FC Volendam vs Helmond Sport Live Stream, Predictions

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FC Volendam

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FC Volendam are hoping to win again following the 1-3 Eerste Divisie success over VVV-Venlo.

In that match, FC Volendam had 50% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For FC Volendam, the scorers were Xavier Mbuyamba (80'), Milan de Haan (85') and Robert Mühren (95'). VVV-Venlo got 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Bjorn van Zijl (77') was the scorer for VVV-Venlo.

Fixtures with FC Volendam have often been entertaining affairs recently with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen games alone, a grand total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 13 of those coming from FC Volendam. Let’s find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Coming into this fixture, FC Volendam are unbeaten in the league by Helmond Sport in their previous 12 matches. A decent run, indeed.

Helmond Sport

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against FC Emmen in Eerste Divisie competition, Helmond Sport and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Helmond Sport managed 50% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Helmond Sport was Tarik Essakkati (19'). FC Emmen got 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Frank Evina (33') and Alaa Bakir (67') scored for FC Emmen.

The stats tell the story, and Helmond Sport have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals in all. Defensively, Helmond Sport seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Helmond Sport:

• haven't won against FC Volendam when they've played them away from home in the last 8 matches in the league. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 7 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at past results between these clubs stretching back to 31/01/2020 reveals that these encounters have been miserable for Helmond Sport. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas FC Volendam have been the better of the two, winning in 83 per cent of those matches.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 in total which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Eerste Divisie match day 7 on 20/09/2024 and the score finished Helmond Sport 2-3 FC Volendam.

That day, Helmond Sport had 51% possession and 19 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. The goals were scored by Mohamed Mallahi (7'), Théo Golliard (73') and Bryan Van Hove (92' Own goal).

On the other side, FC Volendam got 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Robert Mühren (21') and Henk Veerman (51') scored.

The referee was Alex Bos.

🗞️ Team News: Helmond Sport

Helmond Sport manager Robert Maaskant has multiple availability issues to deal with. Dario Sits (Foot injury) and Michel Ludwig (Knee injury) will not be playing here.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Helmond Sport are dangerous enough to score a goal against this FC Volendam team, but that probably won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re tipping a narrow 2-1 winning margin for FC Volendam at full-time. Could easily see this go either way.

Renata Leite, 07:01 28/02/2025