THE’A-Z Alkmaar climbs to the top of the Eredivisie and becomes the new leader at the expense of PSV Eindhoven. Maarten Martens’ team earned a 1-2 victory at home to PEC Zwolle in the advance of the sixth round of the championship thanks to a leading performance by Ibrahim Sadiq.
Very strong signal from the Dutch team that in the Europa League will face Roma of the new coach Ivan Juric. However on Sunday PSV, that visits Fortuna Sittard, can regain the top of the table.
Sixth round
Friday 20th September
Zwolle – AZ 1-2
Saturday 21st September
Utrecht – Willem II
RKC – Sparta Rotterdam
Go Ahead Eagles – Ajax
NEC – Heracles
Sunday 22nd September
Heerenveen – Groningen
Feyenoord – NAC
Almere City – Twente
The ranking
AZ Alkmaar 16 (6 games)
PSV 15 points (5 games)
Utrecht 10 (4 games)
Groningen 9 (5 games)
Twente 5 (5 games)
Willem II 8 (5 games)
Feyenoord 6 (4 games)
Sittard 6 (4 games)
Nijmegen 6 (5 games)
Sparta Rotterdam 6 (5 games)
GA Eagles 6 (5 games)
Breda 6 (5 games)
Heerenveen 4 (5 games)
Zwolle 4 (6 games)
Ajax 3 (2 games)
Heracles 3 (5 games)
Almere City 2 (5 games)
Waalwijk 0 (5 games)
Heracles: 3 points in 5 games
Almere City: 2 points in 5 games
Waalwijk: 0 points in 5 games