Almere City fights Helmond Sport in Eerste Divisie battle

Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Mon 01.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3800 seats)

With their 29 point advantage in the league table, Almere City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Helmond Sport.

It's no vacation for neither Almere City 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. Helmond Sport play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Helmond Sport when playing on grass are 0 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from nine matches. They have scored 3 goals and conceded 15 times in these games.

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Almere City form and stats

When playing at home, Almere City have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games.

Happy days for Almere City in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at SC Cambuur that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Almere City won a home game hosting FC Oss (3-0).

There will be little rest for Almere City after this match as they are travelling to Jong Utrecht for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Almere City in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 matches. On the other hand, Almere City have conceded 20 goals.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Helmond Sport, who have the fewest scored goals (30) in Eerste Divisie, has only collected 9 points from their away games after 0-9-10 (15 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Helmond Sport have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the FC Dordrecht game.

The supporters enjoyed Helmond Sport's previous game versus Roda JC Kerkrade, a Eerste Divisie 4-0 win played at home. A 1-2 defeat away at RKC Waalwijk before that.

After this away game Helmond Sport return home for a Eerste Divisie game against Jong Ajax. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Helmond Sport as they have only managed to score 9 times from 15 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Helmond Sport have conceded 29 goals on the road.

Let's have a look at how Helmond Sport performed last season in the Eerste Divisie. They landed a 19th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 67 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 10 with 21/35 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Helmond Sport - Almere City 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Almere City victories, 2 draws and 3 Helmond Sport wins.

Top Goalscorers

N. Vossebelt
7 goals
S. Meijer
6 goals / 1 assists
A. Naudts
6 goals / 3 assists

Almere City missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Almere City Helmond Sport
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 15 31
46 23 Scored 9 30
50 20 Conceded 29 54
100% 100% Over 0.5 93% 97%
84% 87% Over 1.5 80% 87%
58% 60% Over 2.5 53% 55%
35% 33% Over 3.5 20% 26%
19% 7% Over 4.5 7% 6%
61% 60% Both teams to score 53% 55%
23% 27% Clean Sheet 7% 13%
16% 13% Failed To Score 47% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 FC Twente 31 23 3 5 63 26 15 11 0 4 28 14 16 12 6 1 35 12 37 72
2 Sparta Rotterdam 31 17 10 4 67 34 15 12 2 1 41 14 16 5 11 3 26 20 33 61
3 Go Ahead Eagles 31 17 6 8 55 41 15 9 3 3 29 13 16 8 6 5 26 28 14 57
4 Jong PSV 31 15 9 7 66 50 16 9 4 3 34 21 15 6 9 4 32 29 16 54
5 FC Den Bosch 31 15 7 9 53 40 15 8 3 4 30 21 16 7 7 5 23 19 13 52
6 FC Oss 31 14 6 11 36 36 16 7 3 6 19 21 15 7 7 5 17 15 0 48
7 Almere City 31 14 5 12 46 50 15 7 2 6 23 20 16 7 6 6 23 30 -4 47
8 Jong Ajax 31 13 7 11 61 50 15 8 4 3 33 19 16 5 6 8 28 31 11 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 31 14 3 14 49 46 16 7 3 6 25 24 15 7 4 8 24 22 3 45
10 MVV Maastricht 31 12 9 10 41 42 16 5 4 7 21 25 15 7 9 3 20 17 -1 45
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 12 8 11 51 49 15 7 5 3 31 19 16 5 6 8 20 30 2 44
12 SC Cambuur 31 12 8 11 39 38 16 6 5 5 22 19 15 6 7 6 17 19 1 44
13 FC Eindhoven 31 12 7 12 44 36 15 4 5 6 22 19 16 8 5 6 22 17 8 43
14 NEC 31 11 9 11 58 49 16 7 5 4 35 21 15 4 8 7 23 28 9 42
15 FC Volendam 31 9 11 11 38 47 15 6 4 5 19 17 16 3 10 6 19 30 -9 38
16 Telstar 31 11 5 15 33 48 16 5 4 7 15 25 15 6 5 8 18 23 -15 38
17 FC Dordrecht 31 6 7 18 40 71 16 3 4 9 21 37 15 3 7 9 19 34 -31 25
18 Jong AZ 31 4 11 16 34 57 15 2 6 7 16 23 16 2 8 9 18 34 -23 23
19 Helmond Sport 31 3 9 19 30 54 16 3 4 9 21 25 15 0 9 10 9 29 -24 18
20 Jong Utrecht 31 3 6 22 37 77 16 3 3 10 22 37 15 0 7 12 15 40 -40 15

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