AZ Alkmaar

With Feyenoord and Ajax drawing earlier on Sunday, AZ Alkmaar knew a win would put them within touching distance of top spot. AZ got off to the perfect start ...

AZ got off to the perfect start with Dani de Wit heading in after only four minutes, but Burak Yilmaz equalised for the visitors from the penalty spot. Ten minutes into the second half, Vangelis Pavlidis made it 3-1 from a Yuki Sagawara cross and AZ eased to victory. Mathew Ryan made his debut in goal for AZ and he prevented Zinho Vanheusden from scoring an own goal to level the game before the break.