Match summary
Heracles Almelo beat NEC Nijmegen 2-1 on the road. Heracles Almelo led 2-1 at half-time.
Mario Engels put Heracles Almelo ahead in the 3rd minute, Luka Kulenović made it 0-2 in the 13th minute, and Koki Ogawa pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 45th minute.
The chances backed that up: Heracles Almelo created 2.07 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to NEC Nijmegen's 1.68 from 21.