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Sporting CP First Half Goals
In 178 Liga Portugal matches, 78.1% of Sporting CP’s first halves produced a goal, 1st of the 24 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 70.2% of them and conceded in 28.1%.
What Sporting CP’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Sporting CP’s matches is overwhelmingly their own: the net bulges at the right end before the break in 70.2% of matches and at the wrong one in 28.1%, 42.1pp apart. Travel costs Sporting CP at the back: 34.8% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 21.3% of home ones.
A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 44.9% of Sporting CP’s matches manage it against 33.8% for the division. Sporting CP top the Liga Portugal list of 24 published clubs for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
A goal arrives before halftime in 78.1% of Sporting CP’s Liga Portugal matches. The Liga Portugal figure is 69.0%, so they clear their own division by a wide 9.1pp. Only 21.9% end level and goalless. Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 57% of the time, well clear of the 49% the division manages.
Every figure on this page rests on 178 completed Sporting CP 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.
Sporting CP first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 78.1% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 44.9% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.3% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.45 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 70.2% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 28.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 1.12 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.33 |
| 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 | 80.9% | 42.7% | 71.9% | 21.3% | 1.43 | 89 |
| Away | 75.3% | 47.2% | 68.5% | 34.8% | 1.47 | 89 |
Sporting CP score before halftime 71.9% of the time at home against 68.5% away, a gap of 3.4pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Sporting CP against Liga Portugal
| Line | Sporting CP | Liga Portugal | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 78.1% | 69.0% | +9.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 44.9% | 33.8% | +11.1pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.3% | 11.7% | +4.6pp |
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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