Kerkrade, Holland (My Sportsbook) - Vitesse moved into the top-half of the Eredivisie standings on Saturday with a 4-2 comeback win over Roda at Parkstad Limburg Stadion.
Sekou Cisse and Andres Oper scored three minutes apart to put Roda up 2-0 a half-hour into the contest. However, Danko Lazovic tallied the first of his two goals before halftime to make it 2-1. Vitesse took over from there, getting goals from Anduele Prijor, Fred Benson and a second strike from Lazovic to rally for the win.
Dieter Van Tornhout's header in the 26th minute was superbly stopped by Harald Wapenaar in the Vitesse net. However, the rebound fell for Cisse, who slammed it home from close range for a 1-0 lead to the home side.
Adil Ramzi fed Oper for the second Roda goal three minutes later. The Estonian collected the pass and turned and fired a quick shot that gave Wapenaar no chance, putting Roda up 2-0.
It looked like the home club was on its way to securing three points, but Lazovic struck before halftime to cut the Vitesse deficit to one as he headed home Youssouf Hersi's cross.
Lazovic had a hand in the equalizer for the visitors as he swung in a perfect cross for Prijor, who calmly finished to even the match four minutes after the restart.
Vitesse's comeback effort became a little easier in the 68th minute as Roda's Davy De Fauw picked up his second yellow card, earning him a dismissal.
In the 74th minute Vitesse went in front on Lazovic's second goal of the day. The Serbian striker dispossessed substitute Pa-Modou Kah and then slotted home a shot from close distance to make it 3-2 to the visitors.
Benson then added an insurance goal in stoppage time to preserve all three points.
In other action on Saturday, Den Haag built a two-goal lead in the opening 20 minutes and held on for a 2-1 win over Willem II and NAC blanked Sparta 3-0.
On Sunday, Ajax will try to close the gap at the top with a visit to Excelsior, while AZ looks to do the same when it hosts Groningen. Feyenoord visits Utrecht in an effort to keep pace with the other top five teams in Holland, RKC Waalwijk needs to start picking up points to avoid relegation against NEC and Twente will keep its lofty position in the standings with a win against Heerenveen.
