Vitesse vs Emmen 0-2

Emmen left Arnhem with a 2-0 win after Jack Cooper Love broke the deadlock in the 61st minute and Michael Breij sealed it from the penalty spot in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

The first half finished goalless. Vitesse lost Pontus Dahbo to a 45th-minute substitution, and neither side found a breakthrough before the interval, leaving it 0-0 at half-time.

Emmen went ahead when Jack Cooper Love scored in the 61st minute from Bryan Van Hove's assist, making it 1-0. Vitesse then made two changes in the 69th minute, with Connor van den Berg and Filipe de Carvalho Ferreira going off before Maximilian Brüll and João Pinto came on, while Mathijs Marschalk was replaced by Alexander Büttner in the same window. Emmen responded with three changes in the 78th minute, taking off Alessandro Hojabrpour, Sybrand Veldhuis and Freddy Quispel for Luca Denk, Daan Lambers and Joshua Mukeh, then made another two changes in the 81st minute as Vitesse brought on Eduard Probst for Marco Schikora and Jeredy Hilterman for Xiamaro thenu. Breij's stoppage-time penalty made it 2-0 and settled the result.

The numbers were close in shots, with Vitesse on 11 and Emmen on 10, but Emmen had more efforts on target, 6-4, and a higher xG tally, 2.36 to 1.63. Emmen also had 55% possession, 470 passes to Vitesse's 371, and both goalkeepers were forced into four saves. Vitesse won 9 corners to Emmen's 7, while each side was offside once.

Emmen picked up the only bookings of the match, with Alessandro Hojabrpour cautioned in the 22nd minute and Freddy Quispel booked in the 35th minute. There were no red cards.