Eredivisie matchday 9: Feyenoord win 4–3 at Telstar, ADO beat ten-man PSV, Ajax score five

Feyenoord won 4–3 at Telstar on Saturday and are three points clear at the top, still the only unbeaten side. Their nearest rivals both dropped points: PSV lost 2–1 at ADO Den Haag after Sven Mijnans was sent off, the first win of ADO's season, and AZ were held 2–2 at ten-man Cambuur. Ajax won 5–2 at Groningen and are a point behind PSV. The round brought 42 goals in nine matches: four home wins, three away wins and two draws, with three penalties missed.

Friday

Heerenveen 4–0 Excelsior opened the round. Dylan Vente scored a penalty on 11, Oliver Johansen Braude made it two on 54 from Jacob Trenskow's pass, Luca Oyen added the third on 84 from Ringo Meerveld, and Trenskow scored the fourth on 88. Heerenveen had seven shots on target to Excelsior's one. Vente's penalty was Heerenveen's 1,000th Eredivisie goal at the Abe Lenstra Stadion since 1994, NOS notes.

Saturday

ADO Den Haag 2–1 PSV turned on a red card. Mijnans put PSV ahead on 21 from Guus Til's pass and was sent off on 43, a second yellow card according to NOS. Juho Kilo equalised on 55 from Yannick Fereira Eduardo, and Matěj Šín won it on 90+3 from Evan Rottier's pass. Both sides had 15 shots; PSV had four on target, ADO three. Mijnans told NOS it was "a really stupid foul" and that he had apologised to the team; Peter Bosz said that, although they would never know, PSV would not have lost with eleven men. PSV were without Ruben van Bommel, and host Feyenoord next Sunday.

Telstar 3–4 Feyenoord had seven goals, and Feyenoord were two up three times. Gaoussou Kyassou Diarra scored on 1 and Nacho Ferri on 21; Tyrone Owusu pulled one back on 30 from Noach Shenkman. Sem Steijn made it 3–1 on 32 from Givairo Read's pass, Patrick Brouwer replied on 37, Steijn scored a penalty on 57, and Shenkman, from Sem Valk, made it 4–3 on 69. Telstar had 23 shots, nine on target; Feyenoord had eleven on target. It came three days after Feyenoord's home win over Como in the Champions League, and NOS reports that Giovanni van Bronckhorst rested Jeremiah St. Juste, Oussama Targhalline and Luciano Valente; Steijn was making his first start of the season.

Sparta Rotterdam 3–2 Willem II was Sparta's first home win of the season, NOS notes. Tonny Vilhena put Willem II ahead on 17, and Jens Toornstra equalised on 39. Lushendry Martes scored on 50 and Milan Zonneveld on 57 from Toornstra's pass; Uriël van Aalst, from Vito van Crooy, pulled one back on 68. Sparta had 22 shots to 13. Willem II are still without a win after nine matches.

Sunday

PEC Zwolle 4–1 Go Ahead Eagles came from behind. Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson scored for Go Ahead Eagles on 22; Sydney van Hooijdonk equalised on 47 from Dylan Mbayo's pass, Thijs Oosting scored on 58 and on 70, the second from Damian van der Haar, and Koen Kostons added the fourth on 89 from Ibrahim Cissoko. Go Ahead had 59 per cent of the ball. PEC Zwolle had sacked Henry van der Vegt during the week, NOS reports, and Oosting's two goals came against the side his father, Joseph Oosting, coaches.

Cambuur 2–2 AZ was saved from the penalty spot. Nicolas Binder put Cambuur ahead on 7 from Jason Ceka's pass, Ro Zangelo Daal equalised on 26 from Peer Koopmeiners, and Ilyes Hamache restored the lead on 39 from Billy van Duijl. Devid Eugene Bouah was sent off on 53, a second yellow card for pulling Mexx Meerdink's shirt according to NOS, and Meerdink equalised with a penalty on 83 after a VAR check. AZ had 64 per cent of the ball but four shots on target to Cambuur's six. Meerdink said that AZ should simply win at Cambuur.

