Ryan Babel scored twice and Ajax beat FC Groningen 3-2 in the Dutch league on Saturday.

Babel gave Ajax the lead in the 51st minute, before Ukraine midfielder Yevgeni Levchenko equalized with a penalty kick in the 56th.

Four minutes later, Luis Suarez scored to put Groningen ahead, but Babel levelled in the 74th.

Defender Urby Emanuelson scored the winner with an eight-meter shot in the 80th.

It was the first loss of the season for Groningen, which hasn't won at the Amsterdam Arena in 12 years.

Substitute Gretar Steinsson and Danny Koevermans scored a goal each in AZ Alkmaar's 2-0 win over Sparta Rotterdam.

At Breda, striker Romano Denneboom scored two goals inside five minutes to help NEC Nijmegen beat NAC Breda 2-0. NAC, which is winless at home this season, had two early chances denied by Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Babos before Donneboon scored in the 17th and 21st minutes.

Babos, who played 126 matches for NAC between June 2000 and July 2004, made two diving saves to deny Mike Zonneveld in the first 10 minutes.

Ajax leads the standings with 18 points one ahead of second-place AZ. Groningen dropped to third with 14 points. PSV Eindhoven has 13 points.

In another seventh-round match, Onur Kaya scored in Vitesse Arnhem's 1-0 win over beat Willem II.

On Friday, Blaise N'Kufo and Kennedy Bakircioglu each scored in FC Twente's 2-1 win over 10-man ADO The Hague, which is winless in seven league matches.

Michael Mols scored a 38th-minute goal for ADO, which had defender Stijn Vreven sent off for handling in the box. N'Kufo scored from the resulting penalty in the 58th minute.

On Sunday, defending champion PSV hopes to maintain its 28-match unbeaten home record stretching back to December 2004 when it plays Roda JC.

Roda was the last Eredivisie side to win at PSV's Philips Stadium.

Also Sunday, it's: Heracles Almelo vs. SC Heerenveen; Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Utrecht; and RKC Waalwijk vs. Feyenoord.