Box Occupation
VVV Venlo
VVV Venlo kept getting bodies into the area — 79% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 15 of 19
- Share
- 79%
Eerste Divisie · Matchday 5
Helmond Sport
Livio Cicero 17'
Labinot Bajrami 44'
Mauro Lenaerts 85', 90+1'
4 – 2
FT
HT 2–0
VVV Venlo
Eanna Clancy 47'
Lars de Blok 69'
Eerste Divisie
Matchday 5Helmond Sport4–2VVV Venlo
12
Shots in the box
15
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
17′44′47′69′85′91′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Helmond Sport 4-2 VVV Venlo
Helmond Sport saw off VVV Venlo 4-2 at GS Staalwerken Stadion in Eerste Divisie. Cicero opened the scoring for Helmond Sport on 17', Bajrami made it 2-0 to Helmond Sport on 44', Clancy pulled one back for VVV Venlo on 47', Blok levelled for VVV Venlo on 69' from the penalty spot, Lenaerts put Helmond Sport back in front on 85' and Lenaerts added his second on 91'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Helmond Sport took 12 of their 20 attempts inside the box, VVV Venlo 15 of 19.
It was settled late — Lenaerts struck on 85' to swing it Helmond Sport's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. VVV Venlo graded out for box occupation — 15 of 19 shots in the box. Helmond Sport graded out for cynical press — 18 fouls and 5 yellow cards.
L. Cicero came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Helmond Sport from 1 goal, 5 key passes and 2 shots.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
51%Possession49%
20Shots19
What the numbers say
4 readsLate Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Helmond Sport scored on 91′.
- Goals after 80′
- 2
- Last goal
- 91′
Cynical Press
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 18 fouls and 5 bookings.
- Fouls
- 18
- Yellow cards
- 5
Busy Goalkeeper
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 8 saves.
- Saves
- 8
- Conceded
- 2
Timeline
Livio Cicero
⚽17'
🔄36'
Mattheos Tsigkas ↑ Alex Schalk ↓
Labinot Bajrami — assist: Sem Dekkers
⚽44'
Half-time
⚽47'
Eanna Clancy — assist: Lars de Blok
🔄59'
Tijn Joosten ↑ Raf Vullers ↓
🔄59'
Ismail Oulad M'Hand ↑ Gabin Blancquart ↓
Xander van der Velde
Foul
🟨61'
Lovro Golic ↑ Thomas Poll ↓
🔄67'
⚽69'
Lars de Blok (Pen)
Mauro Lenaerts ↑ Joep van der Sluijs ↓
🔄71'
Kiton Ekoli ↑ Helgi Fróði Ingason ↓
🔄72'
Tarik Essakkati ↑ Labinot Bajrami ↓
🔄72'
Tijn Landheer
Foul
🟨73'
🔄75'
Thomas Janssen ↑ Mohammed Odriss ↓
🔄75'
Amir rais ↑ Nassim Ait Mouhou ↓
Pol Llonch ↑ Michel Simon Ludwig ↓
🔄79'
Mauro Lenaerts — assist: Tarik Essakkati
⚽85'
Tarik Essakkati
Foul
🟨87'
Pol Llonch
Foul
🟨88'
Mauro Lenaerts — assist: Tarik Essakkati
⚽90+1'
Mauro Lenaerts
🟨90+2'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueGS Staalwerken Stadion, Helmond
RefereeL. Gerrets
CompetitionEerste Divisie
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished