Match summary
Heerenveen saw off Willem II 3-1. Heerenveen led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Ion Nicolaescu put Heerenveen ahead in the 11th minute and Sam Kersten made it 2-0 from a corner in the 32nd minute. In the second half, Ilias Sebaoui made it 3-0 in the 66th minute and Jesse Bosch pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 75th minute.
The chances backed that up: Heerenveen created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Willem II's 1.13 from 13.