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Botafogo First Half Goals
In 449 Brasileirão matches, 65.0% of Botafogo’s first halves produced a goal, 21st of the 31 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 41.0% of them and conceded in 42.1%.
What Botafogo’s first halves look like
Botafogo are close to two different sides either side of the coach door: a first-half goal of their own in 50.7% of home matches, 31.3% of away ones, 19.4pp between them. Travel costs Botafogo at the back: 49.1% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 35.1% of home ones.
There is more record to read here than for most of the division: 449 matches against a typical 304. Botafogo come 21st of 31 in the published Brasileirão field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
A goal arrives before halftime in 65.0% of Botafogo’s Brasileirão matches. That trails the Brasileirão figure of 66.5%, without much in it. A goalless first half remains common all the same, at 35.0%. Neither end of the pitch is much busier than the other early on in Botafogo’s matches: they find the net before the break in 41.0% of matches and let one in during 42.1%.
Every figure on this page rests on 449 completed Botafogo matches over 12 seasons (2013 to 2026). That is a large enough sample that the venue rows above are worth reading as two separate records rather than one split in half.
Botafogo first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 65.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 29.0% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 8.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.04 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 41.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 42.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.53 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.50 |
| Matches counted | 449 |
| Seasons covered | 12 (2013 to 2026) |
The over rows count goals by either side; the scored and conceded rows split that between them.
Home and away
| Venue | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Scored | Conceded | Avg goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 68.0% | 30.2% | 50.7% | 35.1% | 1.09 | 225 |
| Away | 62.1% | 27.7% | 31.3% | 49.1% | 0.98 | 224 |
Botafogo score before halftime 50.7% of the time at home against 31.3% away, a gap of 19.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Botafogo against Brasileirão
| Line | Botafogo | Brasileirão | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 65.0% | 66.5% | −1.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 29.0% | 28.9% | +0.1pp |
| Over 2.5 | 8.0% | 9.0% | −1.0pp |
Counted from 449 matches · 12 seasons · 2013 to 2026.
How to read these numbers
- These are historical rates over pooled seasons, not a forecast. A club that has changed manager, division or squad reads as the average of every version of itself on record.
- The opponent matters as much as the club. A high-scoring side against a defense that rarely concedes early is a different fixture from the same side against one that does.
For the model’s estimate of an actual upcoming fixture rather than this club’s history, see first half goals predictions and how the model works.
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