Match Report
1 points and 4 places separated them: Jong Ajax 16th with 7, Helmond Sport 12th with 8. Recent form flatters Jong Ajax's table spot — 10th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Per game in the league, Jong Ajax were scoring 1.63 and conceding 2.75, Helmond Sport 2 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.91 goals per team per game.
Jong Ajax entered with five losses in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 5 Jong Ajax wins, 2 for Helmond Sport, 2 draws, at 3.44 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 78%.
The match was played at Sportpark De Toekomst (capacity 2,250). With 40 matches recorded and 1.3 yellow cards per game, N. Boel was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Jong Ajax led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Jong Ajax: Pharell Nash (12'), Emre Ünüvar (14'), Diego Pugno (64') · Helmond Sport: Brian Koglin (18'), Sem Dekkers (56')
Key stats
Possession: Jong Ajax 58% · Helmond Sport 42% · Total shots: 16-10 · On target: 9-3 · Corners: 7-9