Eindhoven edged past Roeselare 2:1 in the second preliminary round of the Dutch Cup on Tuesday evening. The hosts took an early lead through A. Selimi before Z. Soree equalised, but D. Alexandrov's late strike secured the win. By then the match had settled into something more interesting than the scoreline suggested.
Selimi found the net in the seventeenth minute, catching Roeselare off-guard. The visitors responded well enough to level through Soree in the fifty-third, though Eindhoven never looked entirely comfortable. Alexandrov broke through in the eighty-first to give his side the lead they needed.
Roeselare dominated possession at 55 per cent and registered 76 attacks compared to Eindhoven's 56. They earned five corners while the hosts managed none. Yet the statistics tell only part of the story — many shots with one goal means chances went begging, and that is what happened here.
Eindhoven kept one yellow card while Roeselare collected four. Both sides had no red cards and no goalkeeper saves to report. The match ended cleanly without disciplinary drama.
The result extends Eindhoven's recent run of positive form. They had beaten Elinkwijk 3:0 and Berkum 2:1 in their previous two outings before this cup victory. Roeselare's last outing was a 4:0 win over GSV 28, though their recent record shows more mixed results.
What matters most is that Eindhoven have moved further ahead in the competition. The goal difference shifts by one, and the hosts advance while the visitors must now look elsewhere for silverware.
