Eredivisie round up, week 21: PSV loss extends Ajax lead; Willem II end losing streak

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➝ 105 #Heat
➝ 114 #Nuggets

Nikola Jokic and Jimmy Butler go head-to-head in Game One of the #NBAFinals. Two of 𝘵𝘩𝘦 standout players in the entire league this season. The @GeniusSports predictor favors Denver.

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🏀 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 – Game One

➝ 22% #Heat
➝ 78% #Nuggets

Ball Arena plays host to the @nuggets‘ first ever #NBAFinals appearance. Home advantage and @MiamiHEAT‘s grueling 7-game series with Boston, sees them as favorites. ⛰️

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🏆 Tonight: Game One, #NBAFinals
🏀 Soon: Round One, #NBADraft

It’s never too early to think about the @NBADraft. With all eyes on Denver, teams at the other end of the league will be hoping a good draft night can turn around their fortunes. 🎟️

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Sunday takes dramatic twist for Ajax

Heracles are one of the only teams to have kept Ajax from scoring this season, after the 0-0 draw in Almelo back in 2021. This time, Heracles kept a zero in their scoring column, as well as registering no shots on target. Ajax displayed once again that they are thoroughly on track to win another league title.

They dominated the first half and Heracles were lucky that it took 22 minutes for the team from Amsterdam to break the short-lived deadlock; Davy Klassen connecting with a well-taken corner to finish neatly. The second half was the same story. Haller met a beautiful delivery from Dusan Tadic to make it 2-0 and register his 13th goal of the season. It was clear that Heracles were not going to impact the game any further and Ajax put them out of their misery when substitute Kenneth Taylor scored the third and final goal.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – FEBRUARY 06: Sebastien Haller of Ajax Amsterdam celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the Dutch Eredivisie match between Ajax and Heracles Almelo at Johan Cruijff Arena on February 6, 2022 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Raymond Smit/NESImages/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Sunday night took a shocking turn for Ajax, as they revealed the dismissal of their technical director Marc Overmars, accused of inappropriate behaviour towards other female colleagues.

PSV collapse after Schmidt announces he will leave at the end of the season

PSV manager Roger Schmidt announced this week that he will be departing as manager after this season. It is arguably never a good moment to make such an announcement, but the news came ahead of PSV’s game with AZ.

It was not ideal preparation for PSV, facing a side with perhaps the best form in the league over the past few months – winning 10 from 11 games. PSV had already lost at home to both Ajax and Feyenoord this season, and unfortunately history was to repeated itself here.

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – FEBRUARY 05: Jesper Karlsson of AZ Alkmaar scores the 1:2 during the Dutch Eredivisie match between PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar at Philips Stadion on February 5, 2022 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Dave Rietbergen/NESImages/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

They did however start well in the game. After 20 minutes, Obispo put PSV 1-0 up with a well-timed header from a corner. At the end of the first half though, AZ drew level as Dutch defender Bruno Martins Indi scored yet another goal from a corner.

The pattern of the second half favoured a PSV win, as they dominated possession, AZ only looking dangerous on the counter-attack. In the 74th minute though, a Mvogo mistake gave Karlsson the space to score what would turn out to be the winning goal for AZ. They now sit 5th, just 7 points behind recent leaders PSV.

Results Elsewhere & a Look at the Table

Feyenoord easily beat Sparta 4-0 in the Rotterdam derby. They were 2-0 up after just 12 minutes, Kokcu and Jahanbakhsh with the early goals. Til picked up a brace to double the score, drawing level with Haller in the race for the golden boot. They sit just one point behind PSV now.

FC Twente took three important points from Vitesse with a 3-0 win. Twente now sit in 4th in the league, with a five point advantage over Vitesse.

TILBURG – Thijs Oosting of Willem II celebrates the 2-0 during the Dutch Eredivisie match between Willem II and RKC Waalwijk at the Koning Willem II stadium on February 6, 2022 in Tilburg, Netherlands. ANP BART STOUTJEDIJK (Photo by ANP via Getty Images)

Willem II were finally reminded of what it feels like to win a football match! After 11 losses in a row, they were victorious against RKC 3-1. Remarkably, they are still free of the relegation zone, as the win puts Willem II five points ahead of Fortuna, who also won their game against Heerenveen 2-0.

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➝ 105 #Heat
➝ 114 #Nuggets

Nikola Jokic and Jimmy Butler go head-to-head in Game One of the #NBAFinals. Two of 𝘵𝘩𝘦 standout players in the entire league this season. The @GeniusSports predictor favors Denver.

#NBA

🏀 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 – Game One

➝ 22% #Heat
➝ 78% #Nuggets

Ball Arena plays host to the @nuggets‘ first ever #NBAFinals appearance. Home advantage and @MiamiHEAT‘s grueling 7-game series with Boston, sees them as favorites. ⛰️

#NBA

🏆 Tonight: Game One, #NBAFinals
🏀 Soon: Round One, #NBADraft

It’s never too early to think about the @NBADraft. With all eyes on Denver, teams at the other end of the league will be hoping a good draft night can turn around their fortunes. 🎟️

#NBA
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