Fixture sneak peek for Eerste Divisie: Helmond Sport - MVV Maastricht at SolarUnie Stadion

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

Life has been a bit difficult for Helmond Sport so far, and that also applies to MVV Maastricht. These hardened teams would trade their mothers for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Eerste Divisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Helmond Sport have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from their games here at SolarUnie Stadion.

Helmond Sport are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Excelsior. Midfielder Defise was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.95 (out of ten) in that game. Defise hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 61 successful passes (of 64 total).

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against NAC Breda.

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 six games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost one.

Helmond has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Helmond Sport defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 5-0-11 (16 played).

MVV Maastricht's previous game was their home loss versus Almere City (0-3).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Graafschap at their stadium, the result 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Maastricht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were two victories, two draws and six defeats.

The MVV Maastricht manager Wels has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels. When MVV Maastricht is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against MVV Maastricht, Jong Utrecht, Telstar, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht and FC Oss.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: MVV Maastricht - Helmond Sport 3-2. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Helmond won two, MVV Maastricht were winners in five and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
13 goals
MVV MaastrichtS. Blummel
S. Blummel
8 goals
MVV MaastrichtM. Ntelo
M. Ntelo
7 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
7 4 0 Won W 1 5 9
6 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
19 9 3 Lost L 3 11 21
32 18 4 Scored S 4 16 34
58 29 10 Conceded C 8 35 67
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 75%
62% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 62%
31% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 38%
16% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 22%
50% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 53%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 16%
34% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 31%
 
3.8 3.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3 3.8
5.5 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 7 6.2
1.1 0.6 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.6 7.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.1 6.8
3.1 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 2.9
33% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 37%
 
11.6 9.6 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 17.1 13.6
5.9 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.2 8.6 6.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • MVV Maastricht 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 FC Emmen 32 22 4 6 54 22 16 12 0 4 33 12 16 10 4 2 21 10 32 70
2 FC Volendam 31 18 10 3 66 41 15 11 2 2 38 22 16 7 8 1 28 19 25 64
3 Excelsior 32 19 5 8 73 42 16 9 3 4 38 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 31 62
4 FC Eindhoven 32 17 7 8 60 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 16 7 3 6 26 22 23 58
5 Jong Ajax 31 16 6 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 54
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 14 11 6 63 38 15 7 5 3 29 15 16 7 6 3 34 23 25 53
7 ADO Den Haag 31 18 5 8 64 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 16 8 3 5 31 29 18 53
8 Graafschap 32 14 8 10 43 35 16 4 6 6 15 21 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 50
9 NAC Breda 31 13 9 9 49 38 15 8 6 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 48
10 VVV-Venlo 32 12 5 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 16 6 2 8 18 20 -4 41
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Almere City 32 9 8 15 49 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -9 35
13 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
14 FC Den Bosch 32 10 4 18 33 57 16 8 1 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 34
15 FC Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
16 FC Dordrecht 32 8 8 16 47 68 16 5 6 5 25 27 16 3 2 11 22 41 -21 32
17 Telstar 32 7 11 14 36 60 16 4 5 7 19 33 16 3 6 7 17 27 -24 32
18 MVV Maastricht 32 9 2 21 34 67 16 4 2 10 18 32 16 5 0 11 16 35 -33 29
19 Jong Utrecht 31 8 4 19 31 57 16 4 0 12 13 31 15 4 4 7 18 26 -26 28
20 Helmond Sport 32 7 6 19 32 58 16 4 3 9 18 29 16 3 3 10 14 29 -26 24

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 FC Emmen 32 22 4 6 54 22 16 12 0 4 33 12 16 10 4 2 21 10 32 70
2 FC Volendam 31 18 10 3 66 41 15 11 2 2 38 22 16 7 8 1 28 19 25 64
3 Excelsior 32 19 5 8 73 42 16 9 3 4 38 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 31 62
4 FC Eindhoven 32 17 7 8 60 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 16 7 3 6 26 22 23 58
5 Jong Ajax 31 16 6 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 54
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 14 11 6 63 38 15 7 5 3 29 15 16 7 6 3 34 23 25 53
7 ADO Den Haag 31 18 5 8 64 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 16 8 3 5 31 29 18 53
8 Graafschap 32 14 8 10 43 35 16 4 6 6 15 21 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 50
9 NAC Breda 31 13 9 9 49 38 15 8 6 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 48
10 VVV-Venlo 32 12 5 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 16 6 2 8 18 20 -4 41
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Almere City 32 9 8 15 49 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -9 35
13 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
14 FC Den Bosch 32 10 4 18 33 57 16 8 1 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 34
15 FC Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
16 FC Dordrecht 32 8 8 16 47 68 16 5 6 5 25 27 16 3 2 11 22 41 -21 32
17 Telstar 32 7 11 14 36 60 16 4 5 7 19 33 16 3 6 7 17 27 -24 32
18 MVV Maastricht 32 9 2 21 34 67 16 4 2 10 18 32 16 5 0 11 16 35 -33 29
19 Jong Utrecht 31 8 4 19 31 57 16 4 0 12 13 31 15 4 4 7 18 26 -26 28
20 Helmond Sport 32 7 6 19 32 58 16 4 3 9 18 29 16 3 3 10 14 29 -26 24

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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.