Eredivisie round 2

NEC v Heerenveen
AZ v Sparta
Ajax v Waalwijk
Roda v Groningen
NAC v Heracles
Vitesse v Feyenoord
Utrecht v Willem II
Twente v PSV
VVV Venlo v Den Haag

Top game in the low country this week is in Enschede where PSV are the visitors to the Arke Stadion. After a great start to their Eredivisie campaign last week, Twente were dumped out of the Champions League in midweek to a last minute goal by Sporting's goalkeeper. That's a blow, but a win over PSV will go a long way to restoring the spirit at the club. PSV have goals in them, that much is clear, but huge question marks were posed last week by promoted Venlo who pegged the Eindhoveners back in a 3-3 draw. Amrabat, Toivonen, Afellay et al are going to be a handful and ex-Twente man Orlando Engelaar will relish lining up against his former team-mates. Like every club he coached, Bobby Robson was held in great esteem in Eindhoven and emotion will run high following Robson's death in the week.

AZ will look to kick-start their defence of the title at home to lowly Sparta, presumably without Graziano Pelle and Gil Swerts who were both sent off last week. Ajax face promoted Waalwijk and shouldn't have a problem there. Of all the summer signings, Dennis Rommedahl may just prove the key one for Ajax and the veteran Dane slotted in well in his first game for the club last week. If he can get the best out of Miralem Sulejmani, they're in business. The squad does look bloated though.

Feyenoord won well a week ago and travel to Arnhem in round two. The Rotterdam side are still looking to the ageing pair of Roy Makaay and Jon Dahl Tomasson for goals, but the squad looks better equipped this time around. Relegation shouldn't stalk them this time. Vitesse don't look a great side.

Heerenveen continue to do things their way and with Danijel Pranjic the latest player they've developed to have gone on to bigger things, they'll just have to unearth another one. Pablo Henriques looks to be the main man this time around while NEC, their opponents this weekend, are in something of a transition phase. Groningen make the trip to Limburg to face Roda, week one surprise package Heracles will look to build on the win over AZ at Breda, leaders Willem II go to Utrecht and Venlo have a home game with ADO.