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DC United First Half Goals
In 158 MLS matches, 71.5% of DC United’s first halves produced a goal, 22nd of the 30 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 37.3% of them and conceded in 55.1%.
What DC United’s first halves look like
Early scoring in DC United’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 55.1% of matches and find the net in 37.3%, 17.8pp apart. Home advantage arrives early for DC United: they open the scoring account before halftime in 44.3% of home matches and only 30.4% of away ones, 13.9pp between them.
First halves here rarely stop at one: where DC United’s matches produce an early goal, a second follows 58% of the time, against 52% across the division. DC United come 22nd of 30 in the published MLS field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
DC United guard the first half better than they attack it: 25th of 30 in the division for early goals conceded, 29th for scoring them. Two goals before the break is no rarity in this fixture: 41.8% of DC United’s matches get there, where the division manages 38.6%.
Every figure on this page rests on 158 completed DC United 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.
DC United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 71.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 41.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.5% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.39 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 37.3% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 55.1% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.54 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.85 |
| Matches counted | 158 |
| 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 | 77.2% | 41.8% | 44.3% | 51.9% | 1.51 | 79 |
| Away | 65.8% | 41.8% | 30.4% | 58.2% | 1.28 | 79 |
DC United score before halftime 44.3% of the time at home against 30.4% away, a gap of 13.9pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
DC United against MLS
| Line | DC United | MLS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 71.5% | 73.6% | −2.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 41.8% | 38.6% | +3.2pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.5% | 15.5% | +1.0pp |
Counted from 158 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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