Utrecht 2-0 NAC Breda result, stats and report

Utrecht claimed a 2-1 victory at Excelsior in the Eredivisie despite being outworked for large portions of the match, with Dani de Wit's stoppage-time finish settling it after Aymen Sliti had equalised for the hosts.

PSV Eindhoven were utterly ruthless at Utrecht, winning 6-1 in a performance that exposed everything wrong with the home side. This was not a football match. It was a statement.

Utrecht threw away a three-goal lead as GO Ahead Eagles came from behind to snatch a 3-3 draw in the Eredivisie, with Artem Stepanov converting a stoppage-time penalty to complete a stunning comeback.

Sparta Rotterdam twice led and twice allowed Utrecht back into the game before a 90th-minute header rescued a point, but the deeper story is a defensive structure that continues to cost them in ways that are entirely correctable.

Utrecht and Willem II meet on Sunday with a combined record of zero wins across their last nine Eredivisie matches. Someone has to end their misery. The question is whether either side is capable of it.

Feyenoord host Utrecht at De Kuip on Sunday knowing their fortress has developed some unexpected cracks, while a Utrecht side yet to win on the road this season arrive carrying defensive problems that make them dangerous company for the wrong reasons.

Two sides carrying contrasting home and away records collide in Rotterdam on Sunday, with Excelsior desperate to reverse a damaging pattern at their own ground and Utrecht looking to find the consistency away from home that has so far eluded them.

Utrecht sit bottom of the early Eredivisie table with two defeats from two games, and GO Ahead Eagles arrive in form enough to punish them. Saturday evening could get very uncomfortable very quickly.