Eerste Divisie prediction: FC Volendam should edge out Helmond Sport on their own turf

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kras Stadion (7384 seats)

Three points for the home side is expected from this match if the league table is anything to judge by. The FC Volendam regulars are hoping that the contrast between 1st and Helmond Sport's 20th position in the table will show on the playing field.

Insights:
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals (58) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an energetic game!

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FC Volendam form and stats

FC Volendam are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Kras Stadion. 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. FC Volendam haven’t lost a league-game in 24 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus ADO Den Haag, 196 days ago.

A nice win for Volendam last time playing, versus Jong AZ. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Mirani and Ould-Chikh scoring for the victors. Defender Mirani got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Mirani scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 1 of 4 duels.

1-1 away at Roda JC Kerkrade before that.

The FC Volendam manager Jonk has got the team scoring with 32 from 13 home games in the league. FC Volendam's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. 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 12 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Helmond have lost on their last two travels.

Helmond Sport delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Telstar (placed 13th) in their previous match. Keilegom got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Keilegom scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

A 2-3 defeat away at Jong Utrecht before that.

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

The schedule is very tough for Helmond Sport now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eerste Divisie game at FC Emmen is waiting in only four days.

The attacking power of Helmond when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Helmond Sport struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

FC VolendamR. Mühren
R. Mühren
20 goals
Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
9 goals
FC VolendamD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
8 goals

FC Volendam missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Volendam Helmond Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 2 12 25
17 10 5 Won W 0 2 5
8 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
1 1 0 Lost L 1 7 14
58 32 17 Scored S 3 11 24
30 16 5 Conceded C 4 18 42
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
81% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 58% 68%
65% 85% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 52%
46% 54% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 32%
31% 31% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 16%
65% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 42% 52%
35% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 24%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 32%
 
6 5.5 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.5 4.1
5.3 5.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.2 5.2
1.2 1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 13.1 16.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.4 7.8
7 6.8 8.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.2
32% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 30%
 
10.1 10.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 14 11.6
4.8 4.9 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 7.5 5.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Volendam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Volendam have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Volendam have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
  • FC Volendam have the most points (32) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most points from losing position (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals (32) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals (58) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the the best goal difference (+28) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam 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 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Jong Ajax 26 15 4 7 55 41 13 9 2 2 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 24 14 49
4 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
5 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
6 Excelsior 26 14 4 8 57 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 13 8 1 4 28 20 18 46
7 De Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
10 NAC Breda 25 8 9 8 36 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 5 33
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 26 8 4 14 29 47 13 4 0 9 12 27 13 4 4 5 17 20 -18 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 FC Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 25 7 4 14 23 32 12 5 3 4 13 12 13 2 1 10 10 20 -9 25
18 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
19 Almere City 26 4 8 14 36 55 13 2 4 7 17 26 13 2 4 7 19 29 -19 20
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 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 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Jong Ajax 26 15 4 7 55 41 13 9 2 2 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 24 14 49
4 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
5 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
6 Excelsior 26 14 4 8 57 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 13 8 1 4 28 20 18 46
7 De Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
10 NAC Breda 25 8 9 8 36 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 5 33
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 26 8 4 14 29 47 13 4 0 9 12 27 13 4 4 5 17 20 -18 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 FC Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 25 7 4 14 23 32 12 5 3 4 13 12 13 2 1 10 10 20 -9 25
18 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
19 Almere City 26 4 8 14 36 55 13 2 4 7 17 26 13 2 4 7 19 29 -19 20
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 18

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