Home advantage could prove decisive in Helmond Sport - FC Dordrecht battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 07.January
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

Helmond Sport are eager to increase their points at their own ground in this fixture vs FC Dordrecht.

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (49) in Eerste Divisie

Helmond Sport's stadium, SolarUnie Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. FC Dordrecht have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for FC Dordrecht when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 3 draws and 19 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 21 goals in these games and conceded 79.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Helmond Sport, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Eerste Divisie, have to build on here at SolarUnie Stadion in the Eerste Divisie.

Helmond Sport manager Boessen and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Jong Ajax (placed 5th) in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond's goalie Havekotte played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Jong Ajax with a stunning seven saves. Havekotte, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.65 out of 10 in that game. Havekotte stopped the opponent with seven saves.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Graafschap and winning 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Helmond handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

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 (9 from 10 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Helmond defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Dordrecht's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of FC Dordrecht, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Dordrecht delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Excelsior (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Eerste Divisie game. Bossin had red hot gloves after the game against Excelsior, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made. Goalkeeper Bossin got the top player rating of the team with 8.25/10. Bossin stopped the opponent with seven saves.

A 1-2 defeat away at FC Emmen before that.

Dordrecht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

FC Dordrecht find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Dordrecht are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 12 goals in these matches. When FC Dordrecht is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jong Utrecht, Jong AZ, Telstar, Dordrecht, FC Oss and Almere City.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played before this season: FC Dordrecht - Helmond 0-1. Data for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Helmond, two draws and four wins for FC Dordrecht. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

HelmondJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
9 goals
FC DordrechtN. Agrafiotis
N. Agrafiotis
6 goals
FC DordrechtS. Meijer
S. Meijer
5 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 2
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 5
10 5 3 Lost L 2 8 13
18 9 2 Scored S 3 12 23
30 17 7 Conceded C 7 29 49
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
45% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 45%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 25%
45% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 90% 75%
30% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
35% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 25%
 
4.4 3.9 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.3 4.1
5.3 4.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.1 6.7
1.1 0.5 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.6 6.9 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.3 9.5
3 2.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 4.2
30% 35% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 34% 28%
 
11.5 9.9 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.4 14.3
5.5 4 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 6.4 6.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of FC Dordrecht's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Dordrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest points (4) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (29) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (49) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Dordrecht is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (18) 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 20 13 6 1 50 27 10 7 2 1 26 14 10 6 4 0 24 13 23 45
2 Excelsior 20 13 3 4 48 26 9 5 2 2 21 13 11 8 1 2 27 13 22 42
3 FC Emmen 20 12 3 5 30 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 11 6 3 2 13 9 15 39
4 ADO Den Haag 20 14 2 4 48 24 10 8 0 2 26 12 10 6 2 2 22 12 24 38
5 Jong Ajax 20 11 4 5 45 32 10 6 2 2 25 15 10 5 2 3 20 17 13 37
6 Graafschap 20 11 3 6 33 23 10 3 3 4 10 14 10 8 0 2 23 9 10 36
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 20 8 7 5 38 28 10 3 4 3 16 14 10 5 3 2 22 14 10 31
8 FC Eindhoven 20 9 4 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 19 11 10 3 1 6 15 17 6 31
9 NAC Breda 20 7 6 7 32 27 9 5 3 1 17 7 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 27
10 FC Den Bosch 20 8 2 10 25 37 10 6 0 4 12 17 10 2 2 6 13 20 -12 26
11 Jong PSV 20 6 5 9 29 32 10 4 2 4 16 14 10 2 3 5 13 18 -3 23
12 VVV-Venlo 20 7 2 11 23 28 11 5 1 5 16 15 9 2 1 6 7 13 -5 23
13 MVV Maastricht 20 7 2 11 22 40 11 4 2 5 15 18 9 3 0 6 7 22 -18 23
14 Jong AZ 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 22
15 Jong Utrecht 20 6 4 10 24 33 10 3 0 7 9 19 10 3 4 3 15 14 -9 22
16 Helmond Sport 20 5 5 10 18 30 10 3 2 5 9 17 10 2 3 5 9 13 -12 20
17 Telstar 20 4 8 8 22 39 10 1 4 5 12 23 10 3 4 3 10 16 -17 20
18 FC Oss 20 4 6 10 23 33 10 2 4 4 14 17 10 2 2 6 9 16 -10 18
19 Almere City 20 4 5 11 33 43 10 2 2 6 17 22 10 2 3 5 16 21 -10 17
20 FC Dordrecht 20 2 5 13 23 49 10 1 4 5 11 20 10 1 1 8 12 29 -26 11

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 Volendam 20 13 6 1 50 27 10 7 2 1 26 14 10 6 4 0 24 13 23 45
2 Excelsior 20 13 3 4 48 26 9 5 2 2 21 13 11 8 1 2 27 13 22 42
3 FC Emmen 20 12 3 5 30 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 11 6 3 2 13 9 15 39
4 ADO Den Haag 20 14 2 4 48 24 10 8 0 2 26 12 10 6 2 2 22 12 24 38
5 Jong Ajax 20 11 4 5 45 32 10 6 2 2 25 15 10 5 2 3 20 17 13 37
6 Graafschap 20 11 3 6 33 23 10 3 3 4 10 14 10 8 0 2 23 9 10 36
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 20 8 7 5 38 28 10 3 4 3 16 14 10 5 3 2 22 14 10 31
8 FC Eindhoven 20 9 4 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 19 11 10 3 1 6 15 17 6 31
9 NAC Breda 20 7 6 7 32 27 9 5 3 1 17 7 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 27
10 FC Den Bosch 20 8 2 10 25 37 10 6 0 4 12 17 10 2 2 6 13 20 -12 26
11 Jong PSV 20 6 5 9 29 32 10 4 2 4 16 14 10 2 3 5 13 18 -3 23
12 VVV-Venlo 20 7 2 11 23 28 11 5 1 5 16 15 9 2 1 6 7 13 -5 23
13 MVV Maastricht 20 7 2 11 22 40 11 4 2 5 15 18 9 3 0 6 7 22 -18 23
14 Jong AZ 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 22
15 Jong Utrecht 20 6 4 10 24 33 10 3 0 7 9 19 10 3 4 3 15 14 -9 22
16 Helmond Sport 20 5 5 10 18 30 10 3 2 5 9 17 10 2 3 5 9 13 -12 20
17 Telstar 20 4 8 8 22 39 10 1 4 5 12 23 10 3 4 3 10 16 -17 20
18 FC Oss 20 4 6 10 23 33 10 2 4 4 14 17 10 2 2 6 9 16 -10 18
19 Almere City 20 4 5 11 33 43 10 2 2 6 17 22 10 2 3 5 16 21 -10 17
20 FC Dordrecht 20 2 5 13 23 49 10 1 4 5 11 20 10 1 1 8 12 29 -26 11

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