Preview: 14 points split the sides ahead of this match, Excelsior having performed best. Will Helmond Sport strike back?
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the most scored goals (36) in Eerste Divisie
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
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Helmond Sport at their home stadium (SolarUnie Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. When Helmond Sport hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FC Eindhoven, FC Emmen, De Graafschap, FC Volendam and Jong Ajax), they have won 2 of 2 matches! Helmond are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at SolarUnie Stadion, having lost their two previous games here.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 227 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. van Landschoot was the last player to find the net.
Helmond Sport shared the glory with FC Oss in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Robin Van der Meer got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Meer won 3 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that match, Helmond Sport lost 0-3 at home to Roda JC Kerkrade.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Helmond here at SolarUnie Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Helmond have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior have an excellent away record in the Eerste Divisie so far with 6-0-2 from 8 games. Excelsior have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Excelsior's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Almere City that finished 4-4. Drawing 4-4 against Almere City after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager M. Dijkhuizen needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As you can tell from the result, the match against Almere City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Reuven Niemeijer got a player rating of 8.74 in the game. "Man of the match" Niemeijer scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 5-2 at Telstar.Excelsior have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 8 away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Excelsior in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: Helmond won three, Excelsior were winners in five and we saw two draws. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 17 goals |   J. van Landschoot 7 goals |  R. Niemeijer 6 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Helmond Sport | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 36 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 27% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 38% | 33% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 60% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.4 | 5.9 |
| 1.2 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 6.9 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 54% | 55% |
| 10.1 | 8.6 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 13.8 | 10.3 |
| 4.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Excelsior have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
- Excelsior have the most points (18) away in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the most scored goals (19) away in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the most scored goals (36) in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | FC Emmen | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Jong Ajax | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 9 | Jong AZ | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Jong Utrecht | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 18 |
| 15 | Telstar | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 17 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Almere City | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 13 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 10 |