FC Eindhoven
- FC Eindhoven can extend their recent hoodoo over Helmond Sport when the two closest Eerste Divisie rivals clash on Friday evening.
- Jan Poortvliet has turned the home side’s fortunes around since taking over as interim boss in October 2025 with his attacking style and positive outlook.
- The stats for shots, goals and shots on target for Eindhoven are all way up since he took charge and his side have a lot more confidence when in possession.
- Rangelo Janga remains the club’s top-scorer and biggest threat in the box while young attacker Thijs Muller has come to life since Poortvliet took charge, bagging several goals and providing plenty of energy.
Helmond Sport
- Helmond Sport have lost three and drawn two of their last five games and have only scored three times in that run, so confidence in the camp is likely to be low.
- Jürgen Seegers has been doing a solid job since being appointed as boss in 2025 and the club sit near 17th in the table, and have been consistently efficient and dangerous from set pieces.
- Maik Łukowicz is Helmond’s main striker, and they usually deploy a front three with Labinot Bajrami and Noah Makanza the other two.
- Helmond build from the back and play at a tempo that suits them, although they can counter-attack at pace when they win the ball back and their fullbacks overlap regularly to provide width.
Head-to-Head
- Eindhoven: 13 wins; Draws: 8; Helmond: 12 wins.
- Both teams have averaged over 2 goals per match in this fixture.
Key Players
- Rangelo Janga remains the club’s top-scorer and biggest threat in the box while Thijs Muller has come to life since Poortvliet took charge, bagging several goals and providing plenty of energy.
- Maik Łukowicz is Helmond’s main striker, and they usually deploy a front three with Labinot Bajrami and Noah Makanza the other two.
Betting Insights
- Both teams to score is the main bet at 1.57 because there is likely to be a good amount of back-and-forth play in this game with both sides giving it their all.
- Bookmakers price: FC Eindhoven 1.79, Helmond Sport 3.93, Draw 3.84.
- Eindhoven are slightly more likely to win as home teams and have a better attack than Helmond under Poortvliet, but the visitors will be desperate to win and will be dangerous from their many set piece routines.
Prediction
Eindhoven will win in 90 minutes if they can get a goal in the first half, but if they fail to get on the scoresheet, Helmond could be the better team at some point in the game and may be good enough to edge the result.
