Eredivisie matchday 11 preview: Ajax v AZ, Feyenoord without St. Juste, Twente at Excelsior

Feyenoord are three points clear and still unbeaten, and the round's match to watch first is on Saturday night in Amsterdam, where second-placed Ajax host AZ, a team they have not beaten in eleven matches. Feyenoord open the round at home to sixth-placed Fortuna Sittard without Jeremiah St. Juste, and PSV host bottom side Willem II at the same time as Heerenveen play NEC. Three teams are level on 20 points behind Ajax, and on Sunday the third of them, Twente, go to Excelsior.

Saturday

Feyenoord v Fortuna Sittard (15:30 UTC, Stadion Feijenoord). Feyenoord, top on 24 with seven wins and three draws, came from behind to draw 1–1 at PSV, A. Hadj Moussa equalising on 55 after G. Til's opener; they have scored 32, the most in the division. St. Juste, who came off at half-time in Eindhoven with a shin problem, will miss the match, Voetbal International reports, and Giovanni van Bronckhorst hopes to have him back next week. Fortuna, sixth on 18, beat Excelsior 1–0 with R. Guth's goal on 90 and went through in the cup at Sparta on penalties on Wednesday. Feyenoord have won the last three meetings, 2–1 in Sittard in May, 2–0 here in September 2025 and 2–0 in Sittard in April 2025; the match here in November 2024 finished 1–1.

Heerenveen v NEC (17:45 UTC, Abe Lenstra Stadion). Heerenveen, seventh on 15, won 3–2 at ADO Den Haag with two goals from J. Trenskow, who has six. NEC, twelfth on eleven, came back from 2–0 down to draw with Groningen and have drawn their last four league matches. The meeting in Nijmegen in March finished 2–2; Heerenveen won 3–2 here in September 2025 and 1–0 here in April 2025.

PSV v Willem II (17:45 UTC, Philips Stadion). PSV, third on 20, drew 1–1 with Feyenoord, Til scoring his sixth. Peter Bosz hopes Ricardo Pepi, back in group training after weeks out, can play, NOS reports, while Sami Ouaissa is injured again and out for several months. Willem II, bottom on two, lost 6–1 at home to Cambuur, have lost their last five league matches and have conceded 32, the most in the division; they won 4–3 at Helmond Sport in the cup on Tuesday. The meeting here in February 2025 finished 1–1; PSV won 2–0 in Tilburg in September 2024 and 4–2 here in May 2022.

Ajax v AZ (20:00 UTC, Johan Cruijff Arena). Ajax, second on 21, won 2–1 at Sparta, three days after beating Atalanta 2–0 in the Conference League. NOS reports that Steven Berghuis is back in the squad and Daley Blind available, though neither is likely to start, while Caio Henrique, Anton Gaaei and Oliver Edvardsen are still injured. AZ, fifth on 20, lost 2–0 at home to Twente. Kees Smit is not yet fit and Wouter Goes is available again, Voetbal International reports, with Jizz Hornkamp injured and Ayoub Oufkir suspended. Ajax have not beaten AZ in eleven matches, their last win coming in the cup in 2022, NOS notes; Míchel said bad runs are "there to be broken". The meeting in Alkmaar in February finished 1–1, AZ won 6–0 there in the cup in January and 2–0 here in October 2025.

Cambuur v Go Ahead Eagles (20:00 UTC, Kooi Stadion). Cambuur, tenth on twelve, won 6–1 at Willem II with two goals from Nicolas Binder and are unbeaten in five league matches. Go Ahead Eagles, ninth on 14, beat Telstar 3–2 with two goals from S. Tengstedt, who leads the scorers with eight. They last met in March 2023, when Cambuur won 4–1 here; the match in Deventer in October 2022 finished 0–0.

Sunday

PEC Zwolle v ADO Den Haag (11:15 UTC, MAC³PARK Stadion). PEC Zwolle, fifteenth on eight, drew 1–1 at Utrecht and went out of the cup on Wednesday, beaten 2–1 at home by TOP Oss. ADO Den Haag, seventeenth on six, lost 3–2 at home to Heerenveen despite two goals from N. Thomas, and on Tuesday went out of the cup on penalties to Excelsior '31, a third-division side, NOS reports. ADO won both Eerste Divisie meetings, 3–1 at home in February 2023 and 2–1 here in September 2022, and won 1–0 here in the Eredivisie in May 2021.

Excelsior v Twente (13:30 UTC, Van Donge & De Roo Stadion). Excelsior, thirteenth on eleven, lost 1–0 at Fortuna Sittard to a goal on 90 and have not won in five league matches. Twente, fourth on 20, won 2–0 at AZ with goals on 84 and 90+3 and have conceded ten, the fewest in the division. Daouda Weidmann, sent off on 88 at AZ, is suspended and Thomas van den Belt replaces him, NOS reports. The meeting in Enschede in January finished 0–0; Excelsior won 1–0 here in August 2025, and Twente 3–0 here in February 2024.

Telstar v Utrecht (13:30 UTC, Sportpark Schoonenberg). Telstar, sixteenth on six, lost 3–2 at Go Ahead Eagles and have not won in five league matches. Utrecht, eleventh on twelve, drew 1–1 with PEC Zwolle with S. van Duijn's goal on 90+1 and have conceded 27, the second most. Utrecht will take no supporters to Telstar after disorder around their cup match at Kozakken Boys, NOS reports. They have met twice in the league: Utrecht won 4–1 at home in April, and the match here in November 2025 finished 1–1.

Groningen v Sparta Rotterdam (15:45 UTC, Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion). Groningen, eighth on 15, drew 2–2 at NEC after B. Willumsson's two goals had put them 2–0 up; he has eight, level with Tengstedt. On Thursday they lost 2–0 at home to Emmen in the cup, and Dick Lukkien said the crowd was right to chant that the team should be ashamed, Voetbal International reports. Sparta Rotterdam, fourteenth on nine, lost 2–1 to Ajax and went out of the cup on penalties to Fortuna. Sparta have won the last three league meetings, 2–0 at home in January, 2–0 here in October 2025 and 1–0 at home in February 2025, and beat Groningen 5–2 in the cup in October 2025.

The table before the round

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Feyenoord	10	+21	24
2	Ajax	10	+16	21
3	PSV	10	+15	20
4	Twente	10	+9	20
5	AZ	10	+8	20
6	Fortuna Sittard	10	0	18
7	Heerenveen	10	+5	15
8	Groningen	10	+3	15
…
15	PEC Zwolle	10	−12	8
16	Telstar	10	−9	6
17	ADO Den Haag	10	−10	6
18	Willem II	10	−22	2

The top five are separated by four points, and PEC Zwolle and ADO, two points apart near the bottom, meet on Sunday morning.

Numbers to know

• S. Tengstedt and B. Willumsson lead the scorers with eight goals each; six players have six, among them J. Brandt, G. Til and Nacho Ferri.
• Feyenoord have scored 32 and are the only unbeaten side; Willem II are the only one without a win.
• Twente have conceded ten, the fewest; Willem II 32, the most.
• NEC and Go Ahead Eagles have drawn five matches each, the most in the division.
• Willem II have scored ten, PEC Zwolle eleven and Telstar twelve, 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.