Head-to-Head
Helmond Sport have beaten AZ Alkmaar Reserves 4 times , with AZ winning once and no matches drawn in their last 5 Eerste Divisie meetings.
With 34 points from 33 matches each , AZ Alkmaar Reserves and Helmond Sport are locked together in 17th and 18th places respectively in the Eerste Divisie 2025-2026 after 33 games.
Home - AZ Alkmaar Reserves
Jong AZ are winless in 2 home games (D1, L1), losing 2-1 away at RKC Waalwijk, drawing 1-1 at home to MVV Maastricht, and then winning 4-3 away at Cambuur.
Away - Helmond Sport
- Helmond Sport have been in even worse form of late, failing to win any of their last 5, with 2 draws and 3 defeats, and they’ve also found it tough on the road, with no wins in their last 3 away matches (D1, L2).
- Helmond Sport lost 1-0 at home to Cambuur before the international break and followed that up with a 1-1 draw away at Roda JC Kerkrade.
Key Players
- Sem van Duijn leads the scoring for AZ with 9 goals from 21 appearances in the Eerste Divisie 2025/2026 while Maik Lukowicz is his counterpart for Helmond Sport with 10 goals in 29 matches.
- AZ average 1.38 goals per home game this season while Helmond Sport average just 0.69 goals on the road but have let in 1.94 per away outing in the Eerste Divisie 2025/2026.
Betting Insights
Both Teams to Score - Yes is 1.44 in this matchup, while Over 2.5 goals is 1.5 , which seems steep for a game where both clubs are struggling to score at the moment.
Prediction
- The contrast in styles should lead to an open game with chances at both ends and we’re expecting AZ to edge it.
- We’re going for both teams to get on the scoreboard and we’re backing AZ to take the 3 points at 1.85.
