The glass has been half empty for Helmond Sport so far, and that also applies to Jong Utrecht. These hardened teams have a chance to get some crucial points here.
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (21) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago.
Helmond Sport form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Helmond Sport at their home stadium (SolarUnie Stadion) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. When Helmond Sport hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Graafschap, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss, Helmond Sport and Jong Ajax), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
Nothing to worry about in defence for Helmond Sport, as their goalkeeper Mike Havekotte has completely shut out the opponents for 186 minutes in the Eerste Divisie.
An away draw last time out for Helmond Sport, facing Almere City in a game that ended 0-0. The goalie Havekotte was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.63 out of ten. Havekotte topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Roda JC Kerkrade.This is expected to be a close game, with Helmond perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Helmond Sport as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Helmond Sport has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
Helmond Sport has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Helmond have conceded 16 goals.
Jong Utrecht form and stats
There's been little loot from Jong Utrecht's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Jong Utrecht only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.
Jong Utrecht go into this game after a win, the home game against NAC Breda that ended 4-1. Hooray; their first win in the league after six matches not winning. Midfield player Fernandes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Fernandes scored two goals.
A 0-1 loss hosting Telstar before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jong Utrecht playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Jong Utrecht win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visiting Jong Utrecht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. Utrecht have conceded 29 goals in these games. When Jong Utrecht is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 5 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jong Utrecht, Graafschap, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss and Jong Ajax.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played before this season: Jong Utrecht - Helmond Sport 2-0. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Helmond Sport won three, Jong Utrecht triumphed in four and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kaars 9 goals |  D. Sanches Fernandes 8 goals | M. Rijks 6 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
Jong Utrecht missing players
| Helmond Sport | Jong Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 26 |
| 41 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 29 | 43 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 68% | 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 44% | 58% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 83% | 52% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 42% | 24% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 25% | 16% |
| 44% | 58% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 83% | 52% |
| 24% | 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 36% | 17% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 17% | 40% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8.8 | 10 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.2 | 10.4 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 25% | 30% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | 28% |
| 9.8 | 8.4 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | 4.6 |
- All of Jong Utrecht's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (21) in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Jong Utrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jong Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 33 | 57 |
| 2 | Heracles | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 34 | 51 |
| 3 | Almere City | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 42 |
| 5 | Willem II | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 40 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 39 |
| 7 | Jong AZ | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Telstar | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 36 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | ADO Den Haag | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 34 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Graafschap | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 30 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 27 | -3 | 28 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -15 | 26 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -20 | 26 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 24 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -17 | 20 |
