FC Eindhoven favourites for feisty fight facing Helmond Sport

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 20.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

4th position in the Eerste Divisie table for FC Eindhoven so far this season, a potent performance. The match-going supporters pray for more joy as 9th-placed Helmond Sport visit Jan Louwers Stadion.

Insights:
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

W W D D D

FC Eindhoven form and stats

All-inclusive Eerste Divisie statistics at home this season for FC Eindhoven, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Eerste Divisie, are 1-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The FC Eindhoven goalkeeper Jorn Brondeel is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 241 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eerste Divisie.

A good away victory last time out for Eindhoven, who won 1-0 against FC Den Bosch (placed 17th). Defender Amevor got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Amevor won 1 of 3 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting MVV Maastricht.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Eindhoven handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Sports bettors who prefer looking for low-scoring matches might like to know that this team have played 9 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

The manager Weijs will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jong PSV in only three days.

FC Eindhoven are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. FC Eindhoven have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

W W L L D

Helmond Sport form and stats

1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Helmond Sport in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Helmond goalkeeper Wouter van der Steen is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Helmond Sport are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the match against Jong Utrecht (placed 15th). As you can tell from the results above, Helmond Sport was very dominant against Jong Utrecht, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Amuzu, Kaars (2) and Botos providing the goals. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Kaars and that is impressive! Midfielder Amuzu was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.15. Amuzu scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Helmond won their away game at VVV-Venlo. The scoreline was 4-0.

Helmond Sport are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Dordrecht in just three days.

Helmond Sport are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for FC Eindhoven, one draw and four wins for Helmond Sport. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportM. Kaars
M. Kaars
7 goals
Helmond SportG. Botos
G. Botos
3 goals
EindhovenE. Rottier
E. Rottier
2 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

FC Eindhoven Helmond Sport
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 4 9
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
9 5 0 Scored S 1 7 16
4 3 0 Conceded C 4 8 12
89% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 78%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 11%
44% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 67%
56% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.8 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5.6
5.4 4.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.8 5.6
1.1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.2 11.6
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.2
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 47% 42%
 
12.3 13.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.8 12.3
3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 7.5 5.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of FC Eindhoven's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Helmond Sport's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Eindhoven have not yet lost a game.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have the most clean sheets (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Helmond Sport have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 7 1 1 22 5 5 5 0 0 16 3 4 2 1 1 6 2 17 22
2 FC Emmen 9 5 3 1 18 12 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 3 2 0 10 6 6 18
3 ADO Den Haag 9 5 3 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 7 6 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 18
4 FC Eindhoven 9 4 5 0 9 4 4 1 3 0 5 3 5 3 2 0 4 1 5 17
5 Willem II 9 5 2 2 14 10 5 4 0 1 11 8 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 17
6 FC Dordrecht 9 3 5 1 18 14 5 1 4 0 12 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 14
7 De Graafschap 9 4 2 3 11 11 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 14
8 VVV-Venlo 9 4 2 3 14 15 5 3 0 2 10 9 4 1 2 1 4 6 -1 14
9 Helmond Sport 9 4 1 4 16 12 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 1 0 3 7 8 4 13
10 FC Groningen 9 4 1 4 14 10 5 2 1 2 8 5 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 13
11 SC Cambuur 9 4 1 4 21 21 5 3 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 3 8 12 0 13
12 Jong PSV 9 4 1 4 13 19 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 7 12 -6 13
13 Jong AZ 9 3 2 4 12 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 -2 11
14 NAC Breda 9 3 2 4 15 18 4 2 0 2 7 9 5 1 2 2 8 9 -3 11
15 Jong Utrecht 9 3 2 4 10 17 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 0 1 4 4 14 -7 11
16 MVV Maastricht 9 3 1 5 14 17 4 1 0 3 3 7 5 2 1 2 11 10 -3 10
17 FC Den Bosch 9 3 0 6 11 15 5 2 0 3 6 7 4 1 0 3 5 8 -4 9
18 Jong Ajax 9 1 2 6 16 24 4 1 2 1 8 6 5 0 0 5 8 18 -8 5
19 TOP Oss 9 1 1 7 7 13 4 1 0 3 4 5 5 0 1 4 3 8 -6 4
20 Telstar 9 1 1 7 8 18 4 1 0 3 6 8 5 0 1 4 2 10 -10 4

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.