PSV up pressure on Ajax

Feyenoord in third
Both PSV and Ajax now have 43 points, albeit the Amsterdam club have played one game less. Feyenoord are third on 34 points after a 2-1 win at NEC Nijmegen.

Comfortable for PSV
PSV were 3-0 up inside 25 minutes against Zwolle, the bottom club, as Jurgen Colin, John de Jong and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink all found the target. Andre de Ridder pulled a goal back but a second goal for Vennegoor of Hesselink and one for youngster Johan Volanthen in the last 15 minutes completed a comfortable victory.

Buffel secures win
Feyenoord, who fought back from 2-0 down to beat FC Utrecht 3-2 on Sunday, trailed again on Wednesday as NEC's new signing Andrzej Niedzielan scored midway through the first half. Dirk Kuijt equalised two minutes after half-time and Thomas Buffel secured Feyenoord's third away win this season ten minutes later.

AZ drop
AZ Alkmaar dropped to fourth on 33 points after a goalless draw against Willem II and it also finished goalless between FC Twente and SBV Vitesse.

Molenaar winner
RKC Waalwijk ran out 4-0 winners against FC Volendam thanks to second-half goals from Yuri Cornelisse, Said Boutahar, Robert Fuchs and Iwan Redan. Finally, RBC Roosendaal won 1-0 at Utrecht through a late goal from defender Robert Molenaar.