Helmond Sport suffered a defeat in the away match against title candidate PEC Zwolle. On a freezing cold evening, the Helmonders lost 1-0.
It was Thomas van den Belt who broke open the score for PEC Zwolle in the thirtieth minute. Helmond Sport offered little in return. This was also reflected in the statistics afterwards.
Where the people of Zwolle shot 7 times during the game, the players of Helmond Sport were unable to aim a single ball between the posts. With that, the team of coach Sven Swinnen remains stuck on a total of 13 goals after 17 matches. It immediately explains the position in the ranking after the twelfth defeat of the season. Helmond Sport dangles almost at the bottom in eighteenth place.
Only Jong Utrecht and TOP Oss are in worse shape, although the team from Oss can play even higher with one game less.