	0	2	1.00	Too few games
	Walsall	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	Too few games
	Port Vale	2	0	1	1	1	0.50	Too few games
	Exeter City	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Northampton Town	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Salford City	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

Above average Could be chance

0.55 pts/game

avg

League avg: 0.48
Gap: +0.07
Rank: 6th/22
half-time deficits: 22

Comebacks table

League avg 0.49 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Aston Villa	23	7	3	13	24	1.04	Well above average
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	7	8	14	29	1.00	Well above average
3	Fulham	23	6	2	15	20	0.87	Well above average
4	Arsenal	10	1	5	4	8	0.80	Above average
5	Sunderland	14	3	2	9	11	0.79	Above average
6	Liverpool	23	3	9	11	18	0.78	Above average
7	Manchester United	23	5	3	15	18	0.78	Above average
8	Chelsea	23	4	5	14	17	0.74	Average
9	Bournemouth	25	3	8	14	17	0.68	Average
10	Everton	21	3	5	13	14	0.67	Average
11	Newcastle United	28	3	4	21	13	0.46	Average
12	Manchester City	11	1	2	8	5	0.45	Average
13	Crystal Palace	28	2	6	20	12	0.43	Below average
14	Nottingham Forest	24	2	4	18	10	0.42	Below average
15	Leeds United	10	0	4	6	4	0.40	Below average
16	Tottenham Hotspur	35	1	5	29	8	0.23	Below average
17	Brentford	19	1	0	18	3	0.16	Well below average
18	Ipswich Town	20	0	3	17	3	0.15	Well below average
19	Coventry City	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Well below average
	Hull City	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

League avg 0.48 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Southampton	12	5	2	5	17	1.42	Well above average
2	Burnley	8	2	3	3	9	1.13	Well above average
3	Wrexham	18	4	6	8	18	1.00	Well above average
4	Middlesbrough	29	4	9	16	21	0.72	Above average
5	West Ham United	3	0	2	1	2	0.67	Above average
6	Sheffield United	22	4	0	18	12	0.55	Above average
7	Norwich City	34	4	6	24	18	0.53	Above average
8	Watford	41	5	5	31	20	0.49	Above average
9	Queens Park Rangers	37	4	6	27	18	0.49	Average
10	Bristol City	34	3	7	24	16	0.47	Average
11	Swansea City	33	3	5	25	14	0.42	Average
12	Millwall	26	2	5	19	11	0.42	Average
13	Charlton Athletic	17	1	4	12	7	0.41	Average
14	West Bromwich Albion	25	2	3	20	9	0.36	Average
15	Blackburn Rovers	26	2	3	21	9	0.35	Below average
16	Preston North End	34	2	5	27	11	0.32	Below average
17	Birmingham City	22	0	7	15	7	0.32	Below average
18	Portsmouth	36	2	5	29	11	0.31	Below average
19	Derby County	31	1	6	24	9	0.29	Below average
20	Lincoln City	4	0	1	3	1	0.25	Well below average
21	Cardiff City	21	0	5	16	5	0.24	Well below average
22	Stoke City	25	0	5	20	5	0.20	Well below average
	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

League avg 0.42 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Notts County	4	1	1	2	4	1.00	Well above average
2	Stockport County	28	6	6	16	24	0.86	Well above average
3	Barnsley	29	4	5	20	17	0.59	Well above average
4	Cambridge United	21	2	6	13	12	0.57	Above average
5	Mansfield Town	30	3	8	19	17	0.57	Above average
6	Bradford City	16	2	3	11	9	0.56	Above average
7	Leyton Orient	25	4	2	19	14	0.56	Above average
8	Luton Town	17	2	3	12	9	0.53	Above average
9	Huddersfield Town	30	2	9	19	15	0.50	Average
10	MK Dons	4	0	2	2	2	0.50	Average
11	Blackpool	31	2	8	21	14	0.45	Average
12	Wycombe Wanderers	27	2	6	19	12	0.44	Average
13	Reading	22	0	7	15	7	0.32	Average
14	Doncaster Rovers	17	1	2	14	5	0.29	Average
15	Plymouth Argyle	17	1	2	14	5	0.29	Average
16	Burton Albion	29	1	5	23	8	0.28	Below average
17	AFC Wimbledon	16	1	1	14	4	0.25	Below average
18	Stevenage	20	1	2	17	5	0.25	Below average
19	Wigan Athletic	32	0	7	25	7	0.22	Below average
20	Peterborough United	37	0	8	29	8	0.22	Well below average
21	Bromley	6	0	1	5	1	0.17	Well below average
22	Leicester City	3	0	0	3	0	0.00	Well below average
	Oxford United	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	Too few games
	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	Too few games

