Eerste Divisie: We're expecting an engrossing and highly important duel featuring TOP Oss and Helmond Sport at Frans Heesen Stadion. Both need the points!
- TOP Oss have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Eerste Divisie
TOP Oss 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.
TOP Oss form and stats
TOP Oss have played 15 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-9 (wins-draws-losses). When TOP Oss hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong Utrecht, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, TOP Oss, Jong PSV and Jong Ajax), they have won 2 of 4 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on TOP to get some points in this home game.
TOP Oss faced defeat in their previous match, away at Telstar (0-1). The defeat against Telstar was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Plet).
Ahead of that match, TOP lost 1-5 at home to Heracles Almelo.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 TOP Oss have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2.
The TOP fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. TOP Oss have conceded 27 from these games.
Helmond Sport form and stats
There's been little loot from Helmond Sport's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 15 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws.
Helmond has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to FC Dordrecht for a 0-0 draw. Attacker Keilegom got a player rating of 7.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Keilegom hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Telstar.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Helmond Sport in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Helmond Sport, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 12 of this team's latest 16 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
Goals are few and far between in Helmond Sport's away league games. Only {6 goals} from 15 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Helmond Sport rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
TOP have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Helmond Sport.Helmond Sport - TOP Oss 1-2 was the outcome when these two contenders previously played each other, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kaars 10 goals |  J. Margaritha 8 goals | J. Mathieu 5 goals |
TOP Oss missing players
Helmond Sport missing players
| TOP Oss | Helmond Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 34 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| 55 | 27 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 45 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 93% |
| 80% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| 67% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 43% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 7% |
| 50% | 53% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 40% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 37% |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 40% | 38% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 17% | 28% |
| 13.4 | 14.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Helmond Sport have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Eerste Divisie
- Helmond Sport have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Eerste Divisie
- TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- TOP Oss have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Helmond Sport have scored away.
- TOP Oss have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Eerste Divisie
- TOP Oss have the most conceded goals (27) at home in Eerste Divisie
- TOP Oss 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 | PEC Zwolle | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 69 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 66 |
| 3 | Almere City | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 52 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 52 |
| 5 | Willem II | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 50 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 54 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 38 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 33 | -5 | 43 |
| 9 | Telstar | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 43 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 41 |
| 12 | Graafschap | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 39 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 39 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -17 | 34 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -7 | 31 |
| 17 | TOP Oss | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -21 | 30 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 42 | 73 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 47 | -31 | 30 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -19 | 27 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -23 | 20 |
