PEC Zwolle played it safe in the Eredivisie by beating Heracles Almelo 3-1. The bluefingers took an early lead and eventually managed to distance themselves from the visitors. NEC lost against AZ. The Nijmegen team lost 0-3 at home to the team from Alkmaar. Vitesse has a positive goal difference again thanks to a victory.
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NEC lost by a large margin against AZ in its own Gofferstadion. The score was 0-3 for the Alkmaarders. As a result, Ajax retains fifth place in the Eredivisie. Dani de Wit, Vangelis Pavlidis and Ernest Poku scored AZ’s goals. PEC Zwolle managed to deal with Heracles Almelo at home. Thanks to goals from Lennart Thy, Silvester van der Water and Filip Krastev The Blue Fingers safe.
RKC and FC Utrecht share the points. Both teams were evenly matched and could only manage a 2-2 draw. This means that RKC remains in sixteenth place. Sparta won 1-0 against FC Volendam. Due to the victory of the Rotterdam team, relegation for Volendam is only a matter of time. Vitesse has taken three points at home against Fortuna Sittard. Vitesse has already been relegated, but this victory means they have a positive goal difference again.
FT | NEC – AZ (0-3)
NEC setup:
Cillessen; Pereira (Hansen 55′), Sandler (Ross 24′), Nuytinck, Verdonk; Hatmakers, Proper; González (Sow 67′), Chery, Sano; Ogawa.
AZ setup:
Ryan; Sugawara, Penetra, Bazoer, M. de Wit (Wolfe 90′); Belic (Dantas 75′), Sadiq (Poku 90′); Mijnans, D. de Wit, Van Bommel (Van Brederode 81′); Pavlidis.
Goals:
0-1 Dani de Wit (16′)
0-2 Vangelis Pavlidis (59′)
0-3 Ernest Poku (90+5′)
FT | PEC Zwolle – Heracles Almelo (3-1)
PEC Zwolle line-up:
violator; Van Polen, Kersten, Lam, McNulty; El Azzouzi (Van der Haar 90′), Krastev; Van der Water (Vellios 79′), Velanas (Reijnders 65′), Namli; Thy.
Heracles Almelo line-up:
Brewer; Port, Hoogma, Leerdam, Oppegard; Vejinovic (Sankoh 79′), De Keersmaecker; Limbombe (English 68′), Scheperman (Bruns 68′), Hrustic; Hornkamp.
Goals:
1-0 Lennart Thy (16′)
1-1 Marko Vejinovic (45+2′)
2-1 Silvester van der Water (69′)
3-1 Filip Krastev (90+3′)
FT | RKC Waalwijk – FC Utrecht (2-2)
RKC Waalwijk line-up:
Vaessen; Adewoye, Van den Berg, Lutonda; Oukili, Roemeratoe; Lokesa (Margaret 66′), Niemeijer (Lelieveld 87′), Seuntjens (Cleonise 80′); Min.
FC Utrecht line-up:
Barkas; Van der Maarel (Ter Avest 73′), Van der Hoorn (Iqbal 54′), Viergever, El Karouani (Romeny 81′); Flamingo, Bozdogan (Booth 73′); Toornstra, Fraulo, Lidberg (Boussaid 46′); Lammers.
Goals:
1-0 David Min (26′)
1-1 Can Bozdogan (61′)
2-1 Richonell Margaret (66′)
2-2 Sam Lammers (85′)
FT | Sparta Rotterdam – FC Volendam (1-0)
Sparta Rotterdam line-up:
Olive; Bakari, Vriends, Eerdhuijzen, Van der Kust; Metinho, De Guzman (Neghli 46′); Mito (Brym 64′), Clement, Saito (El Dahri 89′); Lauritsen.
FC Volendam line-up:
Backhaus; Neighbor (Payne 63′), Mirani, Flint, Cox Plat 75′) ; Twigt, Van Driel (De Haan 64′), Le Roux; Booth, Semedo (Hoeve 46′), Johnson (Douiri 63′).
Goals:
1-0 Tobias Lauritsen (75′)
FT | Vitesse – Fortuna Sittard (3-2)
Vitesse line-up:
Cream; Van Zwam, Oroz, Hendriks, Pinto; Tielemans, Aaronson, Moussa (Van Ginkel 59′); De Regt, Buitink (Boutrah 59′), Kozlowski
Fortuna Sittard line-up:
Koopmans, Markelo (Rosier 54′), Guth, Voet, Dijks; Duarte (Da Cruz 46′), Fofana, Halilovic; Cordoba, Sierhuis, Lonwijk
Goals:
1-0 Paxten Aaronson (22′)
1-1 Inigo Cordoba (44′)
1-2 Justin Lodewijk (49′)
2-2 Marco van Ginkel (67′)
3-2 Paxten Aaronson (75′)
Red cards:
Giovanni van Zwam (81′)
