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Benfica First Half Goals
In 68 Liga Portugal matches, 79.4% of Benfica’s first halves produced a goal, 3rd of the 16 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 69.1% of them and conceded in 30.9%.
What Benfica’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Benfica’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 69.1% of matches and at the wrong one in 30.9%, 38.2pp apart. Home advantage arrives early for Benfica: they open the scoring account before halftime in 76.5% of home matches and only 61.8% of away ones, 14.7pp between them.
Oddly, it is at home that Benfica are breached early more often, 38.2% of home matches against 23.5% away. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 47.1% of Benfica’s matches manage it against 33.5% for the division.
Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 59% of the time, well clear of the 49% the division manages. A goal arrives before halftime in 79.4% of Benfica’s Liga Portugal matches. The Liga Portugal figure is 69.0%, so they clear their own division by a wide 10.4pp. Only 20.6% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 68 completed Benfica matches over 2 seasons (2024 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Benfica first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 79.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 47.1% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 20.6% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.51 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 69.1% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 30.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 1.16 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.35 |
| Matches counted | 68 |
| Seasons covered | 2 (2024 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 | 85.3% | 58.8% | 76.5% | 38.2% | 1.82 | 34 |
| Away | 73.5% | 35.3% | 61.8% | 23.5% | 1.21 | 34 |
Benfica score before halftime 76.5% of the time at home against 61.8% away, a gap of 14.7pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Benfica against Liga Portugal
| Line | Benfica | Liga Portugal | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 79.4% | 69.0% | +10.4pp |
| Over 1.5 | 47.1% | 33.5% | +13.6pp |
| Over 2.5 | 20.6% | 12.1% | +8.5pp |
Counted from 68 matches · 2 seasons · 2024 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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