Stadium regulars at SolarUnie Stadion haven’t watched many victories this season, with Helmond Sport decaying in the 17th spot. The opposing Willem II will hope to shield their higher league place in this fixture.
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This football field has artifical turf, which is not Willem II's usual surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Willem II have performed like this: Played 16 matches with the output 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats with the goal numbers 21-27 (scored/conceded).
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.
Helmond Sport form and stats
Helmond Sport have played 5 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Helmond, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Jong Ajax away with the result 1-0. Lieftink found the net in that victory. Hove, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Hove won 16 of 24 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against TOP Oss that was lost 1-2.The Helmond Sport fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Willem II form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Willem II have a lot to prove after their out-of-character defeat (1-2) to FC Den Bosch in their previous match, played at home. Midfielder Bosch was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Bosch scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).
A 2-3 defeat away at MVV Maastricht before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The KNVB Beker trip to FC Eindhoven.
Willem has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Willem II struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Willem II have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Helmond Sport.The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kaars 4 goals |   M. Svensson 3 goals |  M. de Leeuw 3 goals |
Helmond Sport missing players
Willem II missing players
| Helmond Sport | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 60% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 8.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 11.2 | 11.9 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 24% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| 7.9 | 6.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.6 | 7.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Willem II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Jong AZ | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | Almere City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Willem II | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Telstar | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | FC Dordrecht | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | TOP Oss | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | De Graafschap | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 8 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
