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ADO Den Haag dismissed head coach Robin Peter because of disappointing results. The club stood 17th in the Eredivisie after taking six points from 11 matches, with only one win, and had also been eliminated from the KNVB Cup by amateur side Excelsior '31.
Peter, a 39-year-old German, had led ADO to promotion to the Eredivisie in the previous season. Assistant coach Levi Schwiebbe is temporarily in charge while the club looks for a new head coach.
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Willem II dismissed head coach John Stegeman after nine Eredivisie matches without a win, with the Tilburg club bottom on two points. Assistant coach Pascal Diender also left. Adrie Koster, the club’s technical adviser, took charge on an interim basis before Willem II appointed Jurgen Streppel as head coach until the end of the season. Streppel had previously coached the club from 2011 to 2016. Koster’s first league match ended in a 6-1 home defeat to SC Cambuur, although one report said Willem II also reached the next KNVB Cup round under him. Streppel then began his return with a 7-0 defeat away to PSV. After 11 league matches, Willem II remains without a win and is bottom of the Eredivisie with two points.
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PSV beat Willem II 7-0 at the Philips Stadion in the Eredivisie. Mauro Júnior opened the scoring after about 20 minutes and Guus Til made it 2-0 before half-time. Sven Mijnans, Ruben van Bommel, Ricardo Pepi, Kodai Sano and Shuryjano Cornecion scored after the break. Pepi scored on his return from injury, while Cornecion registered his first goal for PSV’s first team. Willem II, playing its first match under returning coach Jurgen Streppel, remained on two points from 11 matches. PSV benefited from Feyenoord dropping points against Fortuna Sittard and is now two points behind the league leaders.
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SC Cambuur beat PEC Zwolle 1-0 at the MAC3PARK Stadion. Nicolas Binder scored the late winner after coming on as a substitute; reports placed the goal in either the 83rd or 84th minute. PEC created chances, particularly before half-time, but did not score. The defeat was PEC’s third in a row, while Cambuur extended its unbeaten run to four league matches and moved up to 12th place according to one report. Pressure on PEC coach Henry van der Vegt increased during and after the match. One report said supporters displayed white handkerchiefs and called for his departure. PEC Zwolle dismissed Van der Vegt the following day, with the club 16th after eight matches.
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Willem II lost 1-6 at home to SC Cambuur in Adrie Koster’s first match as interim coach, following John Stegeman’s dismissal. Thomas Didillon-Hödl returned from injury in goal, but Cambuur led 3-0 after 18 minutes through Nicolas Binder, Ilyès Hamache and Ismaël Baouf. Binder scored again after the break, before Didillon-Hödl’s error led to Cambuur’s fifth goal. Substitute Anass Zarrouk pulled one back, and Jason Çeka scored the visitors’ final goal. The result left Willem II without a league win after 10 matches and on two points. Captain Hidde ter Avest said the players shared responsibility for Stegeman’s departure and that the side had not stayed together after conceding early. Koster said he had expected more, while stressing that he had had only two days with the players. Willem II then beat Helmond Sport 4-3 in the first round of the KNVB Cup, ending a run of 10 matches without a victory.