Game statistics and preview for Eerste Divisie: Helmond Sport - De Graafschap at SolarUnie Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

Loyal fans at SolarUnie Stadion haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Helmond Sport decaying in the 20th place. The guesting De Graafschap will hope to protect their higher league place in this game.

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It should be mentioned that De Graafschap play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for De Graafschap on artifical turf are 12 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 22 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-35. You can compare this with overall results below.

Helmond Sport and De Graafschap should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Helmond Sport's struggle is real here at SolarUnie Stadion with only 15 points collected from 17 Eerste Divisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-3-10. It's trouble wherever Helmond are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Helmond Sport are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-5 away versus Roda JC Kerkrade. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Keilegom, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the top player for the side in that match, receiving a rating of 7.32 (out of 10). Keilegom served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting ADO Den Haag (1-2).

The Helmond Sport fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 17 matches. Helmond have conceded 31 from these games.

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De Graafschap form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, De Graafschap have produced an overall stat of 10-2-5 so far.

De Graafschap have lots to play for after their out-of-character loss (1-2) to FC Oss in their previous game, played in front of their own supporters. De Graafschap were so close to getting something from the game against FC Oss, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Midfielder Verbeek was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Verbeek served one assist, hit four key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

A 1-3 defeat away at FC Volendam before that.

De Graafschap are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 17 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the squads met earlier this campaign; De Graafschap - Helmond Sport 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Helmond wins - draws - De Graafschap wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
13 goals
De GraafschapJ. Konings
J. Konings
7 goals
Helmond SportJ. Goselink
J. Goselink
5 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

De Graafschap missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport De Graafschap
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
7 4 3 Won W 5 10 14
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 9
22 10 2 Lost L 1 5 12
37 19 9 Scored S 15 29 46
67 31 7 Conceded C 4 17 41
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 86%
77% 82% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 77%
66% 76% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 65% 57%
31% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 24% 26%
17% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
54% 59% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 49%
20% 24% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 41% 37%
31% 24% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 29%
 
4 3.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.9 7
5.5 4.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.2 3.5
1.2 0.7 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.7 7.2 5.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 11.6 13.8
3.1 3 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 5 5.5
34% 37% 69% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 34% 24%
 
11.3 9.2 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.8 9.8
5.8 4.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Helmond Sport is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 35 24 5 6 59 23 17 13 0 4 36 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 36 77
2 FC Volendam 34 19 11 4 72 46 17 12 2 3 42 25 17 7 9 1 30 21 26 68
3 FC Eindhoven 35 19 7 9 65 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 64
4 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 17 12 6 73 44 18 9 6 3 38 21 17 8 6 3 35 23 29 63
5 Excelsior 35 19 6 10 75 50 17 9 3 5 39 23 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 63
6 ADO Den Haag 34 21 5 8 72 47 16 11 2 3 35 18 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 62
7 Jong Ajax 34 17 8 9 74 57 17 11 3 3 44 26 17 6 5 6 30 31 17 59
8 NAC Breda 34 14 10 10 52 40 17 9 7 1 29 11 17 5 3 9 23 29 12 52
9 De Graafschap 35 14 9 12 46 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 17 10 2 5 29 17 5 51
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 FC Oss 35 11 8 16 46 55 17 6 5 6 26 24 18 5 3 10 20 31 -9 41
12 Jong PSV 34 11 7 16 55 57 17 7 4 6 32 25 17 4 3 10 23 32 -2 40
13 FC Den Bosch 34 12 4 18 38 58 17 9 1 7 21 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -20 40
14 Almere City 34 10 8 16 53 61 17 5 4 8 25 27 17 5 4 8 28 34 -8 38
15 Jong AZ 35 11 5 19 33 46 18 7 3 8 19 21 17 4 2 11 14 25 -13 38
16 Telstar 35 8 11 16 43 66 17 4 5 8 20 35 18 4 6 8 23 31 -23 35
17 Jong Utrecht 34 10 4 20 37 61 17 5 0 12 14 31 17 5 4 8 23 30 -24 34
18 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
19 FC Dordrecht 35 8 8 19 47 73 18 5 6 7 25 29 17 3 2 12 22 44 -26 32
20 Helmond Sport 35 7 6 22 37 67 17 4 3 10 19 31 18 3 3 12 18 36 -30 24

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 Emmen 35 24 5 6 59 23 17 13 0 4 36 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 36 77
2 FC Volendam 34 19 11 4 72 46 17 12 2 3 42 25 17 7 9 1 30 21 26 68
3 FC Eindhoven 35 19 7 9 65 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 64
4 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 17 12 6 73 44 18 9 6 3 38 21 17 8 6 3 35 23 29 63
5 Excelsior 35 19 6 10 75 50 17 9 3 5 39 23 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 63
6 ADO Den Haag 34 21 5 8 72 47 16 11 2 3 35 18 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 62
7 Jong Ajax 34 17 8 9 74 57 17 11 3 3 44 26 17 6 5 6 30 31 17 59
8 NAC Breda 34 14 10 10 52 40 17 9 7 1 29 11 17 5 3 9 23 29 12 52
9 De Graafschap 35 14 9 12 46 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 17 10 2 5 29 17 5 51
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 FC Oss 35 11 8 16 46 55 17 6 5 6 26 24 18 5 3 10 20 31 -9 41
12 Jong PSV 34 11 7 16 55 57 17 7 4 6 32 25 17 4 3 10 23 32 -2 40
13 FC Den Bosch 34 12 4 18 38 58 17 9 1 7 21 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -20 40
14 Almere City 34 10 8 16 53 61 17 5 4 8 25 27 17 5 4 8 28 34 -8 38
15 Jong AZ 35 11 5 19 33 46 18 7 3 8 19 21 17 4 2 11 14 25 -13 38
16 Telstar 35 8 11 16 43 66 17 4 5 8 20 35 18 4 6 8 23 31 -23 35
17 Jong Utrecht 34 10 4 20 37 61 17 5 0 12 14 31 17 5 4 8 23 30 -24 34
18 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
19 FC Dordrecht 35 8 8 19 47 73 18 5 6 7 25 29 17 3 2 12 22 44 -26 32
20 Helmond Sport 35 7 6 22 37 67 17 4 3 10 19 31 18 3 3 12 18 36 -30 24

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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.