The Eredivisie title race remains alive after PSV Eindhoven could only draw 1-1 at home to FC Twente and Ajax's clash at FC Groningen was called off due to crowd trouble on Sunday.
The Philips Stadion stalemate extends PSV's advantage over the second-placed Amsterdam outfit to six points.
A point in PSV's one remaining game at Vitesse Arnhem will see the Eindhoven club clinch their fourth successive Eredivisie crown but defeat could let in Ajax, who have two games left and a superior goal difference.
Blaise Nkufo gave fourth-spotted Twente a 35th-minute lead but Jefferson Farfan equalised for Sef Vergoossen's men midway through the second half on Sunday.
Ajax's game at the Euroborg was postponed with one end of the stadium covered in smoke after fans reportedly set fire to toilet rolls, some of which were thrown onto the pitch.
Referee Erik Braamhaar took the players back to the dressing rooms before calling the game off after discussions between both captains and safety officials.
NAC Breda took advantage of Ajax's inactivity to move level with Adrie Koster's team courtesy of a 1-0 win at Heracles Almelo.
Edwin De Graaf struck the only goal of the game just before the hour mark to secure Ernie Brandts' team a place in the Champions League play-offs.
Two of the other teams chasing play-off berths for Europe's premier competition suffered surprise defeats to sides in the bottom half of the standings.
Fifth-placed Heerenveen surrendered a two-goal half-time lead to go down 4-2 at Sparta Rotterdam.
All looked to be going to plan for the visitors when Danijel Pranjic and Gerald Sibon put them two up at the interval, but a spirited fightback - and goals from Charles Dissels, Nourdin Boukhari, Sjaak Polak (penalty) and Marvin Emnes - saw the hosts turn the game on its head.
Feyenoord, in sixth, lost 3-1 at Willem II. An early brace from Frank Demouge put the home team in the ascendancy and Said Boutahar made it three before Luiz Andre Bahia's second-half consolation for the Rotterdammers.
That result which saw the Tilburg side move out of the relegation play-off spots at the expense of De Graafschap.
De Graafschap drew 1-1 at home to mid-table FC Utrecht. Will Johnson put the Superboeren ahead in the 72nd minute but Cedric van der Gun levelled matters for the visitors four minutes later.
Utrecht midfielder Gregoor van Dijk was sent off on the stroke of full-time for a second bookable offence but there was no time for the hosts to capitalise on their man advantage.
Excelsior moved off the foot of the table with a 1-1 home draw against AZ Alkmaar. Kees Luyckx put the hosts ahead on the hour mark but Ryan Donk restored parity nine minutes later.
The Rotterdam side are replaced at the bottom by VVV Venlo, who took the lead through Karim Soltani at Roda JC before going down 4-1. Marcel Meeuwis (penalty), Roland Lamah, Boldiszar Bodor and Anouar Hadouir were the men on target for the victors.
Finally, NEC Nijmegen consolidated ninth spot - the final UEFA Cup play-off berth - with a 1-0 home win over Vitesse Arnhem thanks to Krisztian Vadocz's first-half strike.
A point in PSV's one remaining game at Vitesse Arnhem will see the Eindhoven club clinch their fourth successive Eredivisie crown but defeat could let in Ajax, who have two games left and a superior goal difference.
Blaise Nkufo gave fourth-spotted Twente a 35th-minute lead but Jefferson Farfan equalised for Sef Vergoossen's men midway through the second half on Sunday.
Ajax's game at the Euroborg was postponed with one end of the stadium covered in smoke after fans reportedly set fire to toilet rolls, some of which were thrown onto the pitch.
Referee Erik Braamhaar took the players back to the dressing rooms before calling the game off after discussions between both captains and safety officials.
NAC Breda took advantage of Ajax's inactivity to move level with Adrie Koster's team courtesy of a 1-0 win at Heracles Almelo.
Edwin De Graaf struck the only goal of the game just before the hour mark to secure Ernie Brandts' team a place in the Champions League play-offs.
Two of the other teams chasing play-off berths for Europe's premier competition suffered surprise defeats to sides in the bottom half of the standings.
Fifth-placed Heerenveen surrendered a two-goal half-time lead to go down 4-2 at Sparta Rotterdam.
All looked to be going to plan for the visitors when Danijel Pranjic and Gerald Sibon put them two up at the interval, but a spirited fightback - and goals from Charles Dissels, Nourdin Boukhari, Sjaak Polak (penalty) and Marvin Emnes - saw the hosts turn the game on its head.
Feyenoord, in sixth, lost 3-1 at Willem II. An early brace from Frank Demouge put the home team in the ascendancy and Said Boutahar made it three before Luiz Andre Bahia's second-half consolation for the Rotterdammers.
That result which saw the Tilburg side move out of the relegation play-off spots at the expense of De Graafschap.
De Graafschap drew 1-1 at home to mid-table FC Utrecht. Will Johnson put the Superboeren ahead in the 72nd minute but Cedric van der Gun levelled matters for the visitors four minutes later.
Utrecht midfielder Gregoor van Dijk was sent off on the stroke of full-time for a second bookable offence but there was no time for the hosts to capitalise on their man advantage.
Excelsior moved off the foot of the table with a 1-1 home draw against AZ Alkmaar. Kees Luyckx put the hosts ahead on the hour mark but Ryan Donk restored parity nine minutes later.
The Rotterdam side are replaced at the bottom by VVV Venlo, who took the lead through Karim Soltani at Roda JC before going down 4-1. Marcel Meeuwis (penalty), Roland Lamah, Boldiszar Bodor and Anouar Hadouir were the men on target for the victors.
Finally, NEC Nijmegen consolidated ninth spot - the final UEFA Cup play-off berth - with a 1-0 home win over Vitesse Arnhem thanks to Krisztian Vadocz's first-half strike.
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