Almere City look to Yanmar Stadion supporters for inspiration before Helmond Sport match

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 11.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Crucial battle in the lower section of the Eerste Divisie, with both Almere City and Helmond Sport feeling more anxiety than bliss. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the team playing at home at 17th and the away team in 20th position.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie

Almere's stadium, Yanmar Stadion, has a grass surface. Helmond Sport have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Helmond Sport when playing on grass; 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 20 goals in these games and conceded 30.

There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they played a Eerste Divisie fixture only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong Utrecht.

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Almere City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Almere City have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Yanmar Stadion.

Almere City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Jong Utrecht's place. The match ended 2-1 with Pouwels and Wildeboer scoring. Duijvestijn (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.31/10. Duijvestijn served one assist, hit three key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).

Before that game, the home loss against VVV-Venlo with the scoreline 0-1.

The Almere City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Almere defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Almere City has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Helmond Sport so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

Helmond Sport's previous game was their home loss versus FC Eindhoven (1-2).

Prior to that result Helmond won their away game at FC Emmen. The scoreline was 2-1.

A new game in only three days for Helmond Sport, the Eerste Divisie home match versus VVV-Venlo. Busy days.

Helmond Sport struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported match involving both these squads is the Helmond Sport - Almere City 1-2 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Almere wins - draws - Helmond Sport wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
12 goals
Almere CityL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
9 goals
Almere CityJ. Arweiler
J. Arweiler
9 goals

Almere City missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City Helmond Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
6 2 0 Won W 1 3 6
8 4 3 Drew D 1 3 6
15 8 1 Lost L 3 8 16
41 17 3 Scored S 7 14 28
58 27 5 Conceded C 10 23 49
93% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
83% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 64% 71%
66% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 43% 57%
41% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 36% 32%
24% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 18%
66% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 57%
14% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 21%
28% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 29%
 
5.3 4.7 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4 3.9
5.2 6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.6 5.5
1.2 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.5 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.8 10.1 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 8.3 7.7
4 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.6 3.2
35% 29% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 31%
 
10.3 8.9 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 13.6 11.5
4.7 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 7.3 5.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the fewest points (10) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Volendam 28 18 9 1 62 31 14 11 2 1 36 17 14 7 7 0 26 14 31 63
2 FC Emmen 28 18 4 6 44 20 13 9 0 4 25 10 15 9 4 2 19 10 24 58
3 Excelsior 29 17 4 8 64 39 15 8 3 4 35 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 25 55
4 FC Eindhoven 28 16 5 7 52 32 13 9 3 1 28 12 15 7 2 6 24 20 20 53
5 Jong Ajax 29 16 4 9 63 49 15 10 2 3 38 23 14 6 2 6 25 26 14 52
6 ADO Den Haag 27 17 3 7 59 40 13 9 1 3 30 15 14 8 2 4 29 25 19 48
7 Graafschap 28 13 8 7 40 27 15 4 6 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 47
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 12 10 6 56 34 14 6 5 3 27 15 14 6 5 3 29 19 22 46
9 NAC Breda 28 11 9 8 43 33 14 7 6 1 24 10 14 4 3 7 19 23 10 42
10 VVV-Venlo 28 11 4 13 37 38 15 6 3 6 22 22 13 5 1 7 15 16 -1 37
11 Jong PSV 28 10 5 13 45 44 15 7 2 6 27 20 13 3 3 7 18 24 1 35
12 FC Oss 28 8 7 13 37 45 14 5 4 5 22 21 14 3 3 8 15 24 -8 31
13 Jong AZ 29 8 5 16 27 39 15 6 3 6 17 19 14 2 2 10 10 20 -12 29
14 Telstar 28 6 11 11 32 52 14 3 5 6 17 29 14 3 6 5 15 23 -20 29
15 Jong Utrecht 29 8 4 17 31 54 15 4 0 11 13 30 14 4 4 6 18 24 -23 28
16 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 27 52 13 6 0 7 12 22 15 2 3 10 15 30 -25 27
17 Almere City 29 6 8 15 41 58 14 2 4 8 17 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -17 26
18 MVV Maastricht 28 8 2 18 28 57 14 4 2 8 16 26 14 4 0 10 12 31 -29 26
19 FC Dordrecht 28 6 7 15 40 63 13 3 5 5 18 23 15 3 2 10 22 40 -23 25
20 Helmond Sport 28 6 6 16 28 49 14 3 3 8 14 26 14 3 3 8 14 23 -21 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Volendam 28 18 9 1 62 31 14 11 2 1 36 17 14 7 7 0 26 14 31 63
2 FC Emmen 28 18 4 6 44 20 13 9 0 4 25 10 15 9 4 2 19 10 24 58
3 Excelsior 29 17 4 8 64 39 15 8 3 4 35 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 25 55
4 FC Eindhoven 28 16 5 7 52 32 13 9 3 1 28 12 15 7 2 6 24 20 20 53
5 Jong Ajax 29 16 4 9 63 49 15 10 2 3 38 23 14 6 2 6 25 26 14 52
6 ADO Den Haag 27 17 3 7 59 40 13 9 1 3 30 15 14 8 2 4 29 25 19 48
7 Graafschap 28 13 8 7 40 27 15 4 6 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 47
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 12 10 6 56 34 14 6 5 3 27 15 14 6 5 3 29 19 22 46
9 NAC Breda 28 11 9 8 43 33 14 7 6 1 24 10 14 4 3 7 19 23 10 42
10 VVV-Venlo 28 11 4 13 37 38 15 6 3 6 22 22 13 5 1 7 15 16 -1 37
11 Jong PSV 28 10 5 13 45 44 15 7 2 6 27 20 13 3 3 7 18 24 1 35
12 FC Oss 28 8 7 13 37 45 14 5 4 5 22 21 14 3 3 8 15 24 -8 31
13 Jong AZ 29 8 5 16 27 39 15 6 3 6 17 19 14 2 2 10 10 20 -12 29
14 Telstar 28 6 11 11 32 52 14 3 5 6 17 29 14 3 6 5 15 23 -20 29
15 Jong Utrecht 29 8 4 17 31 54 15 4 0 11 13 30 14 4 4 6 18 24 -23 28
16 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 27 52 13 6 0 7 12 22 15 2 3 10 15 30 -25 27
17 Almere City 29 6 8 15 41 58 14 2 4 8 17 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -17 26
18 MVV Maastricht 28 8 2 18 28 57 14 4 2 8 16 26 14 4 0 10 12 31 -29 26
19 FC Dordrecht 28 6 7 15 40 63 13 3 5 5 18 23 15 3 2 10 22 40 -23 25
20 Helmond Sport 28 6 6 16 28 49 14 3 3 8 14 26 14 3 3 8 14 23 -21 21

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