National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spakenburg or Helmond Sport that keep their silverware dream alive.
Spakenburg's stadium, Sportpark De Westmaat, 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; 3 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses from 17 matches. They have scored {10 goals} in these games and conceded 30.
It's no vacation for neither Spakenburg nor Helmond Sport as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Spakenburg form and stats
Spakenburg was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the KNVB Beker.4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Spakenburg have to build on here at Sportpark De Westmaat in the Tweede Divisie.
Spakenburg's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-3 versus Almere City II. The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The victory against Almere City II came after der Linden's winning goal. The Spakenburg manager de Graaf was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 60th minute.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Lisse.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Spakenburg as they are travelling to their away game against Noordwijk in the Tweede Divisie. That match is four days after this one.
The Spakenburg manager de Graaf has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Spakenburg have conceded 7 goals.
Helmond Sport form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to NAC Breda in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Defender Krätschmer was the best team player with a rating of 7.32. Krätschmer won 7 of 13 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs FC Dordrecht.A new game in only three days for Helmond Sport, the Eerste Divisie home match versus Telstar. Busy days.
Helmond are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Helmond Sport have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kaars 9 goals |   A. El Azzouti 5 goals |  G. Botos 4 goals |
Spakenburg missing players
Helmond Sport missing players
| Spakenburg | Helmond Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 34 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.3 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 34% | ||
| 7.2 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spakenburg | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Quick Boys | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | De Treffers | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | ACV | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Koninklijke HFC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | GVVV | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | HHC | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | ADO '20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Noordwijk | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | AFC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Katwijk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Jong Sparta | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Scheveningen | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Almere City II | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Kozakken Boys | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Excelsior Maassluis | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 18 | Lisse | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -21 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Willem II | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | FC Dordrecht | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | De Graafschap | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | VVV-Venlo | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Helmond Sport | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Telstar | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Jong Ajax | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -13 | 6 |
