Emmen vs MVV 0-2

MVV won 2-0 at De Oude Meerdijk, with Thijme Verheijen's early goal and Noa El Hamdaoui's second-half strike doing the damage.

MVV led at the break after Verheijen finished Delano Asante's pass in the 12th minute to make it 1-0. That was the only goal before half-time, and Emmen went in trailing 1-0.

The visitors doubled their lead in the 71st minute when Noa El Hamdaoui, who had come on in the 45th minute, scored from Finn Dicke's assist to make it 2-0. Emmen made two changes on 74 minutes, with Mustafa Abdullatif and Torben Rhein both going off, but they did not find a way back into the match. MVV had already made a change at the break, sending on Noa El Hamdaoui for Toni Vinogradac, and later replaced Mika Luijendijk on 83 minutes and Thijme Verheijen on 87 minutes as they saw out the result.

Emmen had 60% of the ball and 529 passes to MVV's 344, but MVV had more shots, 15 to 9, more on target, 6 to 3, and a stronger xG return at 2.58 to 1.06. MVV also won 11 corners to Emmen's 4. The sides were level on saves at 3 apiece, while Emmen were called for 13 fouls and MVV for 14.

Emmen's only booking went to Bryan Van Hove in the first minute of stoppage time. There were no red cards.