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Predictions and Tips
The Eerste Divisie tie at GS Staalwerken Stadion on Friday will see hosts Helmond Sport fighting it out with De Graafschap.
All Helmond Sport v De Graafschap game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
📊 Form Guide

Helmond Sport
DDLDLL 📉
Helmond Sport will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 1-0 Eerste Divisie defeat last time out to Den Bosch.
In that match, Helmond Sport had 57% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. FC Den Bosch got 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Konstantinos Doumtsios (50') scored for Den Bosch.
It has been seldom in recent times where Helmond Sport have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Helmond Sport have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 11 goals on the way. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be sustained here, though.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Helmond Sport:
- haven't been beaten in the league by De Graafschap in their previous 2 games.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
- are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.
De Graafschap
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De Graafschap will go into the match after a 2-1 Eerste Divisie win to defeat Telstar in their previous match.
In that game, De Graafschap managed 59% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For De Graafschap, the goals were scored by Jack Cooper-Love (26') and Tristan van Gilst (61'). At the other end, Telstar had 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Youssef El Kachati (29') scored for Telstar.
During their six most recent matches, Marinus Dijkhuizen's De Graafschap have had reason to celebrate scoring 9 times, yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.
Heading into this contest, De Graafschap are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/04/2022 shows us that Helmond Sport have won 2 of these and De Graafschap 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.
A combined sum of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 from Helmond and 13 being from Superboeren. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.
The last league match featuring these sides was Eerste Divisie match day 6 on 13/09/2024 and the score finished De Graafschap 2-3 Helmond Sport.
In that match, De Graafschap had 56% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Ibrahim El Kadiri (68') and Yannick Eduardo (91').
For their opponents, Helmond Sport had 9 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Théo Golliard (12'), Dario Šits (27') and Jonas Scholz (83') scored.
The match was refereed by Robin Hensgens.
📋 Team News: Helmond Sport
Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Helmond Sport gaffer Robert Maaskant to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Michel Ludwig (Knee injury) is out of contention.
🗞️ Team News: De Graafschap
Due to a mostly healthy group, there is just the lone fitness issue for the De Graafschap gaffer Marinus Dijkhuizen to be concerned with. Stan Wevers (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.
🧠 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Helmond Sport are dangerous enough to get a goal against this De Graafschap lineup, but a single goal likely won’t prevent defeat.
We therefore reckon that it will be a narrow 1-2 advantage for De Graafschap when all is said and done. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
Victor Martins, 17:01 09/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Helmond Sport
Formed: 1967
Stadium: GS Staalwerken Stadion (4,200)
Captain: Wouter van der Steen
Chairman: Philippe van Esch
Manager: Robert Maaskant
Competitions: Eerste Divisie position 13
⭐ Key Man: Dario Šits
Usually taking up the Striker position, Dario Šits was born in Kuldīga, Latvia. After having played his first senior match for Parma in the 2021 - 2022 season, the gifted Forward has struck 6 league goals in this Eerste Divisie 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in a total of 20 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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37 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 82 | WWLWW |
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37 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 74 | WWWWW |
3 |
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37 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 68 | LWDWW |
4 |
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37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 67 | DDWDL |
5 |
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37 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 65 | WWLWL |
6 |
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37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 62 | WLWLW |
7 |
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37 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 58 | DDWWL |
8 |
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37 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 56 | WLLLW |
9 |
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37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 55 | DLDDW |
10 |
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37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 49 | DLWDW |
11 |
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37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 49 | LWLDL |
12 |
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37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 48 | DWLWL |
13 |
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37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 46 | DLDLL |
14 |
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37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 41 | LWDWL |
15 |
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37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 40 | LLWLW |
16 |
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37 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -30 | 37 | WLWLD |
17 |
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37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -15 | 35 | LDLWL |
18 |
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37 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -33 | 27 | DWLLL |
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37 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -49 | 23 | DLLLW |
20 |
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37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | -21 | 2 | DDWLD |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 33 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-3 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Anthony van den Hurk | 15 |
Théo Golliard | 6 |
Dario Šits | 6 |
Jonas Scholz | 5 |
Lennerd Daneels | 4 |
Tristan van Gilst | 12 |
Jesse van de Haar | 11 |
Ibrahim El Kadiri | 8 |
Philip Brittijn | 7 |
Jack Cooper-Love | 5 |
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