Eredivisie matchday 10 preview: PSV v Feyenoord without Mijnans, Sparta v Ajax, AZ v Twente

Feyenoord lead by three points and are still unbeaten, and on Sunday afternoon they go to third-placed PSV, the round's match to watch first. PSV lost at ADO Den Haag last weekend and will be without the suspended Sven Mijnans. Second-placed AZ host Twente, fifth, on Sunday evening, and Ajax, fourth after a 5–2 win in Groningen, go to Sparta Rotterdam. The top five are separated by six points.

Friday

Go Ahead Eagles v Telstar (18:00 UTC, De Adelaarshorst). Go Ahead Eagles, ninth on eleven, lost 4–1 at PEC Zwolle and have not won in five league matches, four of them draws; S. Tengstedt has six goals. Telstar, sixteenth on six, lost 4–3 at home to Feyenoord after pulling back to within a goal three times. The league meeting here in February finished 1–1, three days after Telstar had won 2–1 at home in the cup; Telstar won 4–2 at home in September 2025.

Saturday

Utrecht v PEC Zwolle (14:30 UTC, Stadion Galgenwaard). Utrecht, eleventh on eleven, won 2–1 at Twente with two goals from Ángel Alarcón, both set up by Arthur Zagre, but have conceded 26, the joint most in the division with Willem II. PEC Zwolle, fifteenth on seven, beat Go Ahead Eagles 4–1 for their second win. The meeting here in February finished 1–1; Utrecht won 2–0 in Zwolle in August 2025.

Willem II v Cambuur (16:45 UTC, Koning Willem II Stadion). Willem II are bottom on two points, the only side without a win, and lost 3–2 at Sparta. Cambuur, fourteenth on nine, drew 2–2 with AZ after Devid Eugene Bouah was sent off on 53 minutes. The two were promoted together; in the Eerste Divisie last season Cambuur won 1–0 here in December 2025, and the meeting in Leeuwarden in September 2025 finished 2–2.

ADO Den Haag v Heerenveen (19:00 UTC, Bingoal Stadion). ADO Den Haag, seventeenth on six, beat PSV 2–1 for their first win of the season, Juho Kilo equalising on 55 and Matěj Kovář's own goal deciding it in stoppage time. Heerenveen, eighth on twelve, beat Excelsior 4–0. They last met in March 2021, a 3–0 Heerenveen win at home; the match here in November 2020 finished 1–1.

Sunday

Fortuna Sittard v Excelsior (11:15 UTC, Fortuna Sittard Stadion). Fortuna Sittard, sixth on 15, drew 2–2 at NEC after two goals from Anthony Descotte; Excelsior, tenth on eleven, lost 4–0 at Heerenveen and have not won in five. Fortuna won 2–1 here in February; Excelsior won 1–0 at home in October 2025.

NEC v Groningen (13:30 UTC, Goffertstadion). NEC, twelfth on ten, drew 2–2 at home to Fortuna Sittard with a goal from Willum Thor Willumsson in stoppage time. Groningen, seventh on 14, lost 5–2 at home to Ajax; B. Willumsson and T. van Bergen have six league goals each. Groningen won 2–1 at home in May; NEC won 2–0 here in November 2025 and 6–0 here in November 2024.

PSV v Feyenoord (13:30 UTC, Philips Stadion). PSV, third on 19, lost 2–1 at ADO and finished with ten after Mijnans, who had opened the scoring, was sent off on 43. They then won 1–0 at FC Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday with a goal from Guus Til, who had been a doubt after a blow to the head at ADO, NOS reports. Mijnans is suspended, Voetbal International says, and Peter Bosz said Ricardo Pepi, out since an injury against Twente more than a month ago, may be available; Alassane Pléa and Sam Lammers are still out. Feyenoord, with seven wins and two draws, won 4–3 at Telstar and have scored 31, the most in the division, but lost 1–0 at Real Betis on Wednesday to an Isco penalty after a handball by Jeremiah St. Juste, VI reports. Before that match Giovanni van Bronckhorst said everyone was fit, with only Jakub Moder and Shaqueel van Persie still missing, NOS reported. PSV have won the last five meetings: 3–0 here in February, 3–2 in Rotterdam in October 2025 and in May 2025, 2–0 here in the cup in February 2025, and 3–0 here in December 2024.

Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax (15:45 UTC, Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel). Sparta, thirteenth on nine, beat Willem II 3–2; M. Zonneveld has six goals. Ajax, fourth on 18, won 5–2 in Groningen with two goals each from Julian Brandt and Jorthy Mokio, after Davy Klaassen had missed a penalty on ten minutes. Míchel hopes Daley Blind and Steven Berghuis can return next week and possibly already on Sunday, NOS reports; Ajax host Atalanta in the Conference League on Thursday. Ajax won 4–0 at home in March; the meeting here in October 2025 finished 3–3 and the one in Amsterdam in April 2025 1–1.

AZ v Twente (19:00 UTC, AFAS Stadion). AZ, second on 20, came from behind twice to draw 2–2 at ten-man Cambuur, Mexx Meerdink equalising from the penalty spot on 83. Voetbal International reported on 16 October that Jizz Hornkamp was out for the time being with a hamstring problem, and that Kees Smit and Stije Resink were also injured. Twente, fifth on 17, lost 2–1 at home to Utrecht after leading at half-time; with AZ they have conceded ten, the fewest in the division with Feyenoord. The meeting here in May finished 2–2, and AZ won 2–1 here in the cup in February; Twente won 1–0 at home in November 2025.

The table before the round

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Feyenoord	9	+21	23
2	AZ	9	+10	20
3	PSV	9	+15	19
4	Ajax	9	+15	18
5	Twente	9	+7	17
6	Fortuna Sittard	9	−1	15
7	Groningen	9	+3	14
…
15	PEC Zwolle	9	−12	7
16	Telstar	9	−8	6
17	ADO Den Haag	9	−9	6
18	Willem II	9	−17	2

PSV and Feyenoord play at the same time as NEC and Groningen on Sunday afternoon; a Feyenoord win would put them seven points clear of PSV, and AZ, who play last, can draw level on points with the leaders if PSV win, or close the gap to a point if it is drawn.

Numbers to know

• Six players share the lead in the scoring list with six goals: S. Tengstedt, M. Zonneveld, Nacho Ferri, J. Brandt, B. Willumsson and T. van Bergen.
• Feyenoord have scored 31 and are the only unbeaten side; Willem II are the only one without a win.
• Feyenoord, AZ and Twente have conceded ten each, the fewest; Utrecht and Willem II 26, the most.
• Go Ahead Eagles have drawn five of their nine matches, the most in the division.
• PEC Zwolle and Telstar have scored ten goals each, Willem II nine, the fewest.

The full round with kick-off times in your time zone is on the Eredivisie page.

Sources for the context: NOS, NOS, NOS, Voetbal International, Voetbal International, Voetbal International.