Match preview Eerste Divisie: Helmond Sport - FC Dordrecht at SolarUnie Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Eerste Divisie, with both Helmond Sport and FC Dordrecht experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 20th place.

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht has the fewest scored goals (14) in Eerste Divisie

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not FC Dordrecht's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf FC Dordrecht have performed like this: Played 25 matches resulting in 5 wins, 5 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 32-70 (scored/conceded).

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Helmond Sport form and stats

With 2 Eerste Divisie wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Helmond Sport, who have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Eerste Divisie, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home team returns to SolarUnie Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Jong AZ (placed 18th) on their last time out; the Eerste Divisie game ended 2-2. Before that, Helmond played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Roda JC Kerkrade.

The hometeam coach W. Boessen made a successful contribution in the game against Jong AZ, bringing on Arno Van Keilegom who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

Helmond aren't scoring a lot here at SolarUnie Stadion in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Dordrecht, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Eerste Divisie, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-8 (win-draw-lose).

There might be some fixture complaints from Dordrecht as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eerste Divisie match against MVV Maastricht (1-3). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against NEC.

It's a bit worrying for Dordrecht that their goalkeeper Anthony Swolfs made seven saves in the MVV Maastricht game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dordrecht as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. Dordrecht can't defend away. 30 goals have been scored by the opposition in 9 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Helmond won four games, two matches ended with a draw and FC Dordrecht has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportJ. Goselink
J. Goselink
4 goals
Helmond SportL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
3 goals
Helmond SportK. Loukili
K. Loukili
3 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Helmond Sport FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 9 17
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
5 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
8 5 0 Lost L 2 8 12
17 6 2 Scored S 2 5 14
28 14 1 Conceded C 5 30 43
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 88%
53% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 65%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 56% 47%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 18%
59% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 47%
12% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 18%
35% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 11.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.9 10.4
4.4 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.7
23% 15% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 18% 22%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht has the fewest scored goals (14) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals (30) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-29) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 17 14 1 2 53 15 9 7 0 2 29 10 8 7 1 0 24 5 38 43
2 Almere City 16 11 4 1 39 21 8 7 1 0 18 2 8 4 3 1 21 19 18 37
3 Graafschap 17 11 2 4 36 27 9 6 1 2 20 13 8 5 1 2 16 14 9 35
4 NAC Breda 17 10 2 5 30 15 9 6 0 3 18 9 8 4 2 2 12 6 15 32
5 NEC 17 9 4 4 31 18 8 4 2 2 15 8 9 5 2 2 16 10 13 31
6 FC Volendam 17 8 6 3 43 22 9 4 3 2 24 9 8 4 3 1 19 13 21 30
7 Go Ahead Eagles 17 7 5 5 20 13 8 2 3 3 8 7 9 5 2 2 12 6 7 26
8 FC Eindhoven 17 7 5 5 30 29 9 4 3 2 23 14 8 3 2 3 7 15 1 26
9 Telstar 16 6 4 6 27 23 9 3 2 4 18 13 7 3 2 2 9 10 4 22
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 17 5 7 5 26 24 9 4 4 1 16 8 8 1 3 4 10 16 2 22
11 Jong Ajax 16 6 4 6 30 32 8 3 2 3 13 16 8 3 2 3 17 16 -2 22
12 FC Oss 17 6 4 7 15 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 9 3 2 4 5 14 -8 22
13 Excelsior 17 6 2 9 32 29 8 3 0 5 17 15 9 3 2 4 15 14 3 20
14 Jong Utrecht 17 6 1 10 25 34 9 3 0 6 11 16 8 3 1 4 14 18 -9 19
15 Helmond Sport 17 4 5 8 17 28 8 2 1 5 6 14 9 2 4 3 11 14 -11 17
16 Jong PSV 16 4 4 8 24 31 7 1 3 3 8 12 9 3 1 5 16 19 -7 16
17 MVV Maastricht 17 3 4 10 21 42 8 2 1 5 14 25 9 1 3 5 7 17 -21 13
18 Jong AZ 17 3 3 11 23 46 8 1 3 4 16 23 9 2 0 7 7 23 -23 12
19 FC Den Bosch 17 2 5 10 17 38 9 2 4 3 12 12 8 0 1 7 5 26 -21 11
20 FC Dordrecht 17 3 2 12 14 43 8 2 2 4 9 13 9 1 0 8 5 30 -29 11

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.