After 9 rounds of fixtures, AFC Ajax remain on the top of the table, 2 points clear to the second - Vitesse Arnhem. The other teams in top 4 aren’t much behind and will do their best to catch up this weekend.
FC Emmen will try to push away from the relegation zone this Saturday, when they host AFC Ajax at their JenS Vesting Stadion.
The home side are in an unfortunate spell of 4 straight league losses and don’t have much of a chance against their upcoming opponent. The league leaders - AFC Ajax are clearly the favourites and they should record an easy victory.
This weekend, PEC Zwolle travel to face VVV Venlo in a clash from the lower part of the standing.
Both teams are level on points (8) and are showing pretty similar results lately. The away side have a slightly better goal difference, which has helped them occupy the 11th spot, although VVV Venlo have won more fixtures than PEC Zwolle this season.
Vitesse Arnhem have a great opportunity to leapfrog Ajax this Sunday, when they host the bottom placed team of Fortuna Sittard at their GelreDome.
The home side are performing quite solidly so far, as they have won 5 of their last 6 fixtures. However, the same cannot be said for Fortuna Sittard, who are yet to register a win this season.
In another interesting encounter this weekend, Sparta Rotterdam travel to face PSV Eindhoven.
The home side are 4 points below the league leaders, but have plenty of time to move up in the table. Sparta Rotterdam will try to continue their recent winning streak and improve their shaky performance from the beginning of the season.