Helmond Sport hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 20th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Visiting Excelsior holds 7th place with 37 pts.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Helmond Sport form and stats
Helmond Sport's results here at SolarUnie Stadion in the Eerste Divisie have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Helmond Sport who hasn’t won a game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against FC Dordrecht, 112 days ago. With eight home games in a row without a win, the Helmond Sport fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the MVV Maastricht game long ago, can be stopped today.
The Helmond Sport crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Excelsior here at SolarUnie Stadion in a Eerste Divisie match. Prior to that, an away loss at FC Volendam.
Helmond Sport are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 12 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Helmond Sport defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Excelsior form and stats
The visitors are W3-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.
It's the second away game in a row for Excelsior, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Helmond Sport (placed 20th) in the Eerste Divisie last time out. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs NAC Breda.
Excelsior find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Excelsior have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Helmond Sport - Excelsior 1-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Helmond Sport wins - draws - Excelsior wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Vloet 10 goals |  J. Zwarts 8 goals |  E. Ómarsson 7 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Helmond Sport | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | 52 |
| 55 | 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 45 |
| 92% | 85% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 85% | 92% |
| 88% | 77% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 85% | 92% |
| 60% | 54% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 80% |
| 40% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 38% | 56% |
| 28% | 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 23% | 32% |
| 76% | 69% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 76% |
| 12% | 23% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 23% | 16% |
| 20% | 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 31% | 16% |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 272 | 166 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 66 | 163 | 321 |
| 98 | 55 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 77 | 143 |
| 24% | 24% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 36% |
- Excelsior has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
- Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
- Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Helmond Sport has the the worst goal difference (-28)
- Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Cambuur | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 34 | 51 |
| 2 | Jong Ajax | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 34 | 50 |
| 3 | FC Volendam | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 4 | De Graafschap | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 26 | 47 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Telstar | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Almere City | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | NEC | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 32 |
| 12 | Jong Utrecht | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -13 | 24 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 31 | -18 | 20 |
| 17 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -24 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -27 | 16 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -28 | 16 |