National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Excelsior or Helmond Sport that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Excelsior nor Helmond Sport as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Excelsior form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd round.The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Excelsior at their home stadium (Van Donge & De Roo Stadion) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Excelsior are confident in defense, having played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Excelsior enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Den Bosch's place. The match ended 1-0 with Elías Már Ómarsson scoring. Previous to that game, a Eerste Divisie home match hosting MVV Maastricht in a game that was won 2-0.
A late climax in the match against FC Den Bosch as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Elías Már Ómarsson.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Excelsior home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
Excelsior can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. As for conceded goals, Excelsior's unpleasant statistic is 10 goals surrendered.
Helmond Sport form and stats
Helmond's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 1st round.2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Helmond Sport playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.
There might be some fixture complaints from Helmond Sport as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eerste Divisie match against Telstar (0-2). The game before that, in the Eerste Divisie, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Graafschap.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Helmond Sport played away with similar odds. This revealed eleven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected ten times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Helmond are hosting MVV Maastricht in the Eerste Divisie only four days away.
The attacking power of Helmond when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Helmond in these games.
Head 2 Head
Excelsior-Helmond Sport H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior four wins, Helmond Sport three wins, three draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Excelsior missing players
Helmond Sport missing players
| Excelsior | Helmond Sport | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 51 | 32 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 270 | 139 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 217 | ||
| 122 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 73 | ||
| 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 18% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Almere City | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | NEC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Telstar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | FC Oss | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 5 |