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CD Nacional First Half Goals
In 76 Liga Portugal matches, 71.1% of CD Nacional’s first halves produced a goal, 8th of the 24 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 36.8% of them and conceded in 51.3%.
What CD Nacional’s first halves look like
Early scoring in CD Nacional’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 51.3% of matches and find the net in 36.8%, 14.5pp apart. Travel costs CD Nacional at the back: 57.9% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 44.7% of home ones.
Home advantage arrives early for CD Nacional: they open the scoring account before halftime in 42.1% of home matches and only 31.6% of away ones, 10.5pp between them. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 76 matches against a typical 144.
CD Nacional attack the first half better than they guard it: 14th of 24 in the division for scoring before halftime, 19th for keeping the other side out. An early goal in CD Nacional’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 44% of the time, where the division manages 49%.
Every figure on this page rests on 76 completed CD Nacional matches over 3 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.
CD Nacional first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 71.1% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 10.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.17 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 36.8% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 51.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.47 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.70 |
| Matches counted | 76 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (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 | 65.8% | 36.8% | 42.1% | 44.7% | 1.26 | 38 |
| Away | 76.3% | 26.3% | 31.6% | 57.9% | 1.08 | 38 |
CD Nacional score before halftime 42.1% of the time at home against 31.6% away, a gap of 10.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
CD Nacional against Liga Portugal
| Line | CD Nacional | Liga Portugal | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 71.1% | 69.0% | +2.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.6% | 33.8% | −2.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 10.5% | 11.7% | −1.2pp |
Counted from 76 matches · 3 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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