Eredivisie matchday 7: Twente come back to beat PSV, Feyenoord score five, AZ stay top

Seven rounds into the Eredivisie season, AZ lead on 19 points, two clear of Feyenoord, and they are the only two sides yet to lose. PSV and Twente are a point further back on 16, and Ajax are fifth on 14. This weekend's nine matches produced 27 goals: four home wins, two away wins and three draws. The round's stories were at the top. Twente came from behind to beat PSV 3–2 and hand them their first defeat of the season, Feyenoord put five past Utrecht, AZ edged past Telstar to stay top, and Ajax had 81 per cent of the ball at home to Excelsior and only drew.

The headline matches

Twente 3–2 PSV was the match of the round. Younes Taha El Idrissi put Twente ahead on 14, and Guus Til scored twice in three minutes to turn it round, on 26 from Mauro Júnior's pass and on 29 from Paul Wanner's. PSV led at half-time and had 60 per cent of the ball, but Twente had 23 shots to their eleven. Wout Weghorst equalised on 79 from Daan Rots, and Daouda Weidmann won it on 83 from Max Bruns. PSV had won their previous four league matches.

Feyenoord 5–0 Utrecht was two up inside ten minutes: Anis Hadj Moussa on 6 from Givairo Read, and Nacho Ferri on 9 from Mika Mármol. Hadj Moussa scored again on 33, Luciano Valente converted a penalty on 53, and Gaoussou Kyassou Diarra made it five on 64 from Gjivai Zechiel's pass. Feyenoord put twelve of their 23 shots on target; Utrecht managed five shots and two on target.

AZ 1–0 Telstar was settled by Mexx Meerdink on 19, set up by Valdemar Byskov Andreasen. Kees Smit had a second goal for AZ ruled out by VAR on 57. AZ had seventeen shots and eight on target, and the Telstar goalkeeper made seven saves; Telstar had three shots, one of them on target.

Ajax 2–2 Excelsior was the most lopsided draw of the weekend. Julian Brandt put Ajax ahead on 32 from Kasper Dolberg's pass, and Lennard Hartjes equalised in first-half stoppage time. Aymen Sliti gave Excelsior the lead on 62 from Irakli Yegoian, and Tolu Arokodare levelled two minutes later from Oscar Gloukh's pass. Ajax had 81 per cent of the ball, 33 shots, eight of them on target, and nine corners. Excelsior had four shots, two on target, and no corners, and scored twice.

The rest of the round

Groningen 3–0 PEC Zwolle opened the round on Friday evening. Thom van Bergen scored on 20 and Jorg Schreuders on 43, and Tygo Land added the third on 68. David van der Werff set up the first and the third. PEC Zwolle had one shot on target all night.

Sparta Rotterdam 0–4 Heerenveen was the round's biggest away win. Nolhan Courtens scored on 28 from Levi Smans, Jacob Trenskow on 43 from Maxence Rivera, Rivera himself on 56 from Smans, and Marko Farji on 75 from Luca Oyen. Sparta had eleven shots at home and none on target. It was Heerenveen's first win in five league matches.

Willem II 0–1 Fortuna Sittard began with VAR cancelling a Fortuna penalty on 4 and was decided by Philip Brittijn on 79. Each side had three shots on target. The win puts Fortuna Sittard sixth.

ADO Den Haag 1–1 Cambuur had Cambuur ahead on 44 through Fabian Kvam, from Sami Bouhoudane's pass. Donat Barany equalised on 74 from Yannick Fereira Eduardo. ADO had 63 per cent of the ball and eighteen shots to Cambuur's eight, and are still without a win.

NEC 1–1 Go Ahead Eagles had both its goals in the first ten minutes. Perr Schuurs scored for NEC in the first minute from Tjaronn Chery's pass, and Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson equalised on 10. Go Ahead Eagles have drawn four of their seven matches.

The table after matchday 7

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	AZ	7	6	1	0	+12	19
2	Feyenoord	7	5	2	0	+18	17
3	PSV	7	5	1	1	+14	16
4	Twente	7	5	1	1	+8	16
5	Ajax	7	4	2	1	+12	14
6	Fortuna Sittard	7	4	1	2	−1	13
7	Excelsior	7	3	2	2	+6	11
8	Groningen	7	3	2	2	+2	11
9	Go Ahead Eagles	7	2	4	1	+2	10
10	Heerenveen	7	2	3	2	+2	9
11	NEC	7	2	2	3	−1	8
12	Sparta Rotterdam	7	1	2	4	−7	5
13	Telstar	7	1	2	4	−7	5
14	Cambuur	7	1	2	4	−9	5
15	Utrecht	7	1	2	4	−13	5
16	PEC Zwolle	7	1	1	5	−14	4
17	ADO Den Haag	7	0	2	5	−10	2
18	Willem II	7	0	2	5	−14	2

Five clubs are separated by five points at the top. AZ have dropped two points all season; Feyenoord have the best goal difference in the division, at +18. PSV sit third ahead of Twente only on goal difference. At the bottom, ADO Den Haag and Willem II are the only clubs without a win, on two points each, with PEC Zwolle two points above them in 16th. Four clubs, Sparta, Telstar, Cambuur and Utrecht, are bunched on five.

Numbers to know

• Ajax had 81 per cent of the ball and 33 shots against Excelsior and drew. Excelsior scored twice from four shots.
• Sparta had eleven shots at home to Heerenveen and none on target.
• Feyenoord have scored 25 goals, the most in the division. Utrecht have conceded 24, the most in the division.
• Twente beat PSV with 40 per cent of the ball, and scored the winning goals on 79 and 83 after trailing at half-time.
• No one was sent off in the round's nine matches.

Next up

The Eredivisie now pauses for almost three weeks and returns on Friday 9 October, when PSV host Heerenveen in the opening match of matchday 8. On Saturday 10 October the top two meet, as Feyenoord host AZ, and Ajax host NEC. The full round, with kick-off times in your time zone, is on the Eredivisie page.