When the result is decided by periods, not total goals.

What does “result by period” mean?

In a match scored by period, each completed period has its own winner. Those period results decide the match result. Total goals still explain what happened on the pitch, but they do not necessarily decide who won the match.

A 9–8 goal total can still mean a 1–3 period result

Imagine four periods ending like this:

• Period 1: 0–2
• Period 2: 1–2
• Period 3: 2–4
• Period 4: 6–0

The first team scored more goals overall: 9–8. But it won only the fourth period, so the result by period is 1–3. Showing both numbers prevents a perfectly correct result from looking like a mistake.

Why do some youth matches count periods separately?

A period result stops one unusually high-scoring spell from erasing the rest of the match. Every restart becomes a fresh contest, so consistency across the game stays visible. The exact reason and calculation depend on the competition.

Italy’s FIGC provides one current example: its 2025/26 youth guidance treats each period as a mini-game. That is one rule set, not a universal standard. Always check your own competition rules, especially for drawn periods. Read the FIGC guidance on youth match results.

How do drawn periods count?

Some competitions award no point for a drawn period. Others award one point to each team. ScoreShare supports both choices, so the scorekeeper can use the rule that applies to the match instead of forcing one federation’s system on everyone.

Keeping a result by period in ScoreShare

Set up a match with at least two periods and switch on Result by period. Choose how drawn periods count, then keep goals as usual. ScoreShare calculates the period result from the score in each period.

• During play, you can see the current period score and the running period result.
• At a break and after the final whistle, the period result becomes the main result.
• The breakdown keeps every period score and the total goals available for context.
• Shared matches show the same period result to followers.

Need the wider match-day setup first? Start with the youth soccer scorekeeper guide. To see how relatives follow from elsewhere, read about live score sharing.

Keep the app and the official rules separate

ScoreShare records and shares the result you keep at the match. It does not submit an official result to a federation, league or club system. Use the scoring option that matches your competition and report the result through its required channel.