Helmond Sport vs Almere City FC — Eerste Divisie 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 5+ matches
Helmond Sport31%
Almere City FC45%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 582,215 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Almere City FC creates 24% more chances
Season form · 8 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over60
- Under40
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes61
- No39
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Helmond Sport ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Helmond Sport at home — creates 1.26, concedes 1.68 · 8 matches
Almere City FC away — creates 1.73, concedes 1.49 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Helmond Sport attack 1.26 + Almere City FC defence 1.49 → ÷2 → 1.38
Almere City FC attack 1.73 + Helmond Sport defence 1.68 → ÷2 → 1.71
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 45%?"
Almere City FC at 45% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 45% does not mean "Almere City FC will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
ADO Den Haag
Willem II
CambuurAlmere City FC
De Graafschap
Waalwijk
Roda
Vitesse
Jong PSV U21
Den Bosch
Dordrecht
FC Eindhoven
Jong Utrecht
VVV Venlo
Emmen
FC OSS
Jong AZHelmond Sport
MVV
Jong Ajax
FC VolendamIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Helmond Sport host Almere City FC on Friday, 2 September 2022 at 18:00. The match is part of the Eerste Divisie 2018/2019 season.
Eerste Divisie: Helmond Sport 3–0 Almere City FC
Helmond Sport beat Almere City FC 3-0 in Eerste Divisie on September 2, 2022.
Goals: M. Kaars (12', 71'), H. Lorentzen (52').
Almere City FC controlled possession (67%) and registered 11 shots to 11.
The match was played at GS Staalwerken Stadion in Helmond.