Overview

• Reuven Niemeijer scored twice for the hosts, opening after a Tristan Kuijsten error and later making it 3-1 following a Guus Beaumont turnover.
• Ibrahim El Kadiri put De Graafschap back in front for 2-1 moments after Julian Rijkhoff had briefly equalized for Almere City.
• Byron Burgering cut the deficit to 3-2 early in the second half from a Milan de Haan through ball.
• Play was halted in the 58th minute due to a medical emergency in the stands, and it resumed after the supporter was taken out conscious on a stretcher.
• Almere City created late pressure—including a first-half effort off the post and a chance for substitute Poku—but De Graafschap held firm at De Vijverberg in Doetinchem.