Helmond Sport vs Telstar match preview: Even contest expected at SolarUnie Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

Helmond Sport hope to sell many tickets for this match despite that the season has been rough so far with 32 points and a 15th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Opponents Telstar hold 11th place with 39 pts.

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (26) 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

Helmond Sport, who have the fewest scored goals (26) in Eerste Divisie, have played 14 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at SolarUnie Stadion after three straight home wins.

Helmond Sport's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Jong PSV (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Helmond Sport goalkeeper Havekotte did an outstanding job against Jong PSV with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Midfielder Goselink was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.4 (out of ten) in that game. Goselink scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting De Graafschap (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Helmond Sport 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 9 games. Helmond Sport has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 14 league games, 11 have produced two goals or less.

Helmond has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. On the other hand, Helmond Sport have conceded 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Telstar form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Telstar play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 13th). That win felt sweet as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. Attacker Min got a player rating of 8.14 in the game. "Man of the match" Min scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A loss against FC Eindhoven was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Telstar playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Telstar wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Telstar have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Telstar have pulled off a streak of 8 consecutive games without defeat (4-4-0) when facing Helmond.

These opponents have battled previously this season: Telstar - Helmond Sport 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportM. Kaars
M. Kaars
9 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
6 goals
TelstarD. Min
D. Min
5 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

Telstar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Helmond Sport Telstar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
9 7 2 Won W 2 5 10
5 2 1 Drew D 2 5 9
14 5 2 Lost L 1 4 9
26 20 6 Scored S 5 12 28
43 16 8 Conceded C 3 18 39
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 89%
71% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 61%
43% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 36% 43%
21% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 18%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 11%
39% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 43%
29% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 60% 43% 32%
36% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 36%
 
3.9 4 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.6 4.4
5.8 4.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.4 4.2
2.2 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.3 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 10.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.6 7.6 8.7
3.4 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.9 3.3
28% 33% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 29% 30%
 
10.1 8.6 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.4 10.1
3.9 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (26) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 28 20 3 5 78 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 14 10 1 3 33 15 46 63
2 Heracles Almelo 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 Almere City 27 15 4 8 39 29 13 7 3 3 23 14 14 8 1 5 16 15 10 49
4 VVV-Venlo 28 14 6 8 44 37 14 5 5 4 18 14 14 9 1 4 26 23 7 48
5 FC Eindhoven 28 13 6 9 42 40 14 8 3 3 29 17 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 45
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 28 13 4 11 47 46 14 8 2 4 25 15 14 5 2 7 22 31 1 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Jong AZ 28 11 7 10 48 46 14 7 5 2 31 19 14 4 2 8 17 27 2 40
10 De Graafschap 28 11 6 11 46 38 14 7 2 5 21 14 14 4 4 6 25 24 8 39
11 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
12 ADO Den Haag 28 10 8 10 34 40 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 5 4 5 14 20 -6 38
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 11 4 13 38 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 -1 37
14 Jong PSV 28 8 8 12 43 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 32
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 TOP Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
17 Jong Ajax 28 6 10 12 45 54 14 4 5 5 27 20 14 2 5 7 18 34 -9 28
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 27 5 5 17 27 48 14 3 3 8 12 17 13 2 2 9 15 31 -21 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 28 20 3 5 78 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 14 10 1 3 33 15 46 63
2 Heracles Almelo 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 Almere City 27 15 4 8 39 29 13 7 3 3 23 14 14 8 1 5 16 15 10 49
4 VVV-Venlo 28 14 6 8 44 37 14 5 5 4 18 14 14 9 1 4 26 23 7 48
5 FC Eindhoven 28 13 6 9 42 40 14 8 3 3 29 17 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 45
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 28 13 4 11 47 46 14 8 2 4 25 15 14 5 2 7 22 31 1 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Jong AZ 28 11 7 10 48 46 14 7 5 2 31 19 14 4 2 8 17 27 2 40
10 De Graafschap 28 11 6 11 46 38 14 7 2 5 21 14 14 4 4 6 25 24 8 39
11 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
12 ADO Den Haag 28 10 8 10 34 40 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 5 4 5 14 20 -6 38
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 11 4 13 38 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 -1 37
14 Jong PSV 28 8 8 12 43 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 32
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 TOP Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
17 Jong Ajax 28 6 10 12 45 54 14 4 5 5 27 20 14 2 5 7 18 34 -9 28
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 27 5 5 17 27 48 14 3 3 8 12 17 13 2 2 9 15 31 -21 20

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