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Botafogo SP First Half Goals
In 148 Brazil Serie B matches, 54.7% of Botafogo SP’s first halves produced a goal, 31st of the 33 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 28.4% of them and conceded in 40.5%.
What Botafogo SP’s first halves look like
Botafogo SP guard the first half better than they attack it: 16th of 33 in the division for early goals conceded, 32nd for scoring them. Home advantage arrives early for Botafogo SP: they open the scoring account before halftime in 35.1% of home matches and only 21.6% of away ones, 13.5pp between them.
Early scoring in Botafogo SP’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 40.5% of matches and find the net in 28.4%, 12.1pp apart. Travel costs Botafogo SP at the back: 45.9% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 35.1% of home ones.
A goal arrives before halftime in 54.7% of Botafogo SP’s Brazil Serie B matches. Set against the Brazil Serie B figure of 63.0%, that is a full 8.3pp adrift. Goalless first halves are the norm rather than the exception here, at 45.3%. Botafogo SP come 31st of 33 in the published Brazil Serie B field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 148 completed Botafogo SP matches over 4 seasons (2023 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Botafogo SP first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 54.7% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 26.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 6.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 0.89 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 28.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 40.5% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.34 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.55 |
| Matches counted | 148 |
| Seasons covered | 4 (2023 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 | 56.8% | 21.6% | 35.1% | 35.1% | 0.82 | 74 |
| Away | 52.7% | 31.1% | 21.6% | 45.9% | 0.96 | 74 |
Botafogo SP score before halftime 35.1% of the time at home against 21.6% away, a gap of 13.5pp. 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 SP against Brazil Serie B
| Line | Botafogo SP | Brazil Serie B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 54.7% | 63.0% | −8.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 26.4% | 26.7% | −0.3pp |
| Over 2.5 | 6.1% | 6.8% | −0.7pp |
Counted from 148 matches · 4 seasons · 2023 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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