Young Ajax leaves little of NAC Breda, PEC Zwolle takes new step towards championship | Dutch football

Jong Ajax didn’t let any grass grow over it from the first whistle. The score was quickly opened via Donny Warmerdam and then things went from bad to worse for Peter Hyballa’s team, after 21 minutes the score was 0-3. In the end, the evening became more and more painful for the home team due to the 0-5 score, and the game ended, despite goals of honor, without a chance in 2-6. Young Ajax wants to close the mediocre season well, while NAC still has to pull out all the stops for the play-offs.

Leader PEC Zwolle can hardly escape promotion, but the title in the KKD would be a welcome bonus. Tonight, PEC came one step closer to that, by winning 0-1 on a visit to De Graafschap. Lennart Thy gave PEC Zwolle the lead early on in Doetinchem. De Graafschap was unable to come back. PEC has 6 points more than Heracles, which has played one game less.

Almere City, which has been eager to reach the Eredivisie for years, lost third place in the ranking to VVV-Venlo by losing 1-3. Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp put the home team 1-0 in Almere. After the break, however, VVV struck three times. Nick Venema equalized in the 49th minute. Then Kees de Boer and Martijn Berden scored on a pass from De Boer. Almere is fourth on 49 points, but still has to catch up with Jong FC Utrecht. If coach Alex Pastoor’s team wins that match, Almere City will win the third period title.

The match between FC Eindhoven and ADO Den Haag started later because the Hague team bus was still stuck in traffic. The home team, which is finally back on the way up after a long dip in form, unfortunately fell behind due to an own goal by Jasper Dahlhaus. Thanks to a nice header from Naoufal Bannis, the victory passed Dick Advocaat’s ADO.

Young AZ lost 2-0 to Roda JC, thanks to goals from Romano Postema and Bryan Limbombe. Hekkensluiter Jong FC Utrecht lost 0-1 against PSV’s peers.