FC Emmen are stalking the top league spots while Helmond Sport are more worried about steering clear of relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Eerste Divisie
4 - 6 - 8 with 19-32. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Helmond Sport when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Helmond Sport play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FC Emmen form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at De Oude Meerdijk as FC Emmen have scored 17 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 6-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Excelsior here at De Oude Meerdijk, FC Emmen has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Michael Brouwer not having conceded a league goal in 224 minutes.
A strong away win for Emmen against FC Den Bosch the last match, as Veendorp and Mendes were on target. Midfielder Mendes was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. Mendes scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting MVV Maastricht and winning 1-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Emmen home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
The FC Emmen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Emmen have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Helmond Sport form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Helmond Sport so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Helmond in their previous game, as they lost their Eerste Divisie-match, hosting FC Dordrecht, 1-2. Helmond keeper Havekotte was glad for a terrific day's work vs FC Dordrecht, but despite registering six saves the defeat could not be avoided. Bosiers got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Bosiers hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Jong Ajax.You'll want to know how Helmond managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eight similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and seven home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Helmond as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Helmond in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played previously this season: Helmond Sport - Emmen 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Emmen one win, four draws and Helmond Sport five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. van Landschoot 9 goals |  J. Hilterman 8 goals | R. Mendes 6 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
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| FC Emmen | Helmond Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 32 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 32 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 48% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 38% | 22% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 38% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 0.8 | 0.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 11.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 29% | 37% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 29% |
| 6.8 | 6.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.1 | 11.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 7.1 | 5.6 |
- FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 38 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | Graafschap | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 32 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 23 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 20 |
| 17 | Telstar | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | FC Oss | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 19 | Almere City | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -25 | 14 |
