Football news and preview: Excelsior odds-on when Helmond Sport arrive

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (4500 seats)

Excelsior are pursuing the top league places while Helmond Sport are more nervous about avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Excelsior have the most scored goals (70) in Eerste Divisie
  • Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.

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.

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Excelsior form and stats

8-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Excelsior so far this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Excelsior here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Excelsior manager Dijkhuizen and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus FC Oss (placed 14th). The gifted forward Niemeijer bested all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Niemeijer scored one goal and hit two key passes.

In the game before, an away victory match versus FC Volendam with a 5-2 scoreline.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (35 in 15 games), Excelsior's attacking play is working. Excelsior's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

There's been little loot from Helmond Sport's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Helmond won their last game, 4-0 versus NAC Breda played at home. Attacker Landschoot got a player rating of 8.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Landschoot scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against VVV-Venlo was the result prior to that, in a home game.

You'll want to know how Helmond Sport managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found seven similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and six home wins.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Helmond Sport struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games. Helmond Sport has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought previously this season: Helmond Sport - Excelsior 1-5. Excelsior-Helmond Sport H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior six wins, Helmond Sport three wins, one draw. ten of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorT. Dallinga
T. Dallinga
30 goals
ExcelsiorR. Niemeijer
R. Niemeijer
13 goals
Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
13 goals

Excelsior missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior Helmond Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
18 8 3 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
8 4 1 Lost L 2 9 18
70 35 11 Scored S 6 14 32
42 19 8 Conceded C 9 26 55
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
84% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 74%
65% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 61%
42% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 32%
32% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 16%
58% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 47% 52%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 23%
13% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 32%
 
4.6 5 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 4.1 3.9
6.2 5.7 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.5 5.5
1.2 1.1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.6 11.7 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.1 7.6
5.3 5.7 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.2
43% 41% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 27% 33%
 
10.5 8 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.8 11.6
4.3 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 7.6 5.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
  • Excelsior have the most scored goals (70) in Eerste Divisie
  • Excelsior is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 31 21 4 6 52 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 16 10 4 2 21 10 31 67
2 FC Volendam 31 18 10 3 66 41 15 11 2 2 38 22 16 7 8 1 28 19 25 64
3 Excelsior 31 18 5 8 70 42 15 8 3 4 35 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 28 59
4 FC Eindhoven 31 17 7 7 59 35 15 10 4 1 33 13 16 7 3 6 26 22 24 58
5 Jong Ajax 31 16 6 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 54
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 14 11 6 63 38 15 7 5 3 29 15 16 7 6 3 34 23 25 53
7 ADO Den Haag 29 17 5 7 61 42 14 9 2 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 30 26 19 50
8 NAC Breda 31 13 9 9 49 38 15 8 6 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 48
9 Graafschap 31 13 8 10 41 34 16 4 6 6 15 21 15 9 2 4 26 13 7 47
10 VVV-Venlo 31 12 4 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 15 6 1 8 18 20 -4 40
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
13 FC Den Bosch 31 10 3 18 33 57 15 8 0 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 33
14 FC Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
15 Almere City 31 8 8 15 46 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -12 32
16 Telstar 30 7 11 12 34 56 16 4 5 7 19 33 14 3 6 5 15 23 -22 32
17 FC Dordrecht 31 7 8 16 44 67 15 4 6 5 22 26 16 3 2 11 22 41 -23 29
18 MVV Maastricht 31 9 2 20 34 64 15 4 2 9 18 29 16 5 0 11 16 35 -30 29
19 Jong Utrecht 31 8 4 19 31 57 16 4 0 12 13 31 15 4 4 7 18 26 -26 28
20 Helmond Sport 31 7 6 18 32 55 16 4 3 9 18 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -23 24

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 31 21 4 6 52 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 16 10 4 2 21 10 31 67
2 FC Volendam 31 18 10 3 66 41 15 11 2 2 38 22 16 7 8 1 28 19 25 64
3 Excelsior 31 18 5 8 70 42 15 8 3 4 35 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 28 59
4 FC Eindhoven 31 17 7 7 59 35 15 10 4 1 33 13 16 7 3 6 26 22 24 58
5 Jong Ajax 31 16 6 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 54
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 14 11 6 63 38 15 7 5 3 29 15 16 7 6 3 34 23 25 53
7 ADO Den Haag 29 17 5 7 61 42 14 9 2 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 30 26 19 50
8 NAC Breda 31 13 9 9 49 38 15 8 6 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 48
9 Graafschap 31 13 8 10 41 34 16 4 6 6 15 21 15 9 2 4 26 13 7 47
10 VVV-Venlo 31 12 4 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 15 6 1 8 18 20 -4 40
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
13 FC Den Bosch 31 10 3 18 33 57 15 8 0 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 33
14 FC Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
15 Almere City 31 8 8 15 46 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -12 32
16 Telstar 30 7 11 12 34 56 16 4 5 7 19 33 14 3 6 5 15 23 -22 32
17 FC Dordrecht 31 7 8 16 44 67 15 4 6 5 22 26 16 3 2 11 22 41 -23 29
18 MVV Maastricht 31 9 2 20 34 64 15 4 2 9 18 29 16 5 0 11 16 35 -30 29
19 Jong Utrecht 31 8 4 19 31 57 16 4 0 12 13 31 15 4 4 7 18 26 -26 28
20 Helmond Sport 31 7 6 18 32 55 16 4 3 9 18 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -23 24

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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.