Eindhoven swept Excelsior 4-0 at the Philips Stadium in matchday 28 of the Eredivisie to temporarily move within -5 of second-placed and leaders Feyenoord, with the Rotterdam side hosting Waalwijk at De Kaip on Sunday. and the guests to remain in 16th place.
The Dutch cup holders with an “outbreak” in the second half reached the victory with goals from De Jong in the 12th minute, Simmons in the 78th minute, Fabio Silva in the 82nd minute and Gutierrez in the 87th minute.
A shock for Alkmaar, who lost 0-1 at home to Sparta Rotterdam and were left at -2 by Ajax, who host Fortuna Sittard on Sunday and could be at +5, with the second team in the port remaining in the top five of the standings.
Even though it was difficult, Heerenfen defeated Volendam 2-1 in “Abel Lenstra”, they were -4 from the eighth place and left the guests at +3 from the bottom three.
Staying step for Fitese, who defeated Go Ahead Eagles 2-1 in Arnhem and escaped with +3 from the dangerous positions.
The schedule for the 28th matchday:
Friday (07/04)
Groningen-Utrecht 1-2
Saturday (08/04)
Fitese-Gow Ahead Eagles 2-1
Alkmaar-Sparta Rotterdam 0-1
Eindhoven-Excelsior 4-0
Heerenfen-Volendam 2-1
Sunday (09/04)
Twente-Kabour (13:15)
Emmen-Nijmegen (15:30)
Ajax-Fortuna Sittard (17:45)
Feyenoord-Waalwijk (21:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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