El Hamdaoui scored in the 13th and 47th minutes of his side's 5-0 rout of Eerste Divisie side MVV in which Florian Jozefzoon, Jan Vertonghen and Urby Emanuelson were also on the scoresheet.

Danny Koevermans' early strike set up PSV for a comfortable 3-0 home win over Sparta Rotterdam while Roda JC held their nerve to win 4-3 on penalties at Feyenoord after a 1-1 draw.

AZ's Brazilian striker Jonathas scored twice in a 3-2 win for AZ at Den Bosch in which John Verhoek's two goals had brought the home side back from 2-0 down to briefly level.

Two goals from Gynor Plet gave Heracles an easy 3-0 win at Topklasse side ARC while both Groningen and Twente enjoyed 4-1 away wins at Haaglandia and Capelle respectively.

Utrecht needed penalties to see off De Graafschap after a 1-1 draw while there were also wins for Excelsior - 3-0 at WKE - De Treffers, Cambuur, Eindhoven and Dijkse Boys.

The match between Rijnsburgse Boys and Deurne was abandoned after six minutes due to a floodlight failure with the score still goalless.