Can Helmond Sport surprise Sparta Rotterdam in their own stadium?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel clash with Helmond Sport, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eerste Divisie table.

Sparta Rotterdam and Helmond Sport should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Sparta Rotterdam, who have the most points (41) at home in Eerste Divisie, are steadily winning games and points here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel. 13 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

The Sparta Rotterdam crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to FC Oss here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in a Eerste Divisie match. A 1-1 draw away before that, with FC Den Bosch the opponent.

Sparta Rotterdam are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at Jong PSV awaits in three days.

Goals are plentiful at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel this season as Sparta Rotterdam has scored 44 goals here in 17 attempts. Sparta Rotterdam's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 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 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-12 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 17 away games in a row. It's a growing despair in Helmond Sport as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Two away games in a row for Helmond Sport, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus NEC in the Eerste Divisie. A 1-3 loss hosting Jong Ajax before that.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Helmond Sport as the away team, we found 45 results. Statistics from these were 4 away wins, 13 draws and 28 defeats. The outsiders lost 18 of these games by at least two goals.

After this away game Helmond Sport return home for a Eerste Divisie game against FC Eindhoven. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Helmond Sport as they have only managed to score 11 times from 17 away games. For Helmond Sport, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Helmond Sport - Sparta Rotterdam 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sparta Rotterdam won 4 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Helmond Sport has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

L. Veldwijk
19 goals / 4 assists
M. Rayhi
13 goals / 12 assists

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Helmond Sport missing players

Sparta Rotterdam Helmond Sport
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 17 34
71 44 Scored 11 33
39 18 Conceded 35 63
91% 94% Over 0.5 94% 97%
85% 88% Over 1.5 82% 88%
56% 65% Over 2.5 59% 59%
41% 47% Over 3.5 24% 29%
29% 41% Over 4.5 12% 9%
56% 47% Both teams to score 53% 56%
35% 47% Clean Sheet 6% 12%
18% 12% Failed To Score 47% 35%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Sparta Rotterdam is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 34 24 3 7 65 31 17 12 0 5 29 15 17 12 3 2 36 16 34 75
2 Sparta Rotterdam 34 18 11 5 71 39 17 13 2 2 44 18 17 5 9 3 27 21 32 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 Jong PSV 34 16 9 9 71 55 17 9 4 4 35 23 17 7 5 5 36 32 16 57
5 FC Den Bosch 34 16 8 10 58 45 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 7 4 6 24 22 13 56
6 Almere City 34 17 5 12 54 51 17 9 2 6 29 21 17 8 3 6 25 30 3 56
7 RKC Waalwijk 34 16 4 14 57 49 17 8 3 6 29 25 17 8 1 8 28 24 8 52
8 FC Oss 34 15 7 12 41 39 17 7 4 6 19 21 17 8 3 6 22 18 2 52
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 14 9 11 55 51 17 8 6 3 33 20 17 6 3 8 22 31 4 51
10 SC Cambuur 34 14 8 12 51 43 17 7 5 5 26 20 17 7 3 7 25 23 8 50
11 Jong Ajax 33 14 7 12 64 57 16 8 4 4 33 25 17 6 3 8 31 32 7 49
12 NEC 34 13 9 12 63 56 17 8 5 4 38 23 17 5 4 8 25 33 7 48
13 FC Eindhoven 34 13 8 13 48 40 17 5 5 7 25 22 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 47
14 MVV Maastricht 34 12 11 11 43 46 17 5 5 7 22 26 17 7 6 4 21 20 -3 47
15 Telstar 34 13 5 16 40 53 17 6 4 7 19 27 17 7 1 9 21 26 -13 44
16 FC Volendam 34 9 12 13 41 54 17 6 4 7 22 24 17 3 8 6 19 30 -13 39
17 FC Dordrecht 34 8 8 18 46 75 17 3 5 9 22 38 17 5 3 9 24 37 -29 32
18 Jong AZ 34 5 11 18 40 62 17 3 6 8 22 27 17 2 5 10 18 35 -22 26
19 Helmond Sport 34 3 9 22 33 63 17 3 4 10 22 28 17 0 5 12 11 35 -30 18
20 Jong Utrecht 34 3 6 25 39 85 17 3 3 11 22 39 17 0 3 14 17 46 -46 15

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