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Benfica First Half Goals
In 178 Liga Portugal matches, 77.0% of Benfica’s first halves produced a goal, 2nd of the 24 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 65.7% of them and conceded in 29.8%.
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 65.7% of matches and at the wrong one in 29.8%, 35.9pp apart. A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 44.4% of Benfica’s matches manage it against 33.8% for the division.
Oddly, it is at home that Benfica are breached early more often, 34.8% of home matches against 24.7% away. Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 58% of the time, well clear of the 49% the division manages.
Only 1 published Liga Portugal club beats Benfica for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. A goal arrives before halftime in 77.0% of Benfica’s Liga Portugal matches. The Liga Portugal figure is 69.0%, so they clear their own division by a wide 8.0pp. The other 23.0% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 178 completed Benfica matches over 6 seasons (2021 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Benfica first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 77.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 44.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 19.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.48 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 65.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 29.8% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 1.14 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.34 |
| Matches counted | 178 |
| Seasons covered | 6 (2021 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 | 79.8% | 49.4% | 68.5% | 34.8% | 1.64 | 89 |
| Away | 74.2% | 39.3% | 62.9% | 24.7% | 1.31 | 89 |
Benfica score before halftime 68.5% of the time at home against 62.9% away, a gap of 5.6pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Benfica against Liga Portugal
| Line | Benfica | Liga Portugal | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 77.0% | 69.0% | +8.0pp |
| Over 1.5 | 44.4% | 33.8% | +10.6pp |
| Over 2.5 | 19.1% | 11.7% | +7.4pp |
Counted from 178 matches · 6 seasons · 2021 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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