Thalgau is the only name at the top of this table worth taking seriously right now — 12 matches is a functional sample for a lower-Austrian outfit in pre-season, and the consistency holds. Everyone else sitting at 86% is doing it across five or six fixtures, which is barely enough to distinguish a pattern from a run of open games. The Oakleigh Cannons entries, including the U23 side, likely reflect Australian pre-season conditions where defensive shape is loose and fitness uneven — context that inflates first-half goal tallies and won't survive into competitive fixtures.
The angle here is narrow but real: Thalgau's volume gives it credibility the others lack. For the rest, treat the hit rates as directional noise until samples double. Backing 1H Over 1.5 blindly across this cohort because the percentages look tidy is exactly how pre-season data burns you.
