FC Emmen expected to show superhero qualities when Helmond Sport visits

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Oude Meerdijk (8600 seats)

A victory to the home team is anticipated from this match if the league table is a guide to future results. The FC Emmen club members are hoping that the gulf between 2nd and Helmond Sport's 20th place in the table will be visible on the arena.

Insights:
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Eerste Divisie

This football field uses grass, unlike Helmond Sport's home ground. The latest 18 games by the visitors on grass have generated 4 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Emmen and Helmond Sport.

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FC Emmen form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 12 Eerste Divisie games here at De Oude Meerdijk for FC Emmen. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. Ever since the Excelsior game FC Emmen has been unbeatable here at De Oude Meerdijk producing seven straight wins.

Emmen's last game was hosting Jong Ajax (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Attacking player Kharchouch outshone all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 8.51 out of 10. Kharchouch scored two goals.

0-0 away at Almere City before that.

FC Emmen have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

There's been little loot from Helmond Sport's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Swinnen, the Helmond Sport manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Helmond, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus FC Volendam (placed 1st).

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Telstar.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Helmond Sport we find six games. Results are one Helmond Sport win, one draw and four defeats.

A new game in only three days for Helmond Sport, the Eerste Divisie home match versus FC Eindhoven. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Helmond have conceded 22 goals in these games. Helmond Sport has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Helmond Sport - FC Emmen 1-0, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Emmen won one, Helmond Sport were winners in five and we saw four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
9 goals
FC EmmenR. Mendes
R. Mendes
6 goals
FC EmmenJ. Assehnoun
J. Assehnoun
5 goals

FC Emmen missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Emmen Helmond Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 3 13 26
17 9 4 Won W 0 2 5
4 0 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 3 0 Lost L 2 8 15
40 24 14 Scored S 4 12 25
17 8 2 Conceded C 8 22 46
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 69%
38% 42% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 54%
12% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 35%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 31% 19%
38% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 46% 54%
42% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 23%
27% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 31%
 
5.6 6.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.3 4
4.8 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 6.3 5.3
0.9 0.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 11.7 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 8.6 7.9
5.3 5.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.7 3.3
29% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 29%
 
7 7.2 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 13.6 11.5
2.7 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 7.3 5.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 27 18 8 1 62 31 14 11 2 1 36 17 13 7 6 0 26 14 31 62
2 FC Emmen 26 17 4 5 40 17 12 9 0 3 24 8 14 8 4 2 16 9 23 55
3 Excelsior 28 16 4 8 60 39 14 7 3 4 31 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 21 52
4 FC Eindhoven 27 15 5 7 50 31 13 9 3 1 28 12 14 6 2 6 22 19 19 50
5 Jong Ajax 28 15 4 9 57 46 14 9 2 3 32 20 14 6 2 6 25 26 11 49
6 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
7 Graafschap 27 13 7 7 40 27 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 46
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 27 11 10 6 52 34 13 5 5 3 23 15 14 6 5 3 29 19 18 43
9 NAC Breda 27 10 9 8 41 32 14 7 6 1 24 10 13 3 3 7 17 22 9 39
10 VVV-Venlo 27 11 3 13 37 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 13 5 1 7 15 16 -1 36
11 Jong PSV 27 10 5 12 44 41 14 7 2 5 26 17 13 3 3 7 18 24 3 35
12 FC Oss 27 8 6 13 35 43 14 5 4 5 22 21 13 3 2 8 13 22 -8 30
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 Jong Utrecht 28 8 4 16 30 52 14 4 0 10 12 28 14 4 4 6 18 24 -22 28
15 FC Den Bosch 27 8 3 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 14 2 3 9 15 26 -21 27
16 MVV Maastricht 27 8 2 17 27 55 13 4 2 7 15 24 14 4 0 10 12 31 -28 26
17 Jong AZ 27 7 4 16 24 37 14 5 3 6 14 17 13 2 1 10 10 20 -13 25
18 FC Dordrecht 27 6 7 14 40 59 13 3 5 5 18 23 14 3 2 9 22 36 -19 25
19 Almere City 28 5 8 15 39 57 14 2 4 8 17 27 14 3 4 7 22 30 -18 23
20 Helmond Sport 26 5 6 15 25 46 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 12 22 -21 18

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 27 18 8 1 62 31 14 11 2 1 36 17 13 7 6 0 26 14 31 62
2 FC Emmen 26 17 4 5 40 17 12 9 0 3 24 8 14 8 4 2 16 9 23 55
3 Excelsior 28 16 4 8 60 39 14 7 3 4 31 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 21 52
4 FC Eindhoven 27 15 5 7 50 31 13 9 3 1 28 12 14 6 2 6 22 19 19 50
5 Jong Ajax 28 15 4 9 57 46 14 9 2 3 32 20 14 6 2 6 25 26 11 49
6 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
7 Graafschap 27 13 7 7 40 27 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 46
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 27 11 10 6 52 34 13 5 5 3 23 15 14 6 5 3 29 19 18 43
9 NAC Breda 27 10 9 8 41 32 14 7 6 1 24 10 13 3 3 7 17 22 9 39
10 VVV-Venlo 27 11 3 13 37 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 13 5 1 7 15 16 -1 36
11 Jong PSV 27 10 5 12 44 41 14 7 2 5 26 17 13 3 3 7 18 24 3 35
12 FC Oss 27 8 6 13 35 43 14 5 4 5 22 21 13 3 2 8 13 22 -8 30
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 Jong Utrecht 28 8 4 16 30 52 14 4 0 10 12 28 14 4 4 6 18 24 -22 28
15 FC Den Bosch 27 8 3 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 14 2 3 9 15 26 -21 27
16 MVV Maastricht 27 8 2 17 27 55 13 4 2 7 15 24 14 4 0 10 12 31 -28 26
17 Jong AZ 27 7 4 16 24 37 14 5 3 6 14 17 13 2 1 10 10 20 -13 25
18 FC Dordrecht 27 6 7 14 40 59 13 3 5 5 18 23 14 3 2 9 22 36 -19 25
19 Almere City 28 5 8 15 39 57 14 2 4 8 17 27 14 3 4 7 22 30 -18 23
20 Helmond Sport 26 5 6 15 25 46 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 12 22 -21 18

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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.