Fortuna Sittard Upset AZ Alkmaar With a Late Goal | Week 8, Eredivisie 2024/25 Highlights

The Eredivisie Week 8 review focuses on notable events from several matches across the league.

Almere City 0-1 Willem II: Almere City's struggles continued as they remained winless after eight matches, despite a solid first-half performance. Willem II took advantage in the second half with Amar Fatah scoring the only goal. Almere City's offensive bluntness and missed opportunities plagued them again, extending their winless streak to 19 games.

NAC Breda 1-0 NEC: NAC Breda secured a crucial win, despite going down to 10 men after an 18-year-old player, Sana Fernandes, was sent off. NEC's performance lacked intensity, and NAC capitalized with Dominik Janosek scoring from a free-kick to secure victory.

PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: PSV continued their perfect start to the season with a hard-fought win. Despite Sparta taking an early lead, PSV leveled through an own goal, followed by a winning strike from Luuk de Jong. Sparta missed key opportunities to equalize, including a disallowed stoppage-time goal.

Utrecht 3-2 RKC Waalwijk: Utrecht remained second in the league after a win against struggling RKC. After going down early, Utrecht capitalized on RKC being reduced to 10 men. Goals from Paxten Aaronson and David Min helped secure the win. RKC showed resilience but failed to come back.

Go Ahead Eagles 4-1 Heracles Almelo: Go Ahead Eagles continued their strong form with a comprehensive win over Heracles. Despite a slow start, they bounced back after halftime, with Mats Deijl and Viktor Edvardsen contributing to the victory.

Feyenoord 2-1 FC Twente: Feyenoord edged out Twente in a tight contest, taking advantage of two first-half goals, including one from Ibrahim Osman. Twente pulled one back late through Sem Steijn but couldn't find the equalizer.

Heerenveen 1-1 PEC Zwolle: The match ended in a draw, with Dimitris Rallis equalizing for Heerenveen after Davy van den Berg gave Zwolle an early lead. Despite some second-half chances, neither side could claim all three points.

Ajax 3-1 Groningen: Ajax continued their dominance over Groningen, with Davy Klaassen scoring in the first half. Despite a late scare when Groningen equalized, Ajax responded quickly with goals from Wout Weghorst and Chuba Akpom to secure the win.

Fortuna Sittard 1-0 AZ Alkmaar: Fortuna Sittard upset AZ with a late goal from Rodrigo Guth. AZ, coming off European exertions, struggled to find rhythm and creativity, resulting in their third consecutive defeat.

The week saw continued struggles for the bottom teams Almere City and RKC, while PSV, Utrecht, Ajax, and Feyenoord consolidated their positions in the top six.