AZ Alkmaar moved up to fourth, while Heracles Almelo hammered Excelsior and Vitesse drew with Heerenveen.
AZ go fourth as Heracles beat Excelsior
AZ Alkmaar moved up to fourth, while Heracles Almelo hammered Excelsior and Vitesse drew with Heerenveen.
AZ Alkmaar, Eredivisie champions in 2009, battled to a 2-1 victory away to
Roda JC to climb two places from sixth.
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson's opener was cancelled out by Mads Junker, but Maarten Martens restored AZ's lead to seal the points.
Roda's misery was compounded in the 90th minute when Pa-Modou Kah was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Heracles Almelo extended their unbeaten run to four games with a crushing 4-1 win at home to relegation-threatened
Excelsior.
Daan Bovenberg was dismissed midway through the first half with score still goalless and Heracles soon made the most of their numerical advantage.
Mark-Jan Fledderus broke the deadlock on 32 minutes before further strikes from Kwame Quansah, Mark Loooms and Glynor Plet after the interval.
Guyon Fernandez found the target for Excelsior, who remain in deep trouble following a third successive loss.
Heerenveen left it late to salvage a 1-1 draw against
Vitesse and halt a sequence of three straight defeats.
Marti Riverola's goal had looked like securing victory for lowly Vitesse, until Daryl Janmaat equalised with just two minutes remaining.
