Where is a half-time deficit survivable?
How often the side trailing at the break avoids defeat — the mirror of the question above, and the more interesting half.
Nowhere is a half-time deficit less final than in Serie B (İtalya): the trailing side avoids defeat 35,7% of the time.
| League | Rescued | Matches led |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Serie B İtalya | 35.7% | 210 |
| 2. Premier Soccer Ligi Güney Afrika | 35.5% | 124 |
| 3. Liga de Expansión MX Meksika | 34.2% | 146 |
| 4. First NL Hırvatistan | 34.1% | 176 |
| 5. Allsvenskan İsveç | 34% | 147 |
| 6. Devrî'l-Muhterifin es-Suudî Suudi Arabistan | 33.8% | 142 |
| 7. National League North İngiltere | 33.7% | 104 |
| 8. Ed-Devrî'l-Mısrî'l-Mümtaz Mısır | 33.3% | 150 |
| 9. Ligue 2 Fransa | 32.8% | 198 |
| 10. 1. Division Norveç | 32.5% | 163 |
| 11. Liga Nacional Guatemala | 32.1% | 134 |
| 12. Tercera División RFEF - Group 6 İspanya | 31.8% | 132 |
| 13. Championnat National Fransa | 31.7% | 161 |
| 14. Primera División Peru | 31.6% | 152 |
| 15. Râbitatu'l-Muhtarifîn el-İmârâtiyye Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri | 30.8% | 120 |
| 16. Primera División (Şili) Şili | 30.7% | 166 |
| 17. Ekstraklasa Polonya | 30.5% | 128 |
| 18. NB III - Southwest Macaristan | 30.3% | 109 |
| 19. Premier League Suriye | 30.1% | 103 |
| 20. Categoría Primera A Kolombiya | 29.9% | 127 |
| 21. Primera División Kosta Rika | 29.9% | 134 |
| 22. Primera Division Nikaragua | 29.7% | 111 |
| 23. Liga Pro Ekvador | 29.7% | 138 |
| 24. İsviçre Süper Ligi İsviçre | 29% | 107 |
| 25. Primera Division El Salvador | 28.8% | 111 |
| 26. Kuveyt 1. Ligi Kuveyt | 28.7% | 115 |
| 27. La Liga İspanya | 28.3% | 212 |
| 28. Primera División RFEF - Group 1 İspanya | 28.1% | 139 |
| 29. Segunda División İspanya | 27.6% | 243 |
| 30. Serie C - Girone B İtalya | 27.6% | 214 |
| 31. Tercera División RFEF - Group 7 İspanya | 27.5% | 178 |
| 32. Tercera División RFEF - Group 4 İspanya | 27.3% | 172 |
| 33. Liga I Romanya | 27.3% | 172 |
| 34. 2. Bundesliga Almanya | 27.3% | 187 |
| 35. Süper Lig Türkiye | 27.2% | 246 |
| 36. Super Liga Slovakya | 27.1% | 107 |
| 37. Primera B Şili | 27.1% | 107 |
| 38. Tercera División RFEF - Group 17 İspanya | 27.1% | 170 |
| 39. NB I Macaristan | 27% | 122 |
| 40. J2 League Japonya | 26.8% | 246 |
Showing every competition. Major competitions only
Only matches where the sides were not level at the break. A draw counts as rescued.