Does the first goal decide the match?
How often the side that opens the scoring goes on to win. Across the majors it is roughly seven times in ten — but not everywhere.
In Liga A Lithuania (Lituania) the opening goal is worth most: the side that scores first wins 81% of the time.
| League | First scorer wins | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Liga A Lithuania Lituania | 81% | 116 |
| 2. Serie A Women Italia | 81% | 126 |
| 3. Liga Utama Belarus Belarus | 77.9% | 213 |
| 4. Liga Bintang Qatar Qatar | 77.4% | 124 |
| 5. Czech Liga Ceko | 76.8% | 259 |
| 6. FA WSL Inggris | 76.7% | 103 |
| 7. First League Bulgaria | 76.7% | 223 |
| 8. Divisi Utama Wanita Spanyol | 76.4% | 225 |
| 9. First NL Kroasia | 75.7% | 136 |
| 10. Liga Super Yunani Yunani | 75.6% | 217 |
| 11. Football League Yunani | 75.1% | 205 |
| 12. Liga Utama Inggris Inggris | 74.9% | 358 |
| 13. TFF 1. Lig Turki | 74.8% | 282 |
| 14. Liga 2 Ceko Ceko | 74.3% | 218 |
| 15. Bundesliga Jerman | 74.2% | 128 |
| 16. Ykkönen Finlandia | 74.2% | 124 |
| 17. Liga Utama Armenia Armenia | 74.2% | 120 |
| 18. Liga Utama Inggris Skotlandia | 74.1% | 212 |
| 19. Liga Umaglesi Georgia | 73.8% | 160 |
| 20. Liga Utama Malta Malta | 73.5% | 170 |
| 21. Esiliiga Estonia | 73.2% | 168 |
| 22. Superliga Albania | 73.2% | 153 |
| 23. Liga Utama Inggris Wales | 73.1% | 186 |
| 24. Ligue 2 Prancis | 73.1% | 327 |
| 25. Liga Dua Inggris Skotlandia | 72.8% | 173 |
| 26. Liga Pro Ekuador | 72.8% | 125 |
| 27. Meistriliiga Estonia | 72.7% | 176 |
| 28. 1. Division Siprus | 72.7% | 161 |
| 29. Liga Super Uzbekistan Uzbekistan | 72.6% | 117 |
| 30. Categoría Primera A Kolombia | 72.5% | 363 |
| 31. Liga Super Malaysia Malaysia | 72.4% | 127 |
| 32. Primera División Bolivia | 72.4% | 286 |
| 33. Liga Nacional Guatemala | 72.4% | 257 |
| 34. Liga Utama Kazakhstan Kazakhstan | 72.3% | 166 |
| 35. Ligue 1 Aljazair | 72.3% | 191 |
| 36. Challenger Pro League Belgia | 72% | 118 |
| 37. Primeira Liga Portugal | 72% | 286 |
| 38. Second League Bulgaria | 71.9% | 146 |
| 39. Primera B Metropolitana Argentina | 71.9% | 320 |
| 40. Liga Profesional Saudi Arab Saudi | 71.7% | 223 |
Showing every competition. Major competitions only
The first goal event of each finished match, by minute and order. Own goals count for the side they were credited to.