Own Goal Lifts ADO Den Haag Past Willem II To Extend Lead In Promotion Race

The win leaves ADO eight points clear of Cambuur despite the chaser’s games in hand.

Overview

ADO Den Haag won 1-0 at Willem II when home goalkeeper Thomas Didillon-Hödl put the ball into his own net inside the opening quarter-hour.
The result marked ADO’s fourth straight victory and 21st of the season, opening a gap of eight points over SC Cambuur and seventeen over De Graafschap in the fight for two automatic promotion places.
Cambuur kept pressure on the leaders with a 2-1 home win against FC Eindhoven thanks to a late strike from substitute Iawan Henstra and still holds two games in hand on ADO.
ADO noted injuries during the match to Nigel Thomas, Milan Hokken and Mees Kreekels, with Kreekels forced off after coming on for Hokken.
Captain Jari Vlak is suspended for the next match against VVV-Venlo, and the game in Tilburg was played with Willem II’s Kingside closed under a KNVB sanction for repeated fireworks incidents.