MVV Maastricht are welcoming Helmond Sport for another important game after their 2-2 result against 15th-placed Excelsior (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties).
- MVV Maastricht has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the KNVB Beker. This match was also played here at De Geusselt. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Helmond Sport have had more rest.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
With 2 Eerste Divisie wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, MVV Maastricht, who have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Eerste Divisie, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
MVV Maastricht haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 258 minutes ago. J. Schroijen scored that one.
Maastricht drew their last game, also a home match. Excelsior (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) (placed 15th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. A Eerste Divisie defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Go Ahead Eagles.
The MVV Maastricht goalkeeper Mike Havekotte was crucial in the match against Excelsior (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) last time out, making nine saves.
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 Maastricht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost two.
MVV Maastricht have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Geusselt with 14 goals in 9 league matches. As for conceded goals, Maastricht's unpleasant statistic is 27 goals surrendered. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Maastricht have let the opposition score 27 times, an average of more than three per game.
Helmond Sport form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. It's three draws from Helmond's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Impressive finishing from Arno Van Keilegom, Karim Loukili, Lance Duijvestijn and Jelle Goselink secured the home win 4-0 against FC Den Bosch in their previous game. Before that, Helmond Sport travelled to Jong Ajax and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
As you can tell from the results above, Helmond Sport was very dominant against FC Den Bosch, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Arno Van Keilegom, Karim Loukili, Lance Duijvestijn and Jelle Goselink providing the goals.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Helmond playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were zero Helmond Sport wins, one draw and zero defeats.
Helmond have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Helmond's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Helmond Sport - MVV Maastricht 1-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Maastricht victories, three draws and two Helmond Sport wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Schroijen 8 goals |  K. Loukili 8 goals | J. Goselink 5 goals |
MVV Maastricht missing players
Helmond Sport missing players
| MVV Maastricht | Helmond Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 47 | 27 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 32 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 60% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 30% | 56% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 40% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 12.6 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| 4 | 5.2 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 28% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 32% | 28% |
- All of MVV Maastricht's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- MVV Maastricht has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- MVV Maastricht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 40 | 47 |
| 2 | Almere City | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 37 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | NEC | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
| 8 | Telstar | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Jong Utrecht | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | FC Oss | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 25 |
| 14 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -25 | 16 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 15 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -33 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 33 | -28 | 11 |