Eerste Divisie fixture preview and numbers: Helmond Sport meet MVV Maastricht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

15th- against 7th place might not sound all that juicy. But: We have the facts and figures that makes Helmond Sport - MVV Maastricht (even) more engrossing!

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

The overall Eerste Divisie results playing at home this season for Helmond Sport are 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Helmond Sport.

The Helmond Sport coach Peeters and his pawns return home after a 2-2 draw away versus FC Oss (placed 17th). The versatile forward Goselink bettered all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Goselink scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

0-0 away at FC Dordrecht before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Helmond handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

The Helmond Sport fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. Helmond Sport have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 3-2-10 (15 played). It's all red in the travel logs of MVV Maastricht, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Maastricht won their last game, 3-2 versus FC Eindhoven played at home. Goalkeeper Matthys was absolutely vital in the MVV Maastricht victory against FC Eindhoven, making six saves. Matthys was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.41. The agile goalkeeper Matthys saved a penalty.

A 0-2 defeat away at Willem II before that.

Maastricht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The visiting MVV Maastricht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that MVV Maastricht concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

MVV Maastricht have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) facing Helmond Sport.

These two sides faced each other earlier on this campaign: MVV Maastricht - Helmond 4-0.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtR. van Bommel
R. van Bommel
11 goals
Helmond SportM. Kaars
M. Kaars
10 goals
MVV MaastrichtJ. Steuckers
J. Steuckers
8 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 5 15 31
9 7 2 Won W 2 3 14
8 3 2 Drew D 1 2 5
14 5 2 Lost L 2 10 12
30 22 8 Scored S 8 19 56
47 18 10 Conceded C 11 38 56
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 80% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 87% 84%
45% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 80% 71%
26% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 55%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 33% 32%
42% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 68%
29% 33% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 16%
35% 13% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 16%
 
3.9 4.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.7 3.4
5.5 4.8 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 6.3 5.7
2.1 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 10.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.6 9.5
3.4 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.3 4
29% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 39% 46%
 
9.8 8.7 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 15.3 13.9
3.8 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.4 6.6 5.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 PEC Zwolle 31 23 3 5 83 32 16 12 2 2 49 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 51 72
2 Heracles 31 21 4 6 87 36 16 12 3 1 55 17 15 9 1 5 32 19 51 67
3 Almere City 30 16 5 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 24 17 16 9 2 5 19 16 10 53
4 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
5 Willem II 30 14 8 8 51 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 15 5 6 4 26 20 17 50
6 FC Eindhoven 31 13 8 10 46 45 15 8 4 3 30 18 16 5 4 7 16 27 1 47
7 MVV Maastricht 31 14 5 12 56 56 16 11 3 2 37 18 15 3 2 10 19 38 0 47
8 NAC Breda 31 14 4 13 52 55 15 8 2 5 27 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -3 46
9 Telstar 31 11 10 10 32 44 15 6 4 5 17 21 16 5 6 5 15 23 -12 43
10 ADO Den Haag 31 11 9 11 39 45 16 6 4 6 24 24 15 5 5 5 15 21 -6 42
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 12 5 13 41 40 15 7 2 6 23 20 15 5 3 7 18 20 1 41
12 Jong AZ 30 11 8 11 49 49 15 7 6 2 32 20 15 4 2 9 17 29 0 41
13 Graafschap 30 11 6 13 47 41 15 7 2 6 21 15 15 4 4 7 26 26 6 39
14 Jong PSV 30 10 8 12 46 49 15 6 2 7 25 25 15 4 6 5 21 24 -3 38
15 Helmond Sport 31 9 8 14 30 47 15 7 3 5 22 18 16 2 5 9 8 29 -17 35
16 Jong Ajax 30 7 10 13 51 58 15 4 5 6 27 22 15 3 5 7 24 36 -7 31
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Den Bosch 30 9 3 18 42 73 15 7 2 6 27 26 15 2 1 12 15 47 -31 30
19 FC Dordrecht 30 7 6 17 32 51 15 4 3 8 18 23 15 3 3 9 14 28 -19 27
20 Jong Utrecht 30 5 5 20 27 52 15 3 3 9 12 18 15 2 2 11 15 34 -25 20

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 PEC Zwolle 31 23 3 5 83 32 16 12 2 2 49 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 51 72
2 Heracles 31 21 4 6 87 36 16 12 3 1 55 17 15 9 1 5 32 19 51 67
3 Almere City 30 16 5 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 24 17 16 9 2 5 19 16 10 53
4 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
5 Willem II 30 14 8 8 51 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 15 5 6 4 26 20 17 50
6 FC Eindhoven 31 13 8 10 46 45 15 8 4 3 30 18 16 5 4 7 16 27 1 47
7 MVV Maastricht 31 14 5 12 56 56 16 11 3 2 37 18 15 3 2 10 19 38 0 47
8 NAC Breda 31 14 4 13 52 55 15 8 2 5 27 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -3 46
9 Telstar 31 11 10 10 32 44 15 6 4 5 17 21 16 5 6 5 15 23 -12 43
10 ADO Den Haag 31 11 9 11 39 45 16 6 4 6 24 24 15 5 5 5 15 21 -6 42
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 12 5 13 41 40 15 7 2 6 23 20 15 5 3 7 18 20 1 41
12 Jong AZ 30 11 8 11 49 49 15 7 6 2 32 20 15 4 2 9 17 29 0 41
13 Graafschap 30 11 6 13 47 41 15 7 2 6 21 15 15 4 4 7 26 26 6 39
14 Jong PSV 30 10 8 12 46 49 15 6 2 7 25 25 15 4 6 5 21 24 -3 38
15 Helmond Sport 31 9 8 14 30 47 15 7 3 5 22 18 16 2 5 9 8 29 -17 35
16 Jong Ajax 30 7 10 13 51 58 15 4 5 6 27 22 15 3 5 7 24 36 -7 31
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Den Bosch 30 9 3 18 42 73 15 7 2 6 27 26 15 2 1 12 15 47 -31 30
19 FC Dordrecht 30 7 6 17 32 51 15 4 3 8 18 23 15 3 3 9 14 28 -19 27
20 Jong Utrecht 30 5 5 20 27 52 15 3 3 9 12 18 15 2 2 11 15 34 -25 20

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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.