Helmond Sport
- Helmond Sport are 17th on 25 points from 23 matches.
- Helmond Sport have drawn their last two home games and shown resilience and resolve in those games, but they just haven’t been able to find the breakthrough.
De Graafschap
- De Graafschap are 4th in the Eerste Divisie on 38 points from 24 games.
- De Groen-Witten have won 6, drawn 2 and lost 4 of their 12 away Eerste Divisie matches, scoring 22 goals.
- Marinus Dijkhuizen took charge of De Graafschap in January 2025 and has done an excellent job of instilling a structured, attacking model with an incredibly high intensity in training and focus on the field.
Head-to-Head
De Superfriezen have won 3 and lost 2 of the 5 previous encounters between the sides, so the value looks good on the visitors and with Helmond’s recent form there is also reason to fancy De Graafschap to come out on top.
Key Players
- Maik Lukowicz is their main man up front with 10 league goals in 21 appearances, scoring 2 of Helmond’s last 4.
- Bouke Boersma is De Groen-Witten’s main man up top with 12 goals in 22 league games this season.
- Reuven Niemeijer is their talisman and he’s found his purple patch, scoring 2 of their last 6 goals in the past 4 matches.
Betting Insights
De Graafschap head to Helmond on Saturday as the betting favorites at 2.25 , but Helmond Sport have enough value at 2.7 in this Eerste Divisie matchup to take that and the tie at 3.8 is also a solid consideration for this weekend matchup.
Prediction
De Graafschap are in great form away and in superior league position to Helmond Sport, so they have to be fancied here, but the home side score plenty of goals and can hurt on the counter, so this should be close and the Over 2.5 goals at 1.42 line looks like the best bet in this market.
