Delightful dogfight as daring Helmond Sport duel with determined FC Dordrecht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 23.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

It's been three sleeps since Helmond Sport fought FC Eindhoven and the result was 2-1. What will happen versus FC Dordrecht?

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

It should be mentioned that FC Dordrecht play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for FC Dordrecht on artifical turf are 4 victories, 4 draws and 14 defeats from 22 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 22-56. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's no vacation for neither Helmond nor FC Dordrecht as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Helmond Sport have played 5 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Helmond Sport are returning here after visiting FC Eindhoven and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Kaars and Botos scored the goal(s). Kaars, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.01 (out of 10). Kaars scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Helmond Sport had a home game versus Jong Utrecht which ended with a victory 4-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Helmond handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this side has contained three or more goals.

There will be little rest for Helmond Sport after this match as they are travelling to NAC Breda for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Helmond in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Helmond Sport have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.

FC Dordrecht won their last game, 4-0 versus Jong Ajax played at home. As you can tell from the results above, FC Dordrecht was very dominant against Jong Ajax, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Shein, Bronkhorst, Kriwak and den Avert providing the goals. Schuurman got a match rating of 9.05 in that game, top player of the team. Schuurman signed up for three assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).

Before that, Dordrecht secured a home win against SC Cambuur with the score 5-2.

We have checked recent matches where FC Dordrecht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Den Bosch in just four days.

Dordrecht are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. As opposed to that, FC Dordrecht have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Helmond Sport victories, two draws and four FC Dordrecht wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportM. Kaars
M. Kaars
8 goals
Helmond SportG. Botos
G. Botos
4 goals
FC DordrechtM. Suray
M. Suray
4 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Helmond Sport FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 1 4 10
5 3 0 Won W 0 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 5
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
18 9 0 Scored S 1 6 22
13 4 0 Conceded C 1 5 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
80% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 60%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 60%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 30%
70% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 30%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
5.6 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 4.6
5.3 4.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 5.9
1.7 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.5 12.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.5 15.6
4.4 4.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.2 5.1
41% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 43%
 
12.3 10.4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.8 14.2
5.5 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Dordrecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Helmond Sport have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Helmond Sport have scored in all their matches so far.
  • 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 Roda JC Kerkrade 10 7 2 1 23 6 5 5 0 0 16 3 5 2 2 1 7 3 17 23
2 ADO Den Haag 10 6 3 1 17 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 6 4 2 0 10 4 7 21
3 Willem II 10 6 2 2 17 11 6 5 0 1 14 9 4 1 2 1 3 2 6 20
4 FC Emmen 10 5 3 2 20 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 5 3 2 0 10 6 5 18
5 VVV-Venlo 11 5 3 3 17 17 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 2 2 1 6 7 0 18
6 FC Dordrecht 10 4 5 1 22 14 6 2 4 0 16 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 8 17
7 FC Eindhoven 10 4 5 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 5 3 2 0 4 1 4 17
8 De Graafschap 10 5 2 3 13 12 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 3 0 2 9 9 1 17
9 NAC Breda 11 5 2 4 21 21 5 3 0 2 10 10 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 17
10 Helmond Sport 10 5 1 4 18 13 5 3 1 1 9 4 5 2 0 3 9 9 5 16
11 Jong AZ 10 4 2 4 15 14 6 4 1 1 12 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 1 14
12 SC Cambuur 11 4 2 5 24 25 6 3 1 2 15 12 5 1 1 3 9 13 -1 14
13 FC Groningen 10 4 1 5 15 12 5 2 1 2 8 5 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 13
14 Jong PSV 9 4 1 4 13 19 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 7 12 -6 13
15 MVV Maastricht 11 3 2 6 16 20 5 1 1 3 4 8 6 2 1 3 12 12 -4 11
16 Jong Utrecht 9 3 2 4 10 17 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 0 1 4 4 14 -7 11
17 FC Den Bosch 11 3 0 8 13 20 6 2 0 4 7 9 5 1 0 4 6 11 -7 9
18 Telstar 11 2 1 8 11 22 5 2 0 3 8 9 6 0 1 5 3 13 -11 7
19 Jong Ajax 10 1 2 7 16 28 4 1 2 1 8 6 6 0 0 6 8 22 -12 5
20 TOP Oss 10 1 1 8 7 16 4 1 0 3 4 5 6 0 1 5 3 11 -9 4

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.