With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Helmond Sport fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Jong AZ.
- Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Jong AZ have the most conceded goals (79) in Eerste Divisie
Helmond Sport and Jong AZ should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Helmond Sport form and stats
Overall Eerste Divisie stats at home this season for Helmond Sport are 6-2-7 (wins-draw-losses).
It's back home for Helmond, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Excelsior away with the result 3-0. Arno Van Keilegom, Dean van der Sluys and Jordy Thomassen found the net in that victory. Before that, Helmond Sport had a home game versus Jong Utrecht which ended with a victory 2-1.
Helmond goalkeeper Stijn van Gassel did an outstanding job against Excelsior with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Jong Ajax are coming to town in three days.
Helmond are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Helmond defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Jong AZ form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong AZ, who have the most conceded goals (79) in Eerste Divisie, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose). Jong has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There might be some fixture complaints from Jong as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eerste Divisie match against Jong PSV (0-3). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Jong Ajax.
A new game in only three days for Jong, the Eerste Divisie home match versus FC Den Bosch. Busy days.
The attacking power of Jong when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Jong are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 14 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Jong AZ - Helmond 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Helmond two wins, two draws and Jong AZ two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Duijvestijn 9 goals | K. Loukili 9 goals |   M. Taabouni 8 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
Jong AZ missing players
| Helmond Sport | Jong AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 43 | 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 42 |
| 52 | 28 | 3 | Conceded | C | 15 | 39 | 79 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 67% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 33% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 13% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 33% | 43% |
| 67% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | 63% |
| 13% | 13% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.7 | 12.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 27% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 18% | 25% |
- Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Jong AZ have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Jong AZ have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have the most conceded goals (79) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have the most conceded goals in the first half (38) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ 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 | SC Cambuur | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 56 | 70 |
| 2 | Graafschap | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 64 |
| 3 | NAC Breda | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 31 | 62 |
| 4 | Almere City | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 33 | 25 | 62 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 27 | 57 |
| 6 | NEC | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 26 | 56 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 23 | 50 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 48 |
| 9 | Telstar | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 37 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 37 |
| 11 | Helmond Sport | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -9 | 36 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 35 |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 58 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 35 |
| 14 | Jong Ajax | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 61 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | -11 | 34 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 35 | -12 | 30 |
| 16 | FC Eindhoven | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -14 | 30 |
| 17 | Jong Utrecht | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 40 | 62 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 32 | -22 | 28 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 39 | -37 | 26 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 29 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 28 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 47 | -47 | 21 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 68 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 45 | -35 | 19 |