League avg 0.47 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Barnet	13	3	2	8	11	0.85	Well above average
2	Walsall	26	5	4	17	19	0.73	Well above average
3	Fleetwood Town	29	5	6	18	21	0.72	Well above average
4	Swindon Town	30	4	8	18	20	0.67	Above average
5	Port Vale	10	1	3	6	6	0.60	Above average
6	Cheltenham Town	36	5	5	26	20	0.56	Above average
7	Colchester United	28	1	12	15	15	0.54	Above average
8	Bristol Rovers	20	3	1	16	10	0.50	Average
9	Newport County	35	4	5	26	17	0.49	Average
10	Shrewsbury Town	17	2	2	13	8	0.47	Average
11	Grimsby Town	30	2	8	20	14	0.47	Average
12	Crewe Alexandra	31	2	8	21	14	0.45	Average
13	Tranmere Rovers	33	1	11	21	14	0.42	Average
14	Chesterfield	26	0	10	16	10	0.38	Average
15	Rotherham United	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Below average
16	Oldham Athletic	19	0	5	14	5	0.26	Below average
17	Crawley Town	19	0	5	14	5	0.26	Below average
18	Gillingham	31	0	8	23	8	0.26	Below average
19	Accrington Stanley	34	1	4	29	7	0.21	Well below average
20	Rochdale	5	0	1	4	1	0.20	Well below average
21	Salford City	22	0	3	19	3	0.14	Well below average
	York City	2	1	1	0	4	2.00	Too few games
	Exeter City	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Northampton Town	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

Above average Could be chance

0.62 pts/game

avg

League avg: 0.46
Gap: +0.16
Rank: 6th/22
half-time deficits: 29

Comebacks table

League avg 0.47 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Manchester City	22	8	4	10	28	1.27	Well above average
2	Arsenal	21	4	8	9	20	0.95	Well above average
3	Liverpool	42	7	17	18	38	0.90	Well above average
4	Sunderland	14	3	2	9	11	0.79	Above average
5	Manchester United	41	8	6	27	30	0.73	Above average
6	Aston Villa	44	8	6	30	30	0.68	Above average
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	50	7	12	31	33	0.66	Above average
8	Fulham	46	7	5	34	26	0.57	Average
9	Newcastle United	43	6	6	31	24	0.56	Average
10	Chelsea	40	5	7	28	22	0.55	Average
11	Bournemouth	55	7	9	39	30	0.55	Average
12	Tottenham Hotspur	59	6	10	43	28	0.47	Average
13	Everton	47	3	11	33	20	0.43	Below average
14	Crystal Palace	47	3	11	33	20	0.43	Below average
15	Brentford	42	4	4	34	16	0.38	Below average
16	Leeds United	23	1	5	17	8	0.35	Below average
17	Nottingham Forest	49	2	10	37	16	0.33	Well below average
18	Ipswich Town	20	0	3	17	3	0.15	Well below average
19	Coventry City	4	0	0	4	0	0.00	Well below average
	Hull City	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

League avg 0.46 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Burnley	13	4	5	4	17	1.31	Well above average
2	Southampton	22	7	3	12	24	1.09	Well above average
3	Wrexham	18	4	6	8	18	1.00	Well above average
4	West Ham United	3	0	2	1	2	0.67	Above average
5	Middlesbrough	60	8	15	37	39	0.65	Above average
6	Sheffield United	29	5	3	21	18	0.62	Above average
7	Norwich City	58	7	10	41	31	0.53	Above average
8	West Bromwich Albion	51	6	7	38	25	0.49	Above average
9	Bristol City	56	6	9	41	27	0.48	Average
10	Swansea City	66	6	13	47	31	0.47	Average
11	Watford	67	6	11	50	29	0.43	Average
12	Charlton Athletic	17	1	4	12	7	0.41	Average
13	Millwall	43	3	7	33	16	0.37	Average
14	Preston North End	57	5	6	46	21	0.37	Average
15	Queens Park Rangers	72	5	11	56	26	0.36	Below average
16	Birmingham City	47	2	10	35	16	0.34	Below average
17	Portsmouth	36	2	5	29	11	0.31	Below average
18	Derby County	31	1	6	24	9	0.29	Below average
19	Blackburn Rovers	53	3	6	44	15	0.28	Below average
20	Cardiff City	51	2	7	42	13	0.25	Well below average
21	Lincoln City	4	0	1	3	1	0.25	Well below average
22	Stoke City	57	1	9	47	12	0.21	Well below average
	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

