Eerste Divisie game preview: Helmond Sport versus NAC Breda

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

Helmond Sport - NAC Breda in Eerste Divisie: Stats, line-ups, fixtures, the latest developments and headlines. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (28) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eerste Divisie

11-7-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for NAC Breda when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 23 matches are 45-28 (scored/conceded).

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Helmond and NAC Breda.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

With 3 Eerste Divisie wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Helmond Sport are certainly not brimming with confidence. Helmond Sport are slowly digging their own grave here at SolarUnie Stadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Jong Ajax match.

Helmond Sport are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 189 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Landschoot).

Helmond Sport's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus VVV-Venlo (placed 10th). Midfielder Hove was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.0 (out of ten) in that game. Hove hit two key passes.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Almere City.

Helmond aren't scoring a lot here at SolarUnie Stadion in the league, with only 14 goals from 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Helmond Sport defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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NAC Breda form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Helmond Sport.

It's the second away game in a row for NAC Breda, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Telstar (placed 17th) last time out. Velanas got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, top player of the team. Velanas scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs De Graafschap.

Breda has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as NAC Breda have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other previously this season: NAC Breda - Helmond Sport 1-0. Previous nine meetings involving these contenders: Helmond Sport won one, NAC Breda triumphed in five and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

HelmondJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
12 goals
NAC BredaR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
12 goals
NAC BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
7 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

NAC Breda missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport NAC Breda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
6 3 1 Won W 3 5 13
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 9
18 9 2 Lost L 1 7 8
28 14 2 Scored S 10 23 49
55 29 5 Conceded C 5 24 34
93% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
73% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
60% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 53% 50%
30% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 33%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 17%
53% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 47% 47%
20% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 40%
33% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 27%
 
3.9 3.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.8 5.7
5.5 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.8 4.7
1.1 0.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1 1.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.5 7 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.6 11.5
3.1 2.7 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.1 5.2
30% 34% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 31%
 
11.7 9.7 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.1 10.3
5.9 4.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.3 4.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (28) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • NAC Breda is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 Emmen 30 20 4 6 50 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 15 9 4 2 19 10 29 64
2 FC Volendam 30 18 9 3 65 40 15 11 2 2 38 22 15 7 7 1 27 18 25 63
3 Excelsior 30 18 4 8 69 41 15 8 3 4 35 19 15 10 1 4 34 22 28 58
4 FC Eindhoven 30 17 6 7 57 33 15 10 4 1 33 13 15 7 2 6 24 20 24 57
5 Jong Ajax 30 16 5 9 66 52 15 10 2 3 38 23 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 53
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 14 10 6 60 35 15 7 5 3 29 15 15 7 5 3 31 20 25 52
7 ADO Den Haag 28 17 4 7 60 41 13 9 1 3 30 15 15 8 3 4 30 26 19 49
8 NAC Breda 30 13 9 8 49 34 15 8 6 1 26 10 15 5 3 7 23 24 15 48
9 De Graafschap 30 13 8 9 40 31 15 4 6 5 14 18 15 9 2 4 26 13 9 47
10 VVV-Venlo 30 12 4 14 40 42 15 6 3 6 22 22 15 6 1 8 18 20 -2 40
11 Jong PSV 29 10 5 14 47 47 15 7 2 6 27 20 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 35
12 FC Den Bosch 30 10 3 17 33 55 15 8 0 7 18 25 15 2 3 10 15 30 -22 33
13 Jong AZ 30 9 5 16 30 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 15 3 2 10 13 22 -11 32
14 TOP Oss 30 8 7 15 38 48 15 5 4 6 23 23 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 31
15 Almere City 30 7 8 15 44 58 15 3 4 8 20 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -14 29
16 FC Dordrecht 30 7 8 15 44 66 15 4 6 5 22 26 15 3 2 10 22 40 -22 29
17 Telstar 29 6 11 12 33 56 15 3 5 7 18 33 14 3 6 5 15 23 -23 29
18 Jong Utrecht 30 8 4 18 31 56 15 4 0 11 13 30 15 4 4 7 18 26 -25 28
19 MVV Maastricht 30 8 2 20 31 63 15 4 2 9 18 29 15 4 0 11 13 34 -32 26
20 Helmond Sport 30 6 6 18 28 55 15 3 3 9 14 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -27 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 Emmen 30 20 4 6 50 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 15 9 4 2 19 10 29 64
2 FC Volendam 30 18 9 3 65 40 15 11 2 2 38 22 15 7 7 1 27 18 25 63
3 Excelsior 30 18 4 8 69 41 15 8 3 4 35 19 15 10 1 4 34 22 28 58
4 FC Eindhoven 30 17 6 7 57 33 15 10 4 1 33 13 15 7 2 6 24 20 24 57
5 Jong Ajax 30 16 5 9 66 52 15 10 2 3 38 23 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 53
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 14 10 6 60 35 15 7 5 3 29 15 15 7 5 3 31 20 25 52
7 ADO Den Haag 28 17 4 7 60 41 13 9 1 3 30 15 15 8 3 4 30 26 19 49
8 NAC Breda 30 13 9 8 49 34 15 8 6 1 26 10 15 5 3 7 23 24 15 48
9 De Graafschap 30 13 8 9 40 31 15 4 6 5 14 18 15 9 2 4 26 13 9 47
10 VVV-Venlo 30 12 4 14 40 42 15 6 3 6 22 22 15 6 1 8 18 20 -2 40
11 Jong PSV 29 10 5 14 47 47 15 7 2 6 27 20 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 35
12 FC Den Bosch 30 10 3 17 33 55 15 8 0 7 18 25 15 2 3 10 15 30 -22 33
13 Jong AZ 30 9 5 16 30 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 15 3 2 10 13 22 -11 32
14 TOP Oss 30 8 7 15 38 48 15 5 4 6 23 23 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 31
15 Almere City 30 7 8 15 44 58 15 3 4 8 20 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -14 29
16 FC Dordrecht 30 7 8 15 44 66 15 4 6 5 22 26 15 3 2 10 22 40 -22 29
17 Telstar 29 6 11 12 33 56 15 3 5 7 18 33 14 3 6 5 15 23 -23 29
18 Jong Utrecht 30 8 4 18 31 56 15 4 0 11 13 30 15 4 4 7 18 26 -25 28
19 MVV Maastricht 30 8 2 20 31 63 15 4 2 9 18 29 15 4 0 11 13 34 -32 26
20 Helmond Sport 30 6 6 18 28 55 15 3 3 9 14 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -27 21

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