Delightful dogfight as daring Jong AZ duel with determined Helmond Sport

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Trainingscomplex (1000 seats)

Examine their own playing style or make adjustments according to the opposing team? Both Jong AZ and Helmond Sport have to try something separate than in earlier matches. Read more!

Insights:
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (36) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest points (12) away in Eerste Divisie

Jong AZ and Helmond Sport 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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Jong AZ form and stats

Jong AZ have collected 24 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 7-3-8. When Jong AZ hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong Utrecht, MVV Maastricht, Jong AZ, Telstar, FC Dordrecht and TOP Oss), they have won 3 of 5 matches! Jong are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at AFAS Trainingscomplex, having lost their two previous games here.

Jong AZ travelled for their previous game, a trip to Excelsior that ended 3-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Jong AZ, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Excelsior. Fun stuff to watch! The Jong goalkeeper Reus was crucial in the match against Excelsior last time out, making seven saves. Attacking player Jong outshone all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.44 out of 10. Jong scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was a defeat to ADO Den Haag (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Jong AZ have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won one time, drawn three and lost two.

The Jong fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Jong AZ have conceded 21 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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Helmond Sport form and stats

There's been little loot from Helmond Sport's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 18 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport only have 3 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws. With the Helmond Sport losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Helmond failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Graafschap (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-4. Helmond Sport lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Reith got a match rating of 6.64 in that game, top player of the team. Reith dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).

A 3-5 defeat away at Roda JC Kerkrade before that.

Helmond Sport are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

It's early days yet, but Helmond Sport has scored 18 and conceded 36 goals from their travels in the league so far (18 games).

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the participants met earlier this campaign; Helmond Sport - Jong 1-2. Head to head numbers (for the prior eight meetings): Jong AZ won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Helmond Sport have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / one

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportJ. van Landschoot
J. van Landschoot
13 goals
Jong AZZ. Buurmeester
Z. Buurmeester
8 goals
JongI. Griffith
I. Griffith
5 goals

Jong AZ missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Jong AZ Helmond Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
11 7 3 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 0 Drew D 2 3 6
19 8 2 Lost L 2 12 23
36 19 6 Scored S 7 18 37
49 21 5 Conceded C 8 36 71
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
61% 61% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 72% 78%
42% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 67%
19% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 33% 33%
14% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 28% 17%
42% 39% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 53%
19% 22% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 17% 19%
44% 44% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 39% 33%
 
5 4.7 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.2 4
6 5.8 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6.2 5.4
1.3 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.6 9.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 8.2 7.6
3.5 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.3 3.1
29% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 31% 33%
 
11.6 10.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 13.2 11.3
5.3 4.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 7.4 5.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest points (12) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (36) in Eerste Divisie

  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 Emmen 36 25 5 6 61 23 18 14 0 4 38 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 38 80
2 FC Volendam 36 21 11 4 77 48 18 13 2 3 45 26 18 8 9 1 32 22 29 74
3 FC Eindhoven 36 20 7 9 66 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 18 9 3 6 28 22 25 67
4 Excelsior 36 19 7 10 78 53 18 9 4 5 42 26 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 64
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 36 17 12 7 73 46 18 9 6 3 38 21 18 8 6 4 35 25 27 63
6 ADO Den Haag 35 21 6 8 74 49 17 11 3 3 37 20 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 63
7 Jong Ajax 35 17 8 10 75 60 17 11 3 3 44 26 18 6 5 7 31 34 15 59
8 NAC Breda 36 15 10 11 55 43 18 9 7 2 30 13 18 6 3 9 25 30 12 55
9 Graafschap 36 15 9 12 50 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 18 11 2 5 33 17 9 54
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 FC Den Bosch 36 13 4 19 40 60 18 9 1 8 22 27 18 4 3 11 18 33 -20 43
12 Jong PSV 35 11 8 16 57 59 17 7 4 6 32 25 18 4 4 10 25 34 -2 41
13 Almere City 36 11 8 17 57 65 18 5 4 9 26 29 18 6 4 8 31 36 -8 41
14 TOP Oss 36 11 8 17 48 58 18 6 5 7 28 27 18 5 3 10 20 31 -10 41
15 Jong AZ 36 11 6 19 36 49 18 7 3 8 19 21 18 4 3 11 17 28 -13 39
16 Telstar 36 8 11 17 43 67 18 4 5 9 20 36 18 4 6 8 23 31 -24 35
17 FC Dordrecht 36 9 8 19 49 74 18 5 6 7 25 29 18 4 2 12 24 45 -25 35
18 Jong Utrecht 35 10 4 21 37 62 18 5 0 13 14 32 17 5 4 8 23 30 -25 34
19 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
20 Helmond Sport 36 7 6 23 37 71 18 4 3 11 19 35 18 3 3 12 18 36 -34 24

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 FC Emmen 36 25 5 6 61 23 18 14 0 4 38 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 38 80
2 FC Volendam 36 21 11 4 77 48 18 13 2 3 45 26 18 8 9 1 32 22 29 74
3 FC Eindhoven 36 20 7 9 66 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 18 9 3 6 28 22 25 67
4 Excelsior 36 19 7 10 78 53 18 9 4 5 42 26 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 64
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 36 17 12 7 73 46 18 9 6 3 38 21 18 8 6 4 35 25 27 63
6 ADO Den Haag 35 21 6 8 74 49 17 11 3 3 37 20 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 63
7 Jong Ajax 35 17 8 10 75 60 17 11 3 3 44 26 18 6 5 7 31 34 15 59
8 NAC Breda 36 15 10 11 55 43 18 9 7 2 30 13 18 6 3 9 25 30 12 55
9 Graafschap 36 15 9 12 50 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 18 11 2 5 33 17 9 54
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 FC Den Bosch 36 13 4 19 40 60 18 9 1 8 22 27 18 4 3 11 18 33 -20 43
12 Jong PSV 35 11 8 16 57 59 17 7 4 6 32 25 18 4 4 10 25 34 -2 41
13 Almere City 36 11 8 17 57 65 18 5 4 9 26 29 18 6 4 8 31 36 -8 41
14 TOP Oss 36 11 8 17 48 58 18 6 5 7 28 27 18 5 3 10 20 31 -10 41
15 Jong AZ 36 11 6 19 36 49 18 7 3 8 19 21 18 4 3 11 17 28 -13 39
16 Telstar 36 8 11 17 43 67 18 4 5 9 20 36 18 4 6 8 23 31 -24 35
17 FC Dordrecht 36 9 8 19 49 74 18 5 6 7 25 29 18 4 2 12 24 45 -25 35
18 Jong Utrecht 35 10 4 21 37 62 18 5 0 13 14 32 17 5 4 8 23 30 -25 34
19 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
20 Helmond Sport 36 7 6 23 37 71 18 4 3 11 19 35 18 3 3 12 18 36 -34 24

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