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DC United First Half Goals
In 199 MLS matches, 73.9% of DC United’s first halves produced a goal, 11th of the 30 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 41.7% of them and conceded in 55.3%.
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 55.3% of matches and find the net in 41.7%, 13.6pp apart. Home advantage arrives early for DC United: they open the scoring account before halftime in 48.0% of home matches and only 35.4% of away ones, 12.6pp between them.
Travel costs DC United at the back: 59.6% of their away matches bring an early goal against, next to 51.0% of home ones. First halves here rarely stop at one: where DC United’s matches produce an early goal, a second follows 59% of the time, against 52% across the division.
Two goals before the break is no rarity in this fixture: 43.7% of DC United’s matches get there, where the division manages 38.4%. The tail is heavy: 19.1% of DC United’s first halves reach three goals, against 15.3% for the division as a whole.
Every figure on this page rests on 199 completed DC United 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.
DC United first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 73.9% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 43.7% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 19.1% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.47 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 41.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 55.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.63 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.84 |
| Matches counted | 199 |
| 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 | 78.0% | 43.0% | 48.0% | 51.0% | 1.52 | 100 |
| Away | 69.7% | 44.4% | 35.4% | 59.6% | 1.42 | 99 |
DC United score before halftime 48.0% of the time at home against 35.4% away, a gap of 12.6pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
DC United against MLS
| Line | DC United | MLS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 73.9% | 73.6% | +0.3pp |
| Over 1.5 | 43.7% | 38.4% | +5.3pp |
| Over 2.5 | 19.1% | 15.3% | +3.8pp |
Counted from 199 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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