Luigi Bruins opened the scoring for the Rotterdammers after five minutes and, although Keisuke Honda restored parity eight minutes later, the hosts were not to be denied.

Further strikes from Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Michael Mols and Nuri Sahin sealed an emphatic win.

The victory sees Feyenoord move to within five points of leaders PSV Eindhoven, who visit Roda JC on Sunday.

NAC Breda boosted their European hopes by moving up to fourth with a 2-0 victory over rock-bottom Excelsior.

Fouad Idabdelhay opened the scoring for the hosts on the stroke of half-time and Joonas Kolkka made sure of the points on the hour mark.

FC Twente remain in line for a UEFA Cup play-off place after consolidating seventh spot with a thrilling 4-3 home win over 10-man Vitesse Arnhem.

Santi Kolk's double looked to have turned the match in the visitors' favour after Romano Denneboom had put Twente ahead in the fourth minute.

But Blaise N'Kufo had other ideas and struck twice - once either side of a Youssouf Hersi effort - to put the hosts 4-2 ahead.

Claudemir pulled one back for Vitesse right at the end but it was not enough for the Arnhem outfit, whose cause was not helped by the 73rd-minute dismissal of Alexander Buttner.

Elsewhere on Saturday, struggling pair De Graafschap and Heracles Almelo battled out a goalless draw.

On Friday night, Miralem Sulejmani struck a late winner as Heerenveen leapfrogged FC Groningen with a 1-0 win.

The 19-year-old Serbia international fired past Brian van Loo from the left side of the penalty area for his 13th goal of the league season with five minutes remaining at the Euroborg stadium.