Clinical Edge
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.70 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.70
- Overperformance
- +1.30
Eerste Divisie · Matchday 4
Jong Ajax
P. Nash 12'
E. Unuvar 14'
D. Pugno 64'
3 – 2
FT
HT 2–1
Helmond Sport
B. Koglin 18'
S. Dekkers 56'
Eerste Divisie
Matchday 4Jong Ajax3–2Helmond Sport
1.11
Expected goals
0.70
12′14′18′56′64′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: JA 1.11, HS 0.70.
Match report
Jong Ajax 3-2 Helmond Sport
Jong Ajax edged out Helmond Sport 3-2 at Sportcomplex De Toekomst in Eerste Divisie. Nash opened the scoring for Jong Ajax on 12', Unuvar made it 2-0 to Jong Ajax on 14', Koglin pulled one back for Helmond Sport on 18', Dekkers levelled for Helmond Sport on 56' and Pugno put Jong Ajax back in front on 64'.
Expected goals finished Jong Ajax 1.11, Helmond Sport 0.70. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Jong Ajax held 58.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Helmond Sport graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.70 expected goals. Jong Ajax graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.11 expected goals.
Pharrel Nash came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.6 for Jong Ajax from 1 goal, 5 key passes and 2 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 24 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Helmond Sport conceding the most free-kicks (13).
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
58%Possession42%
16Shots10
1.11xG0.70
What the numbers say
5 readsClinical Edge
Jong Ajax
Jong Ajax finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.11 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.11
- Overperformance
- +1.89
Box Occupation
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport kept getting bodies into the area — 90% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 10
- Share
- 90%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Shooting From Range
Jong Ajax
Jong Ajax could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 56% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 9 of 16
- Share
- 56%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Timeline
P. Nash — assist: D. Pugno
⚽12'
E. Unuvar — assist: D. Pugno
⚽14'
⚽18'
B. Koglin — assist: W. Lantaki
🟨42'
Wassim Lantaki
Foul
Half-time
⚽56'
S. Dekkers
🔄62'
J. van der Sluijs ↑ K. Ekoli ↓
D. Pugno — assist: J. Monserrate
⚽64'
L. Acheampong ↑ T. Peters ↓
🔄74'
🔄74'
T. Poll ↑ W. Lantaki ↓
🔄74'
T. Essakkati ↑ H. Ingason ↓
🔄74'
L. Bajrami ↑ M. Lenaerts ↓
Jano Monserrate
Foul
🟨77'
L. Frankel ↑ R. van de Pavert ↓
🔄79'
🔄80'
P. Llonch ↑ M. Ludwig ↓
A. Camara ↑ J. Monserrate ↓
🔄83'
J. Simeon ↑ D. Pugno ↓
🔄83'
Levi Acheampong
🟨90+2'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSportcomplex De Toekomst, Ouder-Amstel
RefereeN. Boel
CompetitionEerste Divisie
Season2026
RoundMatchday 4
StatusMatch Finished