Serie B · first half goals
Botafogo SP First Half Goals
In 140 Serie B matches, 53.6% of Botafogo SP’s first halves produced a goal, 26th of the 28 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 26.4% of them and conceded in 39.3%.
What Botafogo SP’s first halves look like
Botafogo SP guard the first half better than they attack it: 9th of 28 in the division for early goals conceded, 27th for scoring them. Home advantage arrives early for Botafogo SP: they open the scoring account before halftime in 33.3% of home matches and only 19.7% of away ones, 13.6pp between them.
Early scoring in Botafogo SP’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 39.3% of matches and find the net in 26.4%, 12.9pp apart. Travel costs Botafogo SP at the back: 45.1% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 33.3% of home ones.
A goal arrives before halftime in 53.6% of Botafogo SP’s Serie B matches. Set against the Serie B figure of 63.1%, that is a full 9.5pp adrift. Goalless first halves are the norm rather than the exception here, at 46.4%. Botafogo SP come 26th of 28 in the published Serie B field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 140 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) | 53.6% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 24.3% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 6.4% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 0.86 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 26.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 39.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.31 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.55 |
| Matches counted | 140 |
| 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 | 55.1% | 18.8% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 0.78 | 69 |
| Away | 52.1% | 29.6% | 19.7% | 45.1% | 0.94 | 71 |
Botafogo SP score before halftime 33.3% of the time at home against 19.7% away, a gap of 13.6pp. 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 Serie B
| Line | Botafogo SP | Serie B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 53.6% | 63.1% | −9.5pp |
| Over 1.5 | 24.3% | 26.5% | −2.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 6.4% | 6.2% | +0.2pp |
Counted from 140 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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