Helmond Sport vs Willem II Prediction & Betting Tips

Very different recent runs

Helmond Sport's last twenty matches read four wins, six draws and ten losses, and the pattern hasn't settled either. They lost away at MVV and Den Bosch in their last two outings, sandwiched between home wins over Jong PSV U21 and VVV Venlo where they scored freely.

Helmond Sport: 20 completed matches; Willem II: 20 completed matches.

Helmond Sport

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

31

Difference

-10

Willem II

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

31

Difference

-4

Willem II look stronger overall on paper, nine wins from twenty compared to Helmond's four, but their most recent five matches have come in the Eredivisie rather than the second tier, and it's been a rough introduction. A home defeat to Fortuna Sittard, a 5-1 loss at Ajax, a 0-3 home defeat to Excelsior and two draws either side of that don't paint a confident picture.

Willem II's overall record looks better on the surface, but their step up to the Eredivisie has clearly been tough going lately.

Willem II have had the upper hand historically

Looking back over the six recorded meetings between these two, Willem II have won five and lost none, with the other game ending in a draw. That includes a 5-1 and a 4-1 win at their own ground, plus away victories too.

The most recent meeting, back in December last year, finished 2-2, which is the only time Helmond Sport haven't lost this fixture in the sample provided.

That draw is the closest thing to a Helmond Sport result against Willem II in this head-to-head sample.

A cup tie with two shaky teams

Neither side arrives with any real momentum. Helmond Sport are inconsistent at both ends, conceding freely even when they score goals themselves, and Willem II have looked out of their depth in recent weeks against Eredivisie opposition.

Cup matches like this can throw up surprises precisely because normal league rhythm doesn't always apply, and with Willem II's away form this season shakier than their overall record suggests, home advantage for Helmond Sport shouldn't be dismissed even against a side who have usually won this fixture historically.