Eerste Divisie prediction and preview: Helmond Sport modest favorites to beat Jong AZ

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

It's round two of the Eerste Divisie campaign and everything to play for. Read our detailed preview of Helmond Sport-Jong AZ!

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

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Last season, Helmond Sport's league statistics were 11 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Eerste Divisie. Over these 38 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 68. Playing at home last season Helmond Sport managed 8-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 30 conceded.

Helmond Sport are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 186 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by L. Duijvestijn).

Helmond lost their last game at FC Den Bosch (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Boyd Reith, defender, was given a rating of 7.75/10 in that game, top of the team. Reith hit four key passes and won 6 of 6 duels. Helmond's goalkeeper Mike Havekotte was extremely busy against FC Den Bosch, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Before that, Helmond played out a draw 0-0 when visiting De Graafschap.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Helmond Sport have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost zero.

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Jong AZ form and stats

Let's have a look at how Jong AZ performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 5 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 92 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 13 with 18/46 goals scored/conceded.

Jong won their last game, 2-1 versus Almere City played at home. Peer Koopmeiners got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, top player of the team. Koopmeiners served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total). Yusuf Barasi came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Almere City last time out, making the manager M. Martens feel like a tactical genius.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FC Volendam wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Jong AZ have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, zero draws and seven defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Helmond three wins, two draws and Jong AZ two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jong AZR. Margaret
R. Margaret
1 goals
Jong AZY. Barasi
Y. Barasi
1 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport Jong AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
Helmond Sport Last season Jong AZ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 8   Won W   4 11
12 4   Drew D   2 5
15 7   Lost L   13 22
51 26   Scored S   18 56
68 30   Conceded C   46 92
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
87% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
61% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 74%
34% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 47%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   32% 39%
66% 58%   BTTS BTTS   53% 63%
18% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 8%
21% 21%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
5.4 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.6
5.8 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.6
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
10.3 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 12.2
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.6
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 26%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 ADO Den Haag 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Jong AZ 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 MVV Maastricht 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Oss 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 NAC Breda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 VVV-Venlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Emmen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Jong PSV 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Telstar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Excelsior 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 De Graafschap 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 38 29 5 4 109 36 19 15 1 3 60 19 19 14 4 1 49 17 73 92
2 Go Ahead Eagles 38 23 8 7 62 25 19 10 5 4 30 13 19 13 3 3 32 12 37 77
3 De Graafschap 38 23 8 7 67 47 19 11 5 3 31 21 19 12 3 4 36 26 20 77
4 Almere City 38 22 9 7 75 48 19 13 4 2 34 9 19 9 5 5 41 39 27 75
5 NAC Breda 38 22 7 9 75 41 19 13 1 5 41 19 19 9 6 4 34 22 34 73
6 FC Volendam 38 19 9 10 79 52 19 9 3 7 42 28 19 10 6 3 37 24 27 66
7 NEC 38 20 6 12 68 45 19 11 4 4 34 19 19 9 2 8 34 26 23 66
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 15 12 11 67 61 19 8 7 4 35 24 19 7 5 7 32 37 6 57
9 Excelsior 38 14 6 18 65 66 19 8 2 9 35 31 19 6 4 9 30 35 -1 48
10 FC Oss 38 13 8 17 40 57 19 8 3 8 29 31 19 5 5 9 11 26 -17 47
11 MVV Maastricht 38 13 7 18 50 72 19 9 3 7 34 38 19 4 4 11 16 34 -22 46
12 Helmond Sport 38 11 12 15 51 68 19 8 4 7 26 30 19 3 8 8 25 38 -17 45
13 Telstar 38 10 11 17 57 61 19 5 6 8 37 31 19 5 5 9 20 30 -4 41
14 Jong PSV 38 10 10 18 54 65 19 4 6 9 22 27 19 6 4 9 32 38 -11 40
15 FC Eindhoven 38 10 10 18 50 62 19 6 6 7 33 30 19 4 4 11 17 32 -12 40
16 Jong Ajax 38 10 10 18 55 71 19 4 6 9 25 34 19 6 4 9 30 37 -16 40
17 Jong AZ 38 11 5 22 56 92 19 7 3 9 38 46 19 4 2 13 18 46 -36 38
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 2 25 53 77 19 5 0 14 23 38 19 6 2 11 30 39 -24 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 8 8 22 59 85 19 6 6 7 38 32 19 2 2 15 21 53 -26 32
20 FC Dordrecht 38 8 3 27 36 97 19 4 3 12 20 41 19 4 0 15 16 56 -61 27

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 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 ADO Den Haag 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Jong AZ 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 MVV Maastricht 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Oss 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 NAC Breda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 VVV-Venlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Emmen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Jong PSV 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Telstar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Excelsior 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 De Graafschap 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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