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

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: SolarUnie Stadion (4100 seats)

Pay more attention to their own tactics or make adjustments according to the opposition? Both Helmond Sport and TOP Oss have to try something else than what they have done so far. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Helmond Sport and TOP Oss should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

Helmond Sport's struggle is real here at SolarUnie Stadion with only 11 points collected from 11 Eerste Divisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.

The Helmond Sport crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to FC Dordrecht here at SolarUnie Stadion in a Eerste Divisie match. Havekotte had a busy but productive day in the FC Dordrecht match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfield player Vereijken got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Vereijken served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Jong Ajax that finished 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Helmond have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost four.

Helmond Sport have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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TOP Oss form and stats

There's been little loot from TOP Oss's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Eerste Divisie. TOP Oss only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

TOP Oss play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to ADO Den Haag (placed 4th). TOP Oss goalie Alblas was glad for a superb day's work vs ADO Den Haag, but in spite of achieving eight saves the loss could not be helped. Goalkeeper Alblas got the top player rating of the team with 7.54/10. Alblas stopped the opponent with eight saves.

Preceding that game was the away victory against VVV-Venlo with the score of 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by TOP Oss in our archives, and the results are: three wins for TOP Oss, three draws and one defeat.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting TOP Oss as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. TOP's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The newest recorded match featuring both these sides is the TOP Oss - Helmond Sport 0-0 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Helmond Sport victories, four draws and three TOP Oss wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
9 goals
TOP OssK. Tejan
K. Tejan
6 goals
TOP OssR. Stuij van den Herik
R. Stuij van den Herik
4 goals

Helmond Sport missing players

TOP Oss missing players

Helmond Sport TOP Oss
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 4 11 21
5 3 0 Won W 0 2 4
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
11 6 4 Lost L 3 7 11
19 10 3 Scored S 2 9 23
32 19 9 Conceded C 7 18 35
90% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
62% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 81%
48% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 57%
24% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 24%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 14%
48% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 57%
29% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 14%
33% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 33%
 
4.4 3.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.5 4.9
5.2 4.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.1 4.4
1 0.5 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 7.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.5 10.4
3.1 2.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 4.5
29% 33% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 20% 24%
 
11.4 9.8 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 13 13.1
5.6 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.6 5.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • TOP Oss 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 FC Volendam 22 14 7 1 52 28 11 8 2 1 28 15 11 6 5 0 24 13 24 49
2 Excelsior 21 13 4 4 48 26 10 5 3 2 21 13 11 8 1 2 27 13 22 43
3 FC Emmen 21 13 3 5 32 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 12 7 3 2 15 9 17 42
4 ADO Den Haag 21 15 2 4 50 24 11 9 0 2 28 12 10 6 2 2 22 12 26 41
5 Jong Ajax 21 12 4 5 47 32 10 6 2 2 25 15 11 6 2 3 22 17 15 40
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 22 10 7 5 43 28 11 4 4 3 17 14 11 6 3 2 26 14 15 37
7 Graafschap 22 11 4 7 34 25 11 3 3 5 11 16 11 8 1 2 23 9 9 37
8 FC Eindhoven 22 10 5 7 38 28 11 7 3 1 23 11 11 3 2 6 15 17 10 35
9 NAC Breda 22 7 8 7 32 27 11 5 5 1 17 7 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 29
10 Jong PSV 22 8 5 9 38 34 11 5 2 4 21 15 11 3 3 5 17 19 4 29
11 VVV-Venlo 22 8 2 12 26 33 12 5 1 6 17 19 10 3 1 6 9 14 -7 26
12 FC Den Bosch 21 8 2 11 25 39 11 6 0 5 12 19 10 2 2 6 13 20 -14 26
13 Telstar 22 5 8 9 25 42 11 2 4 5 14 24 11 3 4 4 11 18 -17 23
14 MVV Maastricht 22 7 2 13 23 43 11 4 2 5 15 18 11 3 0 8 8 25 -20 23
15 Jong AZ 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 22
16 Jong Utrecht 22 6 4 12 24 39 11 3 0 8 9 21 11 3 4 4 15 18 -15 22
17 Helmond Sport 21 5 5 11 19 32 11 3 2 6 10 19 10 2 3 5 9 13 -13 20
18 TOP Oss 21 4 6 11 23 35 10 2 4 4 14 17 11 2 2 7 9 18 -12 18
19 Almere City 22 4 5 13 34 52 11 2 2 7 17 26 11 2 3 6 17 26 -18 17
20 FC Dordrecht 21 3 5 13 25 50 10 1 4 5 11 20 11 2 1 8 14 30 -25 14

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.