Utrecht vs Willem II 3-1

Utrecht came from a half-time stalemate to beat Willem II 3-1 at Stadion Galgenwaard, with Yoann Cathline scoring twice and Ángel Alarcón sealing it in stoppage time.

Neither side scored before the break, though Cathline was booked in the 45th minute. The interval arrived with the game still at 0-0.

Cathline opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, finishing from Dani De Wit to make it 1-0. Willem II replied in the 60th minute through Jaden Slory, who was set up by Vito van Crooy, to level at 1-1. Utrecht then made two changes on 68 minutes and went back in front in the 75th minute, when Cathline struck again from Oualid Agougil for his second of the match. Willem II made two changes on 72 minutes and two more on 81 minutes, while Utrecht made two more on 82 minutes. Alarcón, who had come on in the 68th minute, made it 3-1 in the second minute of stoppage time from Adrian Blake, who had come on in the 82nd minute.

Utrecht had 58% of the ball, 480 passes to Willem II's 351, and 24 shots to 9. They also led 6-2 on target, 7-3 for corners and 1.21-0.56 on xG, while Willem II had 3 saves to Utrecht's 1 and finished with 2 offsides to Utrecht's none.

Utrecht had two yellow cards, for Yoann Cathline in the 45th minute and Nikolas Panagiotou in the 80th minute. Willem II finished without a booking, and there were no red cards.