AZ Alkmaar returned to winning ways on Saturday afternoon with a 4-1 victory against Almere City. After losing points against Utrecht and NEC Nijmegen, AZ Alkmaar were expected to defeat Almere City. After only eight minutes, Vangelis Pavlidis fired the hosts in front. AZ then failed to add a second before the break and that […] The post Pavlidis double leads AZ to victory over Almere City appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

NEC Nijmegen made it two wins in four days with a 3-1 victory over PEC Zwolle. NEC sealed their win over AZ Alkmaar in midweek and they made a good start at PEC Zwolle. Bram Nuytinck had a header ruled out for offside while Dirk Proper put a shot just wide. PEC Zwolle grew into […] The post NEC climb into top half with a win at PEC Zwolle appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

Ajax’s march up the Eredivisie continued on Saturday as they went fifth with a 2-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam. Ajax have the ambition to go into the winter break in fifth and that meant they needed to beat a Sparta side, who were level on points with them. It was the visitors who went close […] The post Ajax see off Sparta to go fifth appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

FC Twente came back from 2-0 down to defeat Excelsior 4-2 after a red card for defender Arthur Zagre. The home side were shellshocked in the opening fifteen minutes as Excelsior raced into a 2-0 lead. Troy Parrott opened the scoring after racing onto a long ball forward before Sven Nieuwpoort headed in a second. Excelsior […] The post Zagre red card costs Excelsior dearly against Twente appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

According to BILD, Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund officials met on Friday to discuss a potential deal for Donyell Malen. Malen is reportedly looking to depart Borussia Dortmund in January and the German club is willing to let the Dutch international depart for the right deal. According to BILD, Manchester United are interested in signing […] The post Manchester United and Dortmund meet over Malen appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

Feyenoord needed two goals in stoppage time to seal a 3-1 win over a stubborn Volendam on Thursday evening. Feyenoord went into the game without Calvin Stengs as Antoni Milambo was handed his first start in the midfield. For Volendam, Michael Dingsdag was in the dugout following the suspension of Matthias Kohler. Feyenoord seemed to […] The post Feyenoord leaves it late to defeat Volendam appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

PSV Eindhoven recorded their 15th straight victory in the Eredivisie with a comfortable 2-0 win over Heerenveen. PSV have had an excellent week with their Champions League progression and the win in Rotterdam against Feyenoord. However, Heerenveen also arrived in Eindhoven confident after a run of good results. Kees van Wonderen’s side had the first […] The post Flawless PSV ease to victory over Heerenveen appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

Ajax have moved up to sixth in the Eredivisie after seeing out the remaining six minutes of their clash with RKC Waalwijk. The game ended 3-2. On September 30, the game was called off in the 83rd minute after a collision between Brian Brobbey and Etienne Vaessen left the goalkeeper knocked out. On Wednesday afternoon, […] The post Ajax see out RKC victory to move sixth appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

NEC Nijmegen held on to their 2-1 lead over AZ Alkmaar as the final few minutes of the abandoned fixture were played on Wednesday afternoon. On the 29th of October, the game was abandoned in the final minute of normal time after Bas Dost collapsed on the pitch. It has since been discovered that the […] The post NEC holds on to secure win over AZ Alkmaar appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more

Every week in the 2023/24 season, Football-Oranje’s Michael Statham gives you his previews and predictions for each Dutch Eredivisie round. Thursday, 7th December PSV v Heerenveen I simply did not expect that PSV would survive a week with away fixtures to Twente and Feyenoord with their 100% record still intact. Many believe that with a […] The post Eredivisie Predictions & Betting 23/24: Round 15 appeared first on Football Oranje ..read more