Den Haag defeat Heracles
Mike van Duinen opened the scoring in the eighth minute and Lex Immers made the points safe nine minutes from time. The win was the home side's second in a row as they made it eight points from the last 12 on offer. The visitors were the first to threaten when Willy Overtoom met Lerin Duarte's corner on the run, but fired wide of the left post. But instead of scoring, Overtoom was at fault as ADO went in front. The midfielder lost the ball at the back to Van Duinen, who was left with a clear run on goal and duly beat keeper Remko Pasveer. Heracles almost shot themselves in the foot again when Jens Toornstra intercepted a wayward pass and sent Van Duinen away, but his angled shot flew wide. The visitors looked to a response and Duarte's free-kick flew over, before ADO defender Kevin Visser almost gifted them an equaliser when his attempted clearance from Everton's corner hit the post. ADO started the second half the brighter and Toornstra brought an athletic save out of Pasveer with a shot from the edge of the area. Ali Boussaboun then twice tried his luck with bicycle kicks, the first blocked by Pasveer than second going wide. At the other end Duarte got his head to Anmar Almubaraki's ball in but was unable to beat Gino Coutinho. Immers doubled ADO's lead in the 81st minute, receiving the ball from John Verhoek and sending a low shot into the right corner from just outside the area. Immers had the ball in the net again three minutes later when he crashed a shot high into the net following Toornstra's free-kick, but it was ruled out for offside.