Almere City FC vs Roda 2-3

Roda came from two goals down to win 3-2 at Almere City FC, with Anthony van den Hurk scoring twice after halftime and completing the turnaround in the 74th minute.

Almere City FC led at the break after H. el Dahri opened the scoring in the 5th minute, finishing off Jamie Jacobs, and Jacobs then made it 2-0 on 51 minutes. Roda pulled one back three minutes later through van den Hurk, who was set up by Guilherme Martinho Peixoto, and the half-time score was 1-0 to Almere City FC.

Van den Hurk equalised on 61 minutes with an assist from Jerome Deom, who had come on in the 33rd minute, and then struck again in the 74th minute from Jeremiah Mensah, who had been introduced in Roda's double change on 69 minutes. Almere City FC made two changes of their own on 76 minutes, while Roda made another double switch on 90 minutes to see out the finish.

The numbers pointed to a closer contest than the scoreline in some areas and a heavier Roda threat in others. Almere City FC had 52% of the possession and 472 passes to Roda's 467, but Roda had more shots, 18 to 14, more on target, 12 to 6, more corners, 14 to 3, and a higher xG figure of 2.92 to 1.75. Almere City FC made 17 fouls to Roda's 8, while both sides finished with 1 offside.

There were no bookings or red cards.