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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

The visiting Jong Ajax side should be favourites in this visit to Helmond Sport, as the away team holds a 34 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

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

11-4-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Jong Ajax when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 23 matches are 50-38 (scored/conceded).

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Helmond Sport form and stats

With 2 Eerste Divisie wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Helmond Sport are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. Helmond Sport are slowly digging their own grave here at SolarUnie Stadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the MVV Maastricht match.

In their previous game, the manager W. Boessen led his Helmond Sport to a defeat in the Eerste Divisie match away at NEC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at SolarUnie Stadion. Ahead of that match, Helmond Sport lost 1-4 at home to Excelsior.

The Helmond Sport fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 13 matches. Helmond Sport have conceded 22 from these games.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, Jong Ajax, who have the most scored goals (68) in Eerste Divisie, have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.

The manager M. van der Gaag was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground Sportpark De Toekomst. Jong Ajax suffered a 2-4 loss to NAC Breda (placed 6th). A 2-7 defeat away at Jong Utrecht before that.

A huge disappointment for Jong Ajax in their last match (vs NAC Breda). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-4 defeat. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Jong Ajax, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

The Jong Ajax manager M. van der Gaag has got the team scoring on the road, with 30 away goals in 13 league matches. The Jong Ajax manager M. van der Gaag has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Jong Ajax - Helmond Sport 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Helmond Sport won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Jong Ajax has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Jong Ajax
B. Brobbey
7 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport Jong Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
3 2 0 Won W 1 6 15
7 4 2 Drew D 1 3 5
16 7 2 Lost L 2 4 6
24 13 3 Scored S 8 30 68
57 22 5 Conceded C 7 26 41
92% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
88% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 96%
58% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 77% 69%
38% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 62% 62%
27% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 54% 50%
73% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 85% 69%
12% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 31%
23% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 8% 4%
 
4.7 5.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 6.8 6.8
5.5 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.1 4
1.7 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.8
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
274 166 37 Total Shots T S 53 141 313
99 55 9 Shots on Target S O 29 67 153
24% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 45% 44%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals (13) at home
  • Helmond Sport has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
  • Helmond Sport has the most matches under the total-line (15)
  • Helmond Sport has the the worst goal difference (-33)
  • Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Jong Ajax has the most scored goals (30) away
  • Jong Ajax has the most scored goals (68)
  • Jong Ajax has the most scored goals in the second half (39)
  • Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

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 SC Cambuur 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

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