Match preview Eerste Divisie: Helmond Sport - FC Den Bosch at SolarUnie Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 24.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

Helmond Sport hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 19th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Visiting FC Den Bosch holds 11th place with 28 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Helmond Sport's results here at SolarUnie Stadion in the Eerste Divisie have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 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 eleven attempts. Their previous win was against FC Dordrecht, 98 days ago.

R. Mutzers was the last player to score a league goal for Helmond Sport and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Helmond Sport haven't scored in 196 minutes.

Helmond Sport lost their last game at FC Eindhoven (placed 13th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus NAC Breda.

Helmond Sport has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

FC Den Bosch have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-4-4 (10 played).

The manager E. van der Ven was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground Stadion De Vliert. FC Den Bosch suffered a 2-3 loss to Go Ahead Eagles (placed 6th). A 0-1 defeat away at NEC before that.

Leading 2-0 was not enough for FC Den Bosch in their fight with Go Ahead Eagles last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.

FC Den Bosch have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. FC Den Bosch have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Helmond Sport and FC Den Bosch have met before this season: FC Den Bosch - Helmond Sport 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Helmond Sport, 4 draws and 4 wins for FC Den Bosch. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

FC Den Bosch
R. da Rocha Rodrigues
10 goals
Helmond SportD. Snepvangers
D. Snepvangers
4 goals
FC Den BoschP. van Moorsel
P. van Moorsel
4 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

Helmond Sport FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 10 22
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 6
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 10
13 6 2 Lost L 0 4 6
22 12 4 Scored S 4 13 37
49 18 7 Conceded C 4 20 36
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
91% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
59% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 64%
41% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 55%
27% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 27%
77% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 68%
9% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 23%
18% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
4.6 5 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3.1 3.6
5.7 4.7 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 6.1 5.1
1.8 1.8 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.1
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
244 143 57 Total Shots T S 35 85 238
88 47 19 Shots on Target S O 14 38 97
25% 26% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 38%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
  • Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
  • Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Helmond Sport is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jong Ajax 22 14 4 4 56 26 11 8 2 1 31 10 11 6 2 3 25 16 30 46
2 SC Cambuur 22 14 3 5 51 21 10 7 1 2 29 10 12 7 2 3 22 11 30 45
3 De Graafschap 22 11 10 1 45 20 11 7 4 0 26 7 11 4 6 1 19 13 25 43
4 FC Volendam 22 13 4 5 43 33 11 7 3 1 26 16 11 6 1 4 17 17 10 43
5 NAC Breda 22 11 5 6 35 22 12 7 2 3 21 10 10 4 3 3 14 12 13 38
6 Go Ahead Eagles 22 9 11 2 39 27 11 4 7 0 20 10 11 5 4 2 19 17 12 38
7 Excelsior 22 10 6 6 45 40 11 7 1 3 30 23 11 3 5 3 15 17 5 36
8 NEC 22 9 7 6 35 27 10 5 3 2 18 11 12 4 4 4 17 16 8 34
9 Telstar 22 9 6 7 37 33 11 5 1 5 16 13 11 4 5 2 21 20 4 33
10 Almere City 22 9 5 8 33 33 11 8 1 2 19 11 11 1 4 6 14 22 0 32
11 Jong Utrecht 22 8 7 7 33 33 11 6 4 1 23 14 11 2 3 6 10 19 0 31
12 FC Den Bosch 22 6 10 6 37 36 12 4 6 2 24 16 10 2 4 4 13 20 1 28
13 FC Eindhoven 22 7 4 11 34 48 11 6 2 3 22 18 11 1 2 8 12 30 -14 25
14 Jong AZ 22 6 5 11 35 41 11 5 3 3 20 16 11 1 2 8 15 25 -6 23
15 MVV Maastricht 22 5 6 11 25 39 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 1 2 8 10 26 -14 21
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 22 4 9 9 27 36 11 3 4 4 20 20 11 1 5 5 7 16 -9 18
17 FC Oss 22 5 3 14 21 44 11 4 2 5 14 15 11 1 1 9 7 29 -23 18
18 Jong PSV 22 4 5 13 25 42 11 3 4 4 13 14 11 1 1 9 12 28 -17 17
19 Helmond Sport 22 3 6 13 22 49 11 2 3 6 12 18 11 1 3 7 10 31 -27 15
20 FC Dordrecht 22 2 6 14 26 54 11 1 4 6 15 25 11 1 2 8 11 29 -28 12

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.