League avg 0.40 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Notts County	4	1	1	2	4	1.00	Well above average
2	Stockport County	28	6	6	16	24	0.86	Well above average
3	Plymouth Argyle	28	6	4	18	22	0.79	Well above average
4	Sheffield Wednesday	7	1	1	5	4	0.57	Well above average
5	Mansfield Town	30	3	8	19	17	0.57	Above average
6	Bradford City	16	2	3	11	9	0.56	Above average
7	Barnsley	55	7	9	39	30	0.55	Above average
8	Luton Town	17	2	3	12	9	0.53	Above average
9	Leyton Orient	36	5	3	28	18	0.50	Average
10	Huddersfield Town	30	2	9	19	15	0.50	Average
11	Blackpool	44	3	10	31	19	0.43	Average
12	Cambridge United	54	4	9	41	21	0.39	Average
13	Oxford United	29	2	5	22	11	0.38	Average
14	Reading	36	1	10	25	13	0.36	Average
15	Stevenage	31	2	4	25	10	0.32	Average
16	Wycombe Wanderers	53	2	10	41	16	0.30	Average
17	Burton Albion	61	3	9	49	18	0.30	Below average
18	Doncaster Rovers	17	1	2	14	5	0.29	Below average
19	Peterborough United	58	2	11	45	17	0.29	Below average
20	MK Dons	24	0	7	17	7	0.29	Below average
21	Wigan Athletic	49	1	11	37	14	0.29	Well below average
22	AFC Wimbledon	16	1	1	14	4	0.25	Well below average
23	Bromley	6	0	1	5	1	0.17	Well below average
24	Leicester City	3	0	0	3	0	0.00	Well below average

League avg 0.46 pts/game

#	Club	Behind at HT	W	D	L	Pts	Pts/g	Verdict
1	Barnet	13	3	2	8	11	0.85	Well above average
2	Fleetwood Town	29	5	6	18	21	0.72	Well above average
3	Port Vale	10	1	3	6	6	0.60	Well above average
4	Crewe Alexandra	63	6	18	39	36	0.57	Above average
5	Walsall	54	7	9	38	30	0.56	Above average
6	Cheltenham Town	36	5	5	26	20	0.56	Above average
7	Swindon Town	54	6	11	37	29	0.54	Above average
8	Colchester United	58	3	20	35	29	0.50	Average
9	Bristol Rovers	20	3	1	16	10	0.50	Average
10	Grimsby Town	59	6	11	42	29	0.49	Average
11	Newport County	68	7	12	49	33	0.49	Average
12	Shrewsbury Town	17	2	2	13	8	0.47	Average
13	Northampton Town	13	1	3	9	6	0.46	Average
14	Crawley Town	47	3	10	34	19	0.40	Average
15	Chesterfield	26	0	10	16	10	0.38	Below average
16	Tranmere Rovers	66	3	14	49	23	0.35	Below average
17	Rotherham United	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	Below average
18	Salford City	52	3	5	44	14	0.27	Below average
19	Oldham Athletic	19	0	5	14	5	0.26	Below average
20	Rochdale	26	1	3	22	6	0.23	Well below average
21	Accrington Stanley	48	1	7	40	10	0.21	Well below average
22	Gillingham	60	0	12	48	12	0.20	Well below average
	York City	2	1	1	0	4	2.00	Too few games
	Exeter City	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	Too few games

How it works

Takes every league game a club trailed at half-time and counts the points it still took: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw. Averaged per game trailed and compared with the league. Better sides come back more often, so this partly reflects how good a side is. Only seasons in the club's current division count.

/ = roughly the top or bottom 15% of the league, / the next 20%, the middle. “Could be chance” means the gap is small enough to be luck. League games only.