Den Haag vs Heerenveen

Heerenveen won 3-2 at Den Haag on Saturday night, in heavy rain and wind, and had to ride out a late scare after leading by two goals. Jacob Trenskow put the visitors ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Maxence Rivera. Ringo Meerveld made it 2-0 six minutes after the break, left free at the far side when Oliver Braude crossed. Substitute Nigel Thomas pulled one back in the 57th minute, but Trenskow restored the two-goal lead in the 65th, again from a Rivera pass. Thomas scored again in the 72nd to make it 3-2, and Den Haag pushed for an equaliser that never arrived. Earlier, Juho Kilo and Matej Sin had the home side's best chances without scoring, and Nolhan Courtens and Dylan Vente missed openings to put the game out of reach. It was a second straight win for Heerenveen, who moved up to seventh. Den Haag could not follow up their first league win of the season, against PSV a week earlier, and stay second from bottom.