Groningen 2–5 Ajax began with a miss. Davy Klaassen missed a penalty on 10. Julian Brandt scored on 27 and Aaron Bouwman on 37; Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson pulled one back on 49, before Brandt, from Owen Wijndal, scored again on 60 and Jorthy Mokio scored on 69 and on 75, the second from Klaassen. Thom van Bergen scored for Groningen on 83 and missed a penalty on 90+1. Ajax had eleven shots on target from 15. NOS notes that Ajax came into the match after a European defeat at Hajduk Split and league draws with NEC and Excelsior.

NEC 2–2 Fortuna Sittard was rescued in stoppage time. Anthony Descotte scored for Fortuna Sittard on 18 from Rodrigo Guth's pass and again on 48 from Shiloh 't Zand; Kevin Kers had equalised for NEC on 28 from Dennis Geiger. Mitchel Bakker missed a penalty on 90, and Willum Thor Willumsson, from Perr Schuurs, made it 2–2 on 90+3. NEC had 74 per cent of the ball, 24 shots and 13 corners; Fortuna had none.

Twente 1–2 Utrecht turned after half-time. Daouda Weidmann put Twente ahead on 28 from Aske Emil Berg Adelgaard's pass, and Ángel Alarcón scored twice for Utrecht, on 47 and on 63, both from Arthur Zagre. Twente had 63 per cent of the ball and 24 shots, five on target, as many as Utrecht. The win would have taken Twente into the top three, NOS notes; Utrecht's goalkeeper Sergio Padt, 36, was making his return to the Eredivisie with Vasilios Barkas injured.

The table after matchday 9

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Feyenoord	9	7	2	0	+21	23
2	AZ	9	6	2	1	+10	20
3	PSV	9	6	1	2	+15	19
4	Ajax	9	5	3	1	+15	18
5	Twente	9	5	2	2	+7	17
6	Fortuna Sittard	9	4	3	2	−1	15
7	Groningen	9	4	2	3	+3	14
8	Heerenveen	9	3	3	3	+4	12
9	Go Ahead Eagles	9	2	5	2	−1	11
10	Excelsior	9	3	2	4	−2	11
11	Utrecht	9	3	2	4	−10	11
12	NEC	9	2	4	3	−1	10
13	Sparta Rotterdam	9	2	3	4	−6	9
14	Cambuur	9	2	3	4	−8	9
15	PEC Zwolle	9	2	1	6	−12	7
16	Telstar	9	1	3	5	−8	6
17	ADO Den Haag	9	1	3	5	−9	6
18	Willem II	9	0	2	7	−17	2

Feyenoord lead by three points from AZ and by four from PSV, with Ajax a further point back in fourth. The points race shows the gap opening: AZ were ahead after matchday 7, and Feyenoord have won their last five. PSV and Feyenoord meet at the Philips Stadion next Sunday. At the bottom, Willem II have two points, four behind Telstar and ADO Den Haag.

Numbers to know

• 42 goals in nine matches; Telstar v Feyenoord and Groningen v Ajax had seven each.
• Three penalties were missed: Klaassen and Van Bergen in Groningen, Bakker at NEC.
• Søren Tengstedt, Milan Zonneveld and Nacho Ferri lead the scorers with six each.
• Feyenoord have scored 31 and conceded ten in nine matches.
• Willem II and Utrecht have conceded 26 each, the most in the league.

Next up

Matchday 10 opens on Friday 23 October with Go Ahead Eagles v Telstar at 18:00 UTC. On Saturday 24 October, Utrecht host PEC Zwolle at 14:30 UTC, Willem II play Cambuur at 16:45 UTC and ADO Den Haag host Heerenveen at 19:00 UTC. On Sunday 25 October, Fortuna Sittard host Excelsior at 11:15 UTC, PSV v Feyenoord and NEC v Groningen kick off at 13:30 UTC, Sparta Rotterdam host Ajax at 15:45 UTC, and AZ v Twente closes the round at 19:00 UTC. The full round is on the Eredivisie page.

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