Eerste Divisie: Tipsway are previewing an appealing and crucial fight between Helmond Sport and FC Den Bosch at SolarUnie Stadion. Both teams need the win!
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (13) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (32) in Eerste Divisie
Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Eerste Divisie match only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at PEC Zwolle.
Helmond Sport form and stats
3-0-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Helmond Sport, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Eerste Divisie, so far this season. When Helmond Sport hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong Utrecht, ADO Den Haag, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss, Helmond Sport and Jong Ajax), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 214 minutes without scoring a league goal. Kaars was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Helmond Sport in their previous match, an away game at PEC Zwolle that ended in defeat 0-1. Havekotte had a busy but productive day in the PEC Zwolle match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Hove was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.25 out of 10. The defender Hove hit two key passes and won 6 of 6 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Graafschap with the scoreline 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Helmond Sport perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Helmond Sport as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Helmond Sport has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The Helmond fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Helmond Sport defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
FC Den Bosch have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-1-5 (8 played).
The attacking players of Bosch have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 187 minutes.
Two away games in a row for FC Den Bosch, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Telstar. den Bogert, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Bogert won 8 of 12 duels.
A loss against VVV-Venlo was the result prior to that, in a home game.Take note that 11 of this side's 13 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
The visiting Bosch have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. When FC Den Bosch is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jong Utrecht, ADO Den Haag, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss and Jong Ajax.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Helmond wins - draws - FC Den Bosch wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kaars 7 goals |   J. Konings 6 goals | A. Ahannach 3 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
FC Den Bosch missing players
| Helmond Sport | FC Den Bosch | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 53% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 76% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 18% |
| 35% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 22% | 30% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 37% | 38% |
| 9.6 | 8.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
- FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (32) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (13) in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Almere City | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Willem II | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Jong AZ | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Telstar | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | NAC Breda | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Graafschap | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -18 | 15 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 13 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 12 |
