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Rio Ave FC First Half Goals
In 144 Liga Portugal matches, 69.4% of Rio Ave FC’s first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 24 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 37.5% of them and conceded in 48.6%.
What Rio Ave FC’s first halves look like
Home advantage arrives early for Rio Ave FC: they open the scoring account before halftime in 44.4% of home matches and only 30.6% of away ones, 13.8pp between them. Early scoring in Rio Ave FC’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 48.6% of matches and find the net in 37.5%, 11.1pp apart.
An early goal in Rio Ave FC’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 46% of the time, where the division manages 49%. Three-goal first halves stay scarce, 9.0% of Rio Ave FC’s matches against 11.7% for the division as a whole.
Counted in goals rather than matches, Rio Ave FC ship 0.67 before the break each game and put 0.47 away. Rio Ave FC sit 11th of 24 published Liga Portugal clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Every figure on this page rests on 144 completed Rio Ave FC matches over 5 seasons (2022 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Rio Ave FC first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 69.4% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 31.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 9.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.15 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 37.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 48.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.47 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.67 |
| Matches counted | 144 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2022 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 | 70.8% | 38.9% | 44.4% | 45.8% | 1.25 | 72 |
| Away | 68.1% | 25.0% | 30.6% | 51.4% | 1.04 | 72 |
Rio Ave FC score before halftime 44.4% of the time at home against 30.6% away, a gap of 13.8pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Rio Ave FC against Liga Portugal
| Line | Rio Ave FC | Liga Portugal | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 69.4% | 69.0% | +0.4pp |
| Over 1.5 | 31.9% | 33.8% | −1.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 9.0% | 11.7% | −2.7pp |
Counted from 144 matches · 5 seasons · 2022 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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