In the Dutch football Premier League, Feyenoord have beaten Excelsior with apparent ease. The Rotterdam derby ended 3-0 for Feyenoord thanks to the three Js. John Guidetti started off the scoring in the eighth minute. A second goal was scored by Jordy Clasie just after the break and in the 58th minute Jerson Cabral put the goal in the net.

The victory now puts Feyenoord in third place in the Premier League, knocking PSV into fourth place for now. Excelsior stays at the bottom of the league.

Meanwhile SC Heerenveen is still in the running for European football after beating NEC Nijmegen 2-4 in an away game. NEC will have to go through the play-offs before qualifying.

The Frisian team fought back after giving NEC Nijmegen the chance to get 2 goals ahead in the first half, both by Género Zeefuik.

In the second half the Frisians recovered from last Wednesday’s defeat at home against Ajax (5-0). Bas Dost was man of the match scoring three times. And to confirm Heerenveen's victory Oussama Assaïdi put the goal in the net just before het whistle. SC Heerenveen holds sixth place in the Premier League

In the last game of the evening, FC Twente has drawn 2-2 against NAC Breda at home. The team from Breda got ahead in the 56th minute with a goal from Alex Schalk. Less than ten minutes later, Luuk de Jong scored twice for FC Twente with just a couple of minutes between goals. It seemed to be all over but Nourdin Boukhari scored for NAC Breda in the last moments of extra time. FC Twente is now in fourth place in the league. NAC remains in 15th place.

Earlier in the evening, PSV beat AZ 3-2 at home. Substitute Tim Matavz scored the winning goal in injury time at the Philips Stadium. Jeremain Lens put PSV ahead after 17 minutes. But goals by Jozy Altidore and Roy Beerens put AZ in the lead. PSV's Lens scored the equaliser just before the whistle, and Matavz scored in the last seconds of the game.

This puts PSV just one point behind AZ which is in second place. The team from Alkmaar is now 3 points behind Ajax, which is due to play De Graafschap at home on Sunday.

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