This match features two teams living in the basement of the Eerste Divisie, Jong PSV holding 16th place and Helmond Sport lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Jong PSV has the fewest points (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It should be mentioned that Helmond Sport play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Helmond Sport on grass are 2 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 16 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 14-32. You can compare this with overall results below.
Jong PSV form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Jong PSV, who have the fewest points (7) at home in Eerste Divisie, have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Sportcomplex De Herdgang. Jong are slowly digging their own grave here at Sportcomplex De Herdgang with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Telstar match. Jong has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. Uneken and the players.
Jong PSV are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Roda JC Kerkrade. Before that game, the home loss against Jong Ajax with the scoreline 1-2.
Jong PSV were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The Jong fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Jong PSV defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Helmond Sport form and stats
Playing away, Helmond Sport have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Helmond Sport when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Jong Utrecht match has the points been distributed unevenly.
There were no winners in Helmond's previous match, a Eerste Divisie home game that ended 1-1 vs Telstar (placed 9th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus MVV Maastricht that ended 1-1.
Helmond are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As for defending, Helmond rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Jong and Helmond Sport have met before this season: Helmond Sport - Jong PSV 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Jong wins - draws - Helmond Sport wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Loukili 8 goals |  K. Kristinsson 6 goals | L. Duijvestijn 6 goals |
Jong PSV missing players
Helmond Sport missing players
| Jong PSV | Helmond Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 34 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 51 | 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 74% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 55% |
| 39% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 32% |
| 39% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 64% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 28% |
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jong PSV has the fewest points (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Jong PSV 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 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 46 | 53 |
| 2 | Almere City | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 41 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 | NEC | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 37 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 35 |
| 9 | Telstar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -26 | 20 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -31 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 37 | -29 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | -41 | 12 |