Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Heracles Almelo 1st with 85 points, Jong PSV 14th with 45, 40 apart. Recent form told a different story for Jong PSV: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 14th. Per game in the league, Heracles Almelo were scoring 2.71 and conceding 1.11, Jong PSV 1.55 and 1.66, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
Over the last five, Heracles Almelo had taken 12 of 15 points to Jong PSV's 5.
The match was played at Polman Stadion in Almelo (capacity 12,500). On the scoreboard, Heracles Almelo led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-0.