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Helmond Sport will host visiting rivals Jong Ajax at GS Staalwerken Stadion in this Eerste Divisie game on Friday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Helmond Sport v Jong Ajax match are shown here - along with the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Helmond Sport
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Helmond Sport are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 Eerste Divisie success versus ADO Den Haag.
In that match, Helmond Sport had 47% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Helmond Sport was Martijn Kaars (83'). At the other end, ADO Den Haag got 16 attempts on goal with 8 on target.
A recurring theme in more recent Helmond Sport games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.
Taking their previous sextet of matches before this one, in 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would've been a losing one. Letโs see if that trend can be continued on in this game.
Jong Ajax
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Jong Ajax head into the game following on from a 2-1 Eerste Divisie win with the downing of SC Cambuur in their previous outing.
In that match, Jong Ajax had 52% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Jong Ajax, goals were scored by Carlos Forbs (76') and Julian Rijkhoff (80'). At the other end, Cambuur got 21 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Remco Balk (93') was the scorer for SC Cambuur.
During their six most recent matches, Dave Vos's Jong Ajax have converted a total of 9 times - yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.5.
Heading into this contest, Jong Ajax have not registered a win against Helmond Sport when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 05/04/2021 shows us that Helmond Sport have won 2 of these games and Jong Ajax 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.
A total of 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 8 for Helmond and 8 for Jong Ajax. Thatโs an average goals per game of 2.67.
The previous league game between the two was Eerste Divisie match day 15 on 27/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Jong Ajax 4-1 Helmond Sport.
On that occasion, Jong Ajax had 62% possession and 22 shots at goal with 11 on target. The goalscorers were Mika Godts (21' Own goal, 59'), Jaydon Banel (47', 92') and Stanis Idumbo Muzambo (89').
For their opponents, Helmond Sport got 4 attempts on goal with 2 on target.
The referee was Michael Eijgelsheim.
๐ฐ Team News: Helmond Sport
The Helmond Sport manager will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash with a completely injury-free group ready to go.
๐ฐ Team News: Jong Ajax
Owing to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Jong Ajax boss Dave Vos doesnโt have any fitness concerns to report before this clash.
๐ญ Prediction
In our view, Jong Ajax should be able to break down this Helmond Sport outfit, however it probably wonโt quite be as many as they will have scored against them.
We think that itโs going to be both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Helmond Sport when all is said and done. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 17:09 19/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Helmond Sport
Formed: 1967
Stadium: GS Staalwerken Stadion (4,200)
Captain: Wouter van der Steen
Chairman: Philippe van Esch
Manager: Bob Peeters
Competitions: Eerste Divisie position 13
๐ Star Man: Martijn Kaars
Usually playing in the Striker position, Martijn Kaars was born in Netherlands. After having played his first senior match for FC Volendam in the 2018 - 2019 season, the gifted Forward has scored 20 league goals in this Eerste Divisie 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 34 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 73 | WWWDW |
2 |
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34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 70 | WWWWW |
3 |
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34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 67 | WWWDW |
4 |
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34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 63 | DDWWW |
5 |
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34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 58 | DLLWL |
6 |
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34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 58 | LLWLW |
7 |
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34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 50 | WLLDL |
8 |
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34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 49 | LWWWW |
9 |
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34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 49 | LWLWL |
10 |
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34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 45 | LWWLL |
11 |
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34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 45 | LLWLL |
12 |
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34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 45 | WWLLL |
13 |
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34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 44 | WLLLW |
14 |
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34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 39 | WWLLW |
15 |
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34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | -12 | 38 | WDLLL |
16 |
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34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | -19 | 33 | WLWWL |
17 |
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34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | -29 | 32 | WWLWL |
18 |
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34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 31 | LLLLW |
19 |
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34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -28 | 29 | LLLWW |
20 |
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34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -38 | 24 | LLLDL |
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Willem II |
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Jong AZ |
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SC Cambuur |
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Den Bosch |
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Jong PSV |
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Willem II |
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VVV-Venlo |
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De Graafschap |
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NAC Breda |
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Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 1.2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 2.4 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 22 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Martijn Kaars | 20 |
Giannis Botos | 9 |
รlvaro Marรญn | 5 |
Joseph Amuzu | 3 |
Anthony van den Hurk | 3 |
Gabriel Misehouy | 7 |
Jaydon Banel | 6 |
Mika Godts | 6 |
Julian Rijkhoff | 6 |
Nassim Chourak | 4 |
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FC Eindhoven |
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