Only victory will please the Jong Ajax fans in this Sportpark De Toekomst battle with Helmond Sport, as they have a solid lead on the opposition in the Eerste Divisie standings.
- Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jong Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
4 - 5 - 8 with 18-31. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Helmond Sport when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Helmond Sport play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Jong Ajax form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 Eerste Divisie games here at Sportpark De Toekomst for Jong Ajax. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Jong Ajax haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Helmond Sport, 80 days ago.
The home team returns to Sportpark De Toekomst after being equal after 90 minutes with FC Oss (placed 19th) on their last time out; the Eerste Divisie game ended 1-1. Defender Musampa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.2/10. Musampa scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against FC Emmen.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Jong home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, zero draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.
Jong are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sportpark De Toekomst in their league games, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Jong defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Helmond Sport form and stats
There's been little loot from Helmond Sport's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Two travels in a row for Helmond, whose manager Boessen could celebrate last time after the Eerste Divisie win against De Graafschap. Goalkeeper Havekotte was absolutely vital in the Helmond victory against De Graafschap, making nine saves. Seys came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against De Graafschap last time out, making the manager Boessen feel like a tactical genius. Havekotte was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.35. The agile goalkeeper Havekotte stopped the opponent with nine saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against FC Volendam.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Helmond played away with similar odds. This revealed eight games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected seven times.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Helmond have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides played each other previously this campaign: Helmond Sport - Jong 3-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Jong won six games, three matches ended with a tie and Helmond Sport have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  M. de Waal 9 goals | N. Ünüvar 9 goals |  J. van Landschoot 8 goals |
Jong Ajax missing players
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| Jong Ajax | Helmond Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 44 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 58% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 58% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 84% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 12.2 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.8 | 7.8 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 46% | 47% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 30% |
| 10.3 | 10 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 13.3 | 11.5 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
- Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jong Ajax have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Jong Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
- Jong Ajax 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 Volendam | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 22 | 41 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 35 |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 30 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 25 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | MVV Maastricht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 23 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Jong AZ | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 19 |
| 17 | Telstar | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Almere City | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -9 | 17 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -26 | 10 |