Helmond Sport battle against Almere City for honour and triumph.
8-4-11 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Almere City when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 23 matches are 47-51 (scored/conceded).
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.
Helmond Sport form and stats
Helmond Sport have played 2 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Helmond with their four defeats in a row. Not since the NAC Breda game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The fans are hoping that Helmond Sport will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Telstar (placed 14th). Hove, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Hove scored one goal and won 14 of 22 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against FC Eindhoven with the scoreline 0-1.Helmond Sport has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Almere City form and stats
It's not happening yet for Almere City on their Eerste Divisie travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Almere seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Almere City are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against FC Den Bosch (placed 16th). Attacker Hilterman got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Hilterman scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Jong AZ's place.2 goals so far away for Almere City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Helmond Sport-Almere City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Helmond Sport one win, Almere City eight wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 3 goals |  B. van Hove 1 goals | M. Kaars 1 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
Almere City missing players
| Helmond Sport | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 8.8 |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 4.2 |
| Helmond Sport | Last season | Almere City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Lost | L | 9 | 19 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 31 | 57 | ||
| 72 | 36 | Conceded | C | 37 | 69 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 76% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 84% | ||
| 63% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 74% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 37% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 21% | ||
| 53% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 74% | 58% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 5% | 21% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 26% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 34% | ||
| 11.3 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Heracles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | Jong AZ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Almere City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Willem II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Telstar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | De Graafschap | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 20 | ADO Den Haag | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 40 | 83 |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 81 | 53 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 75 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 69 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 71 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 53 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 23 | 67 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 77 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 27 | 66 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 57 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 25 | 66 |
| 7 | Jong Ajax | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 19 | 63 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 59 |
| 9 | De Graafschap | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 56 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 64 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -14 | 48 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -19 | 47 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 63 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 35 | -2 | 44 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 28 | -11 | 42 |
| 14 | Almere City | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 69 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 37 | -12 | 41 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | -14 | 41 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 43 | 75 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 38 | -32 | 40 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 46 | -24 | 39 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 32 | -24 | 38 |
| 19 | Telstar | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 47 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -27 | 35 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 39 | 72 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | -33 | 28 |
