De Graafschap vs Helmond Sport preview for sports gamblers

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 10.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

Neutral parties would believe there's a significant difference in quality between these teams based on results so far, with De Graafschap in front of Helmond Sport by 17 points.

Insights:
  • De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Helmond Sport have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Eerste Divisie match only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Jong PSV, so at least Graafschap are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

This arena has grass, unlike Helmond Sport's home stadium. The previous 16 games by the guests on grass have generated 3 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses.

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De Graafschap form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, De Graafschap have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

Happy days for Graafschap in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at Jong PSV (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. The victory against Jong PSV came after Jasper Van Heertum's winning goal. The De Graafschap manager R. Robbemond was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 57th minute. A late climax in the match against Jong PSV as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Jasper Van Heertum. Jonathan Opoku (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.55/10. Opoku scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Jong Ajax that was lost 1-3.

Graafschap has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Graafschap have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Helmond Sport have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 1-2-5 (8 played).

Helmond's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus FC Volendam that finished 1-1. Arno Van Keilegom, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Keilegom scored one goal and hit one key pass.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against NAC Breda wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Helmond's match history for similar games we find five matches. The home team won four of these as expected, three of them by at least two goals. Helmond Sport managed one draw and zero surprise wins.

The attacking power of Helmond when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As for defending, Helmond Sport rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Graafschap 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
8 goals
De GraafschapJ. Konings
J. Konings
6 goals
De GraafschapJ. van Heertum
J. van Heertum
5 goals

De Graafschap missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap Helmond Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 0 8 18
10 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
3 3 2 Drew D 0 2 4
5 3 0 Lost L 0 5 10
31 10 3 Scored S 0 7 16
22 13 3 Conceded C 0 12 29
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 88% 89%
89% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 61%
72% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 50%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 28%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
56% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 44%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 28%
17% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 39%
 
6.4 7.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.6 4.7
3.4 2.8 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 5.1
1.2 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.1 13.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 7.9
5.8 5.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3
30% 21% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 30%
 
8.7 8.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.8 11.2
3.4 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.4 5.1
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Helmond Sport have won significantly more corners away than 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 FC Volendam 18 11 6 1 44 23 9 6 2 1 23 12 9 5 4 0 21 11 21 39
2 Excelsior 18 12 2 4 45 24 8 4 2 2 19 12 10 8 0 2 26 12 21 38
3 Jong Ajax 18 11 2 5 43 30 9 6 1 2 24 14 9 5 1 3 19 16 13 35
4 FC Emmen 18 10 3 5 27 14 8 5 0 3 15 5 10 5 3 2 12 9 13 33
5 De Graafschap 18 10 3 5 31 22 9 3 3 3 10 13 9 7 0 2 21 9 9 33
6 ADO Den Haag 18 12 2 4 41 21 8 6 0 2 19 9 10 6 2 2 22 12 20 32
7 FC Eindhoven 18 9 2 7 32 26 8 6 1 1 17 9 10 3 1 6 15 17 6 29
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 18 7 6 5 34 25 9 2 4 3 13 12 9 5 2 2 21 13 9 27
9 NAC Breda 18 7 5 6 30 22 8 5 2 1 16 6 10 2 3 5 14 16 8 26
10 FC Den Bosch 18 8 1 9 20 31 10 6 0 4 12 17 8 2 1 5 8 14 -11 25
11 VVV-Venlo 18 7 2 9 20 23 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 2 1 6 7 13 -3 23
12 MVV Maastricht 18 7 2 9 21 37 10 4 2 4 15 17 8 3 0 5 6 20 -16 23
13 Jong PSV 18 6 4 8 27 29 10 4 2 4 16 14 8 2 2 4 11 15 -2 22
14 Jong AZ 18 6 3 9 14 19 10 4 2 4 8 9 8 2 1 5 6 10 -5 21
15 Jong Utrecht 18 5 4 9 22 30 9 3 0 6 9 17 9 2 4 3 13 13 -8 19
16 Telstar 18 4 6 8 21 38 9 1 3 5 12 23 9 3 3 3 9 15 -17 18
17 Almere City 18 4 4 10 30 39 9 2 2 5 15 19 9 2 2 5 15 20 -9 16
18 Helmond Sport 18 4 4 10 16 29 10 3 2 5 9 17 8 1 2 5 7 12 -13 16
19 TOP Oss 18 3 5 10 19 30 9 2 3 4 13 16 9 1 2 6 6 14 -11 14
20 FC Dordrecht 18 2 4 12 21 46 9 1 3 5 10 19 9 1 1 7 11 27 -25 10

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 18 11 6 1 44 23 9 6 2 1 23 12 9 5 4 0 21 11 21 39
2 Excelsior 18 12 2 4 45 24 8 4 2 2 19 12 10 8 0 2 26 12 21 38
3 Jong Ajax 18 11 2 5 43 30 9 6 1 2 24 14 9 5 1 3 19 16 13 35
4 FC Emmen 18 10 3 5 27 14 8 5 0 3 15 5 10 5 3 2 12 9 13 33
5 De Graafschap 18 10 3 5 31 22 9 3 3 3 10 13 9 7 0 2 21 9 9 33
6 ADO Den Haag 18 12 2 4 41 21 8 6 0 2 19 9 10 6 2 2 22 12 20 32
7 FC Eindhoven 18 9 2 7 32 26 8 6 1 1 17 9 10 3 1 6 15 17 6 29
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 18 7 6 5 34 25 9 2 4 3 13 12 9 5 2 2 21 13 9 27
9 NAC Breda 18 7 5 6 30 22 8 5 2 1 16 6 10 2 3 5 14 16 8 26
10 FC Den Bosch 18 8 1 9 20 31 10 6 0 4 12 17 8 2 1 5 8 14 -11 25
11 VVV-Venlo 18 7 2 9 20 23 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 2 1 6 7 13 -3 23
12 MVV Maastricht 18 7 2 9 21 37 10 4 2 4 15 17 8 3 0 5 6 20 -16 23
13 Jong PSV 18 6 4 8 27 29 10 4 2 4 16 14 8 2 2 4 11 15 -2 22
14 Jong AZ 18 6 3 9 14 19 10 4 2 4 8 9 8 2 1 5 6 10 -5 21
15 Jong Utrecht 18 5 4 9 22 30 9 3 0 6 9 17 9 2 4 3 13 13 -8 19
16 Telstar 18 4 6 8 21 38 9 1 3 5 12 23 9 3 3 3 9 15 -17 18
17 Almere City 18 4 4 10 30 39 9 2 2 5 15 19 9 2 2 5 15 20 -9 16
18 Helmond Sport 18 4 4 10 16 29 10 3 2 5 9 17 8 1 2 5 7 12 -13 16
19 TOP Oss 18 3 5 10 19 30 9 2 3 4 13 16 9 1 2 6 6 14 -11 14
20 FC Dordrecht 18 2 4 12 21 46 9 1 3 5 10 19 9 1 1 7 11 27 -25 10

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