Rasmus Elm scored the only goal of the match in the 51st minute before Roda were reduced to 10 men when Mark-Jan Fledderus saw red for his second bookable offence.

Wilfried Bony poached a point-winning strike for Vitesse Arnhem as opponents PSV Eindhoven slipped four points behind AZ Alkmaar.

PSV had reeled off six consecutive wins across all competitions heading into today's match, and when they took an early lead through Tim Matavz it looked set to become seven in a row.

But Bony fired in a leveller just before the hour mark and the visitors could not take any of their late chances to regain the lead.

Jan Vertonghen headed the equaliser as 10-man Ajax fought back for a 1-1 draw against Feyenoord at the Amsterdam ArenA.

Teenage defender Stefan de Vrij put the Rotterdam side ahead after 61 minutes and they were a man to the good just a couple of minutes later when home goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer was dismissed for a professional foul on Guyon Fernandez.

But Vertonghen scored in the 67th minute to rescue a point for the hosts.

Hyun-jun Suk came off the bench to earn a point for FC Groningen against FC Twente.

Ola John put the the visitors ahead in front in the 20th minute but Suk levelled for Groningen in the 66th minute.