Match summary
AZ Alkmaar won comfortably, 9-1 at home to Heerenveen. AZ Alkmaar led 2-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Sven Mijnans put AZ Alkmaar ahead in the 4th minute, Luuk Brouwers equalised with a header in the 19th minute, and Troy Parrott put AZ Alkmaar back in front in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Parrott made it 3-1 in the 48th minute, Parrott made it 4-1 in the 50th minute, Parrott made it 5-1 in the 56th minute, Ibrahim Sadiq made it 6-1 in the 72nd minute, Mexx Meerdink made it 7-1 in the 75th minute, Kristijan Belić made it 8-1 with a header in the 82nd minute, and Zico Buurmeester made it 9-1 in the 85th minute.
The chances backed that up: AZ Alkmaar created 5.30 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Heerenveen's 1.93 from 15.