Evenly matched teams: Helmond Sport vs Jong Ajax match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

Helmond Sport are looking to take no notice of the league table ahead of this game against Jong Ajax. Here's all you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (7) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the most points from losing position (9) in Eerste Divisie

The visiting Jong Ajax played their last game only four days ago, a Eerste Divisie match.

This ground has artifical turf, which is not Jong Ajax's familiar surface at their own arena. When appearing on artifical turf Jong Ajax have performed like this: Played 28 matches resulting in 11 wins, 5 draws and 12 defeats with the goal data 49-51 (scored/conceded).

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Overall Eerste Divisie results at home this season for Helmond Sport, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Eerste Divisie, are 2-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Helmond to get some points in this home game.

Helmond Sport are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by J. van Landschoot).

No payout for Helmond in their previous match, an away game at VVV-Venlo that ended in defeat 0-1. Mike Havekotte had a busy but productive day in the VVV-Venlo match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Jarno Lion (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Jong Utrecht (0-3).

Helmond Sport have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Helmond have conceded 5 goals.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

Playing away, Jong Ajax have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Impressive finishing from Naci Ünüvar and Danilo (2) secured the home win 3-1 against MVV Maastricht in their previous game. Attacker Danilo got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Danilo scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Almere City with the score of 4-2.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Jong Ajax are regular goalscorers on their travels. For Jong, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Helmond-Jong Ajax H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Helmond Sport zero wins, Jong Ajax seven wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Jong AjaxM. de Waal
M. de Waal
7 goals
HelmondJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
3 goals
Jong AjaxD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
3 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Helmond Sport Jong Ajax
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 3 4 8
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
6 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
7 3 0 Scored S 8 8 19
14 5 0 Conceded C 7 9 17
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 88%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 62%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 50% 38%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 88%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
5.5 4.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6 5.4
5.6 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 3.6
1.1 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 7.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.5 11.9
2.8 2.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 5.1
32% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 73% 53% 46%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Jong Ajax's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (7) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Jong Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
  • Jong Ajax have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the most points from losing position (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax 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 Excelsior 8 5 1 2 17 8 4 2 1 1 7 3 4 3 0 1 10 5 9 16
2 FC Volendam 8 4 3 1 19 11 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 2 2 0 9 5 8 15
3 Jong Utrecht 8 4 3 1 14 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 2 3 0 9 5 7 15
4 Jong AZ 8 5 0 3 9 7 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 15
5 FC Emmen 8 4 1 3 14 8 4 2 0 2 9 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 13
6 ADO Den Haag 8 5 1 2 16 11 4 3 0 1 9 4 4 2 1 1 7 7 5 13
7 Graafschap 8 4 1 3 13 12 5 2 1 2 7 9 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 13
8 FC Eindhoven 8 4 1 3 13 12 4 3 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 5 8 1 13
9 VVV-Venlo 8 4 1 3 10 9 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 13
10 Jong Ajax 8 4 0 4 19 17 4 2 0 2 11 8 4 2 0 2 8 9 2 12
11 MVV Maastricht 8 4 0 4 11 20 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 1 0 3 3 15 -9 12
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 8 3 2 3 15 13 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 11
13 FC Oss 8 3 1 4 11 13 4 2 1 1 10 7 4 1 0 3 1 6 -2 10
14 Almere City 8 2 3 3 15 15 4 1 2 1 8 7 4 1 1 2 7 8 0 9
15 Telstar 8 2 3 3 9 14 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 1 1 2 3 8 -5 9
16 FC Den Bosch 8 3 0 5 8 14 4 2 0 2 6 9 4 1 0 3 2 5 -6 9
17 Jong PSV 8 2 1 5 8 12 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 0 1 3 2 7 -4 7
18 NAC Breda 8 1 3 4 11 16 3 1 1 1 6 4 5 0 2 3 5 12 -5 6
19 FC Dordrecht 8 1 3 4 8 14 4 0 2 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 5 9 -6 6
20 Helmond Sport 8 2 0 6 7 14 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 0 0 4 4 9 -7 6

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.