Eredivisie returns with Go Ahead hosting Telstar

The Eredivisie break ends on Friday 23 October. Go Ahead host Telstar in the fixture that restarts the league, a matchday 10 game with a kick-off set for 2026-10-23T18:00:00Z.

The last league action before the pause came at NEC, where NEC and Sittard drew 2-2 on Sunday 18 October. Two points shared, nothing settled.

At the top, Feyenoord lead with 23 points and a goal difference of +21. AZ are second on 20 with +10, PSV third on 19 with +15. Ajax have the same goal difference as PSV — +15 — but sit fourth on 18. That is the gap a single afternoon can close.

Twente hold fifth on 17, goal difference +7. Sittard are sixth on 15 with a negative -1, the only side in the top six carrying a deficit.

The scoring chart is tighter still. Milan Zonneveld of Sparta leads with 7 goals. Behind him, three players are level on 6: Søren Tengstedt of Go Ahead, Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson and Thom van Bergen, both of Groningen, and Julian Brandt of Ajax.

One of those names is directly involved in the restart. Søren Tengstedt has 6 goals for Go Ahead, and his team opens the second block of fixtures at home.

What should we expect from a side that has had a week to think? Nothing reliable. The table says Feyenoord are the team to catch; the fixture list says the catching starts at Go Ahead.

Telstar arrive with the lowest-profile assignment of the round and the simplest brief: spoil the homecoming. Eredivisie has been dormant since Sunday 18 October. It does not stay dormant for long.