Eredivisie roundup: Sparta save draw at the death as PEC Zwolle get season going

[h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sittard/YH8HX5iP/"]Fortuna Sittard[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/az-alkmaar/2RxOow1i/"]AZ[/a]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/az-alkmaar-2RxOow1i/sittard-YH8HX5iP/?mid=YFlpKveS"]0-2[/a][/h2][p]Ten-man Fortuna Sittard held on for dear life, but had to concede the win to AZ, who victored 2-0 in Limburg.[/p][p]Indonesia international [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ter-haar-romeny-ole/dYaZXyLc/"]Ole Romeny[/a] was sent off in the fifth minute for a big charge on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chavez-mateo/faDbbOlf/"]Mateo Chavez[/a], planting his foot on the inside of Chavez's ankle. Despite the advantage, it took AZ nearly an hour to finally take the lead in Sittard, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hornkamp-jizz/b9QGqdck/"]Jizz Hornkamp[/a] scoring in his first game since March 2026.[/p][p]Hornkamp finished the job for AZ deep into added time, tapping in a low cross from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stengs-calvin/zVcGaA1B/"]Calvin Stengs[/a] to get the final score of 2-0 on the board and keep AZ on a 100% score after three games.[/p][image alt="AZ dominated against Fortuna Sittard" id="3327044b-8647-4c7c-9d69-2fe7a0e94a24" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e297603b-8c0b-48c5-836f-6f74bf8e4840" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sparta-rotterdam/KK4FaFV3/"]Sparta Rotterdam[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/utrecht/p6QXMgOj/"]FC Utrecht[/a]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sparta-rotterdam-KK4FaFV3/utrecht-p6QXMgOj/?mid=xCwOCdm2"]3-3[/a][/h2][p]FC Utrecht finally won their first point of the season, but were left to rue a missed opportunity after a late equaliser meant Utrecht had to share the spoils with Sparta Rotterdam in a 3-3 draw.[/p][p]Belgian defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/didden-matisse/zHYrzJqD/"]Matisse Didden[/a] gave Utrecht the lead shortly after the opening quarter hour, but his goal was cancelled out by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-marvin/boNtOrd2/"]Marvin Young[/a]'s equaliser late in the first half, heading in his second goal of the season.[/p][p]A well-formed attack got Utrecht back in the lead a minute after half-time, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayer-leverkusen/4jcj2zMd/"]Bayer Leverkusen[/a] loanee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stepanov-artem/ldk7Wmoe/"]Artem Stepanov[/a] sliding in the 2-1 from a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vesterlund-niklas/d0zffwaj/"]Niklas Vesterlund[/a] cross. The lead didn't last again, however, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zonneveld-milan/tMlDJFgT/"]Milan Zonneveld[/a] clinically finishing his chance five minutes after coming on in the 62nd minute.[/p][embed guid="d9c19eb9-8e0b-4bcb-be70-ffd236c93b29" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2091237385023459486?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]English forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blake-adrian/4OD12mLM/"]Adrian Blake[/a] earned Utrecht a third lead of the day in the 76th minute, steering the ball into [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bednarek-filip/Kr9pYKT2/"]Filip Bednarek[/a]'s far corner after accidentally being given the ball by the Sparta defence. The last laugh belonged to the hosts, however, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verschuren-nick/xYJBCwEn/"]Nick Verschuren[/a] heading Sparta to a 3-3 draw in the 94th minute.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/heerenveen/EDjXSyWG/"]sc Heerenveen[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zwolle/r1L5w2EB/"]PEC Zwolle[/a]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/heerenveen-EDjXSyWG/zwolle-r1L5w2EB/?mid=l0p9z0u9"]0-2[/a][/h2][p]PEC Zwolle fought to their first win of the Eredivisie season, beating Heerenveen 2-0 in Frisia.[/p][p]A tame first half was followed by a quick goal from veteran defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/viergever-nick/8OhQbgDA/"]Nick Viergever[/a] in the second half, thus becoming PEC Zwolle's second-oldest goal scorer in club history. Striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostons-koen/YLiTuiH4/"]Koen Kostons[/a] added PEC's second goal ten minutes later, unapologetically firing the ball past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/klaverboer-bernt/byxyKt8g/"]Bernt Klaverboer[/a]'s near post after another fine assist from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbayo-dylan/CnL2Axpm/"]Dylan Mbayo[/a].[/p][embed guid="8ad557ad-de25-415c-bc37-59e952a12330" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2091258602187043045?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]