NEC vs Helmond Sport betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Goffertstadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 12.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goffertstadion (12501 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Eerste Divisie, NEC holding 14th place and Helmond Sport lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie.

Helmond Sport play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Helmond Sport when playing on grass are 0 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from nine matches. They have scored 3 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.

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NEC form and stats

7-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for NEC so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for NEC, who won 2-1 against Jong PSV. Heartbreak before that as NEC lost 0-4 at Jong AZ's place.

NEC are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: W0-D1-L0.

Goals decide football matches and NEC are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 16 matches. NEC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Helmond Sport form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Helmond Sport, who have the fewest scored goals (31) in Eerste Divisie, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-11 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Helmond Sport have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 16 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the FC Dordrecht game.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eerste Divisie home defeat versus Jong Ajax with 1-3 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Almere City wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

The attacking power of Helmond Sport when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored in 16 matches. The Helmond Sport manager R. Alflen has some worries about the defense as 32 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Helmond Sport - NEC 2-3 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): NEC 4 wins, 1 draw and Helmond Sport 0 victories.

Top Goalscorers

J. Okita
12 goals / 7 assists
F. Druijf
10 goals
A. Achahbar
7 goals / 2 assists

NEC missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

NEC Helmond Sport
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
60 35 Scored 9 31
54 21 Conceded 32 60
100% 100% Over 0.5 94% 97%
79% 75% Over 1.5 81% 88%
61% 56% Over 2.5 56% 58%
48% 50% Over 3.5 19% 27%
33% 38% Over 4.5 6% 6%
61% 62% Both teams to score 50% 55%
15% 25% Clean Sheet 6% 12%
24% 12% Failed To Score 50% 36%
Key stats this season:
  • NEC hasn'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 D P
1 FC Twente 33 23 3 7 64 31 16 11 0 5 28 15 17 12 3 2 36 16 33 72
2 Sparta Rotterdam 33 18 11 4 70 35 16 13 2 1 43 14 17 5 9 3 27 21 35 65
3 Go Ahead Eagles 33 18 6 9 58 44 17 10 3 4 32 16 16 8 3 5 26 28 14 60
4 FC Den Bosch 33 16 8 9 57 42 17 9 4 4 34 23 16 7 4 5 23 19 15 56
5 Jong PSV 33 15 9 9 68 55 17 9 4 4 35 23 16 6 5 5 33 32 13 54
6 Almere City 33 16 5 12 51 50 16 8 2 6 26 20 17 8 3 6 25 30 1 53
7 Jong Ajax 33 14 7 12 64 57 16 8 4 4 33 25 17 6 3 8 31 32 7 49
8 RKC Waalwijk 33 15 4 14 53 47 17 8 3 6 29 25 16 7 1 8 24 22 6 49
9 FC Oss 33 14 7 12 37 38 17 7 4 6 19 21 16 7 3 6 18 17 -1 49
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 13 9 11 53 50 17 8 6 3 33 20 16 5 3 8 20 30 3 48
11 FC Eindhoven 33 13 8 12 47 38 16 5 5 6 24 20 17 8 3 6 23 18 9 47
12 SC Cambuur 33 13 8 12 47 42 16 6 5 5 22 19 17 7 3 7 25 23 5 47
13 MVV Maastricht 33 12 10 11 42 45 17 5 5 7 22 26 16 7 5 4 20 19 -3 46
14 NEC 33 12 9 12 60 54 16 7 5 4 35 21 17 5 4 8 25 33 6 45
15 Telstar 33 13 5 15 40 52 17 6 4 7 19 27 16 7 1 8 21 25 -12 44
16 FC Volendam 33 9 12 12 41 51 16 6 4 6 22 21 17 3 8 6 19 30 -10 39
17 FC Dordrecht 33 8 7 18 45 74 16 3 4 9 21 37 17 5 3 9 24 37 -29 31
18 Jong AZ 33 5 11 17 38 58 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 2 5 10 18 35 -20 26
19 Helmond Sport 33 3 9 21 31 60 17 3 4 10 22 28 16 0 5 11 9 32 -29 18
20 Jong Utrecht 33 3 6 24 38 81 17 3 3 11 22 39 16 0 3 13 16 42 -43 15

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