Ajax won the home match against Fortuna Sittard on Wednesday evening (5-0). Daley Blind and Antony scored within 23 minutes. Devyne Rensch and Sébastien Haller (2) determined the final score in the final phase.
Ajax is now at the top of the Eredivisie, with two points more than PSV. But the club from Eindhoven will still play against Go Ahead Eagles in an empty Philips stadium on Thursday.
Ajax – Fortuna Sittard
FC Utrecht – FC Twente
FC Utrecht has only just been able to prevent a defeat against FC Twente. Mimoun Mahi headed the team of the troubled trainer René Hake deep into injury time alongside: 1-1.
Heracles – Cambuur
The duel between Heracles Almelo and SC Cambuur did not yield a winner. The match in Twente ended in 1-1. As a result, Cambuur closes the calendar year in neat eighth place. Heracles takes thirteenth place.
SC Heerenveen – Feyenoord
Feyenoord closed the first half of the season with a win against sc Heerenveen (0-3). Guus Til, Marcos Senesi and Bryan Linssen scored the goals in Friesland.
William II – NEC
Willem II lost in the Eredivisie for the eighth time in a row. NEC was too strong in Brabant for the team of coach Fred Grim (0-1), which was still in second place at the end of September.
TUESDAY
AZ – FC Groningen
AZ also won the seventh and final game in December. The Alkmaarders had trouble finding space for a long time in the competition match with FC Groningen, which played with one man less from the 4th minute after a red card for defender Neraysho Kasanwirjo.
Jesper Karlsson brought the outcome halfway through the second half with a nice long shot: 1-0.
Vitesse – PEC Zwolle
Vitesse closed the first half of the season with a home win over PEC Zwolle (1-0). Lois Openda signed for the winning goal immediately after the break. The attacker missed a great chance of the opening goal in the first half.
Program Eredivisie round 18
Tuesday
- Vitesse – PEC Zwolle 1-0
- AZ – FC Groningen 1-0
Wednesday
- SC Heerenveen – Feyenoord 0-3
- Willem II – NEC 0-1
- Heracles Almelo – SC Cambuur 1-1
- Ajax – Fortuna Sittard 5-0
- FC Utrecht – FC Twente 1-1
Thursday
6.45 pm: PSV – Go Ahead Eagles
21.00 o’clock: Sparta Rotterdam – RKC Waalwijk
View the program and the position in the Eredivisie here