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Round 18 in the Eredivisie was completed last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. PSV lost its clear status at the top of the rankings, meaning that its own record from the 1987/88 season was no longer improved. Football zone looks back at this weekend's round of matches in the Eredivisie and highlights the most striking events and statistics every week.
FC Utrecht remained unbeaten in five of the last six home games against PSV in the Eredivisie and is now unbeaten in no less than ten games in the Eredivisie this season. Utrecht needed eighteen fouls against PSV, the highest number of Domstedelingen in an Eredivisie match in five years.
PSV dropped points for the first time this season. As a result, the record from the 1987/88 season was not further improved. Just like then, PSV won the first seventeen games in the Eredivisie from the start of the season. It was the first time this season that the Eindhoven team had fewer goal attempts than the opponent.
Feyenoord managed to beat last-place Vitesse thanks to a late goal from substitute Ondrej Lingr. It was the tenth goal this season for the Rotterdam team that was scored after the eightieth minute, which is the highest number of all clubs in the Eredivisie. Lutsharel Geertruida has scored his sixteenth Eredivisie goal since his debut in December 2018, which is at least five more than any other defender in that period.
Ajax player Brian Brobbey scored two goals on Sunday in the 4-1 win against RKC. Brobbey has now been involved in a goal in his last ten Eredivisie matches (9 goals, 4 assists). The last player to achieve this on behalf of Ajax was Dusan Tadic in 2019.
Ajax looked vulnerable at times against RKC, but based on the statistics, they played the most dominant match of this season. It sent a whopping 734 passes with an accuracy of 90.4 percent, both of which are the highest numbers of the season.
Michiel Kramer attracted attention especially after the match with some statements about the Ajax crowd, but also showed himself during the match with a goal. Kramer scored seven goals against Ajax in the Eredivisie in his career, more than against any other team, but has never managed to beat the Amsterdam team in a competition.
NEC recorded a great victory over number three FC Twente (1-0) on Saturday. The Nijmegen team has now taken thirteen points in the last five Eredivisie matches. Dirk Proper was one of the standouts for the home team. He created four chances, saw all his tackles succeed and was the NEC player who won the most personal duels.
Heracles Almelo took the twelfth point against FC Volendam after falling behind this season, the most of all Eredivisie clubs. Jizz Hornkamp attracted attention immediately after halftime by taking a yellow card after just nine seconds. This is the fastest card in the Eredivisie since Opta analyzed this data.
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