Helmond Sport have had trouble finding points this season. Can they get some points when FC Groningen come to visit SolarUnie Stadion?
- Helmond Sport have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Groningen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
It should be mentioned that FC Groningen 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 Groningen on artifical turf are 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats from eleven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 16-19. You can compare this with overall results below.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Helmond Sport form and stats
Seven points from three Eerste Divisie home games is a great start for Helmond Sport, who are hoping to build on that form here at SolarUnie Stadion.
Helmond Sport faced defeat in their previous match, away at Graafschap (1-2). Eynden was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.31 out of 10. The defender Eynden won 2 of 3 duels.
Before that, Helmond Sport drew at home versus TOP Oss.Helmond are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Helmond Sport are not conceding a lot of goals here at SolarUnie Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
FC Groningen form and stats
FC Groningen are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eerste Divisie, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
FC Groningen go into this game after a win, the home game against Jong PSV that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Groningen was very dominant against Jong PSV, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with van Veen, Balker, Määttä and Abraham providing the goals. Abraham got a match rating of 8.63 in that game, top player of the team. Abraham scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 0-1 loss hosting ADO Den Haag before that.Something to take note of for sports gamblers contemplating a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.
FC Groningen have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
One of the profiles has been Postema with 2 goals scored against Helmond Sport in these 1 games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kaars 3 goals |   K. van Veen 3 goals | J. Amuzu 1 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| Helmond Sport | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
| 5.7 | 3.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15.5 | 17.2 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 35% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 18% | 27% |
| 12.2 | 7.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 8.7 |
| 6 | 3.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 2.3 |
- FC Groningen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Groningen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Helmond Sport have not yet lost a game at home.
- Helmond Sport have scored in all their matches so far.
- Helmond Sport have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | SC Cambuur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | FC Groningen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | Jong AZ | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Graafschap | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | FC Dordrecht | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | FC Emmen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Willem II | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Jong Ajax | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 1 |
| 20 | Telstar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 0 |
