Roda JC Kerkrade vs Helmond Sport preview: Visitors will have a difficult task at Parkstad Limburg Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parkstad Limburg Stadion (19979 seats)

With their 9 point dominance in the league standings, Roda JC Kerkrade club members yearn to see their side win maximum points from this match against Helmond Sport.

Insights:
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have the most conceded goals (28) in Eerste Divisie

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's wish for an animated match!

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Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats

Roda JC Kerkrade have performed here at Parkstad Limburg Stadion this season with 4 wins from 6 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Kerkrade are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Roda JC Kerkrade are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Jong AZ. Sieben (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.22/10. Sieben hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

Ahead of that match, Roda JC Kerkrade won a home game hosting Jong Utrecht (4-1).

Some stats: A review of the 11 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Roda JC Kerkrade as they are travelling to their away game against ADO Den Haag in the Eerste Divisie. That match is four days after this one.

Kerkrade can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Roda JC Kerkrade's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 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 so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Helmond has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Helmond Sport, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus MVV Maastricht (placed 2nd). 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. The attacker Kaars got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Kaars hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs ADO Den Haag.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Helmond's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 7 matches. The Helmond Sport manager Bakens has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Roda JC Kerkrade have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Helmond Sport.

Top Goalscorers

Roda JC KerkradeD. Vente
D. Vente
12 goals
Helmond SportM. Kaars
M. Kaars
6 goals
Roda JC KerkradeB. Limbombe
B. Limbombe
4 goals

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Roda JC Kerkrade Helmond Sport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 3 7 14
6 4 2 Won W 1 1 4
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
5 1 0 Lost L 2 6 10
25 14 8 Scored S 2 2 12
21 8 4 Conceded C 3 17 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 79%
64% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 64%
36% 67% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
29% 50% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
64% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 14% 43%
21% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 14%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 71% 43%
 
4.9 4.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.3
4.7 5.2 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.9 4.8
1.8 2.7 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 12.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.3 9.1
5.7 5.5 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 3.6
31% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 9% 24%
 
8.1 7.5 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.6 8.7
4.4 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5 4.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have the most conceded goals (28) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Helmond Sport haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have scored more than double the goals of Helmond Sport.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade 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 Heracles 14 10 1 3 36 19 6 5 1 0 19 7 8 5 0 3 17 12 17 31
2 MVV Maastricht 14 9 3 2 29 19 8 6 2 0 22 8 6 3 1 2 7 11 10 30
3 PEC Zwolle 14 9 2 3 33 17 7 3 2 2 13 11 7 6 0 1 20 6 16 29
4 FC Eindhoven 14 7 5 2 23 15 7 4 3 0 16 8 7 3 2 2 7 7 8 26
5 Jong AZ 14 7 2 5 24 18 7 5 1 1 17 7 7 2 1 4 7 11 6 23
6 Almere City 14 7 2 5 21 19 7 4 1 2 13 8 7 3 1 3 8 11 2 23
7 Willem II 14 6 4 4 21 17 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 3 2 2 13 10 4 22
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 14 6 3 5 25 21 6 4 1 1 14 8 8 2 2 4 11 13 4 21
9 VVV-Venlo 14 6 3 5 22 25 7 2 2 3 8 10 7 4 1 2 14 15 -3 21
10 Jong Ajax 14 5 4 5 25 23 7 3 2 2 15 7 7 2 2 3 10 16 2 19
11 NAC Breda 14 5 3 6 20 22 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 2 1 4 11 15 -2 18
12 FC Den Bosch 14 6 0 8 22 25 8 4 0 4 15 14 6 2 0 4 7 11 -3 18
13 Telstar 14 4 6 4 15 20 7 2 2 3 8 15 7 2 4 1 7 5 -5 18
14 Jong PSV 14 4 5 5 21 21 7 3 0 4 10 10 7 1 5 1 11 11 0 17
15 De Graafschap 14 4 3 7 20 23 7 3 2 2 10 6 7 1 1 5 10 17 -3 15
16 FC Dordrecht 14 4 3 7 18 23 7 3 0 4 11 13 7 1 3 3 7 10 -5 15
17 ADO Den Haag 14 4 3 7 19 25 7 2 2 3 12 12 7 2 1 4 7 13 -6 15
18 TOP Oss 14 4 1 9 16 25 7 2 1 4 9 12 7 2 0 5 7 13 -9 13
19 Helmond Sport 14 4 0 10 12 28 7 3 0 4 10 11 7 1 0 6 2 17 -16 12
20 Jong Utrecht 14 1 3 10 9 26 7 1 2 4 3 8 7 0 1 6 6 18 -17 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.