Football news and preview: NAC Breda odds-on when Helmond Sport visit

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 27.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

NAC Breda and Helmond Sport have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf expression. The teams both reside in mid-table places in the Eerste Divisie.

Insights:
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Helmond Sport play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match will take place on grass. The latest statistics for Helmond Sport when playing on grass are 3 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats from 17 matches. They have created {9 goals} and conceded 33 times in these games.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie.

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NAC Breda form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, NAC Breda have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. NAC Breda has recorded two wins in a row here at Rat Verlegh Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Breda's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Telstar (placed 19th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Janošek was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.42 (out of ten) in that game. Janošek scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting SC Cambuur.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 latest league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The manager van Gastel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Quick Boys in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the NAC Breda at home in the league. 10 on target and 10 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Helmond Sport in their Eerste Divisie matches away. Momentum is building for Helmond Sport in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Helmond's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus FC Dordrecht that finished 1-1. Eynden was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Eynden won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Eindhoven with the score of 2-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Helmond Sport manager Peeters as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Spakenburg.

Helmond has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Helmond Sport struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these participants: NAC Breda won five, Helmond Sport triumphed in two and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Helmond SportM. Kaars
M. Kaars
8 goals
BredaD. Janosek
D. Janosek
5 goals
Helmond SportG. Botos
G. Botos
4 goals

NAC Breda missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

NAC Breda Helmond Sport
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 5 11
5 3 2 Won W 1 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
4 2 0 Lost L 1 3 4
21 10 5 Scored S 5 9 19
21 10 3 Conceded C 2 9 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 73%
73% 80% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 27%
27% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
91% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 73%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 27%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.6 7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.4 5.8
3.5 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6 5.5
1.8 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 16.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.4 12
4.9 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.5
39% 42% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 43% 38%
 
10.3 12.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.2 12.5
4.3 4.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 7.2 5.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Helmond Sport's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of NAC Breda's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Helmond Sport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Helmond Sport have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • NAC Breda have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • NAC Breda have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • NAC Breda have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • NAC Breda 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 Roda JC Kerkrade 11 7 2 2 23 7 6 5 0 1 16 4 5 2 2 1 7 3 16 23
2 Willem II 11 7 2 2 18 11 6 5 0 1 14 9 5 2 2 1 4 2 7 23
3 ADO Den Haag 11 6 4 1 17 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 7 4 3 0 10 4 7 22
4 FC Eindhoven 11 5 5 1 14 9 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 4 2 0 8 4 5 20
5 FC Emmen 11 5 4 2 20 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 6 3 3 0 10 6 5 19
6 FC Dordrecht 11 4 6 1 23 15 6 2 4 0 16 9 5 2 2 1 7 6 8 18
7 VVV-Venlo 11 5 3 3 17 17 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 2 2 1 6 7 0 18
8 Helmond Sport 11 5 2 4 19 14 6 3 2 1 10 5 5 2 0 3 9 9 5 17
9 Jong AZ 11 5 2 4 18 14 7 5 1 1 15 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 4 17
10 NAC Breda 11 5 2 4 21 21 5 3 0 2 10 10 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 17
11 De Graafschap 11 5 2 4 13 15 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 3 0 3 9 12 -2 17
12 FC Groningen 11 4 2 5 15 12 6 2 2 2 8 5 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 14
13 SC Cambuur 11 4 2 5 24 25 6 3 1 2 15 12 5 1 1 3 9 13 -1 14
14 Jong PSV 10 4 1 5 16 23 6 2 1 3 9 11 4 2 0 2 7 12 -7 13
15 MVV Maastricht 11 3 2 6 16 20 5 1 1 3 4 8 6 2 1 3 12 12 -4 11
16 Jong Utrecht 10 3 2 5 10 19 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 0 1 5 4 16 -9 11
17 FC Den Bosch 11 3 0 8 13 20 6 2 0 4 7 9 5 1 0 4 6 11 -7 9
18 TOP Oss 11 2 1 8 9 16 5 2 0 3 6 5 6 0 1 5 3 11 -7 7
19 Telstar 11 2 1 8 11 22 5 2 0 3 8 9 6 0 1 5 3 13 -11 7
20 Jong Ajax 11 1 3 7 16 28 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 0 0 6 8 22 -12 6

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.