NEC Nijmegen vs. Feyenoord - prediction, team news, lineups

Winless against NEC successful 2 years, Feyenoord question to Goffertstadion connected Saturday, hoping to get the amended of their Nijmegen hosts successful matchday five's Eredivisie action.

Although 4 places abstracted the teams successful the early-season table, the Europa League returnees person played 1 less crippled heading into a play successful which they could leapfrog their Rotterdam visitors with a win.

Match preview

It was chartless however NEC would respond aft a disappointing travel to Bodo/Glimt, wherever slim hopes of overturning a 3-1 first-leg nonaccomplishment went up successful fume aft Gonzalo Crettaz's third-minute sending-off.

Dick Schreuder's side's eventual 3-0 nonaccomplishment connected the nighttime — 6-1 connected aggregate — means they indispensable marque bash with Europa League shot successful 2026-27, marking their instrumentality to the contention since 2008-09.

Returning to their breadstuff and food of the Eredivisie days later, a Tjaronn Chery brace and Perr Schuurs onslaught helped them connected their mode to a 2nd league triumph successful 3 attempts, with the Nijmegen outfit scoring 8 and conceding four.

That is undeniably par for the people for the free-scoring side, whose all-or-nothing attack typically sees them people much than the opponents nether Schreuder, but Feyenoord ostensibly airs a antithetic test.

Nonetheless, going 2 years unbeaten successful this fixture, albeit playing retired 3 draws during that period, ought to springiness the partisan fans astatine Goffertstadion much-needed optimism up of Saturday's clash.

The travelling supporters whitethorn inactive clasp vexation aft events of the erstwhile week, which saw the Pride of the South play retired a 2-2 gully with league returnees ADO Den Haag.

Much of that annoyance stems from falling 2 goals down aft 53 minutes, but goals from Ayase Ueda — who has since near the nine — and Anis Hadj Moussa preserved the Stadium Club's extended unbeaten streak successful a lucifer successful which they accumulated 33 shots to Den Haag's eight, each amounting to Expected Goals (xG) of 2.37 to 0.22.

While Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men person present failed to triumph some matches astatine De Kuip, heading to Nijmegen connected the backmost of back-to-back league victories connected their travels possibly bodes good up of this weekend's clash.

Even though some victories astatine Sparta and Cambuur were matches De Stadionclub were expected to win, a sterner trial astatine Goffertstadion is anticipated arsenic the Rotterdam visitors question to sphere their 18-match tally without losing.

Nonetheless, their inability to support cleanable sheets — De Stadionclub person fto successful 2 goals successful 4 consecutive Eredivisie games — leaves that series susceptible heading into Saturday's NEC test.

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Team News

Deveron Fonville went disconnected astatine the interruption against PEC Zwolle with a suspected ankle issue, apt ruling retired the defender against Feyenoord.

If Fonville is ruled out, the defender could articulation Philippe Sandler, Darko Nejasmic (head) and Ahmetcan Kaplan (knee) connected the attraction array up of matchday five.

The hosts were beneficiaries of Chery's brace past clip out, bringing him to 3 league goals for the season, much than immoderate of his teammates.

The visitors tin nary longer trust connected past season's starring scorer, Ueda, to beryllium productive, with the forward's onslaught against Den Haag bringing an extremity to his clip astatine the nine arsenic helium has since departed for Lille.

While it remains to beryllium seen who replaces Ueda astatine centre-forward — Nacho Ferri is the likeliest enactment — Gjivai Zechiel's dual menace of scorer and creator gives the Rotterdam giants immoderate match-winning anticipation aft the exit of their erstwhile frontman.

On the wounded front, Van Bronckhorst volition beryllium without the sidelined Bart Nieuwkoop, Gijs Smal (ankle injury), Jakub Moder (knee), Thomas Beelen (leg) and Jordan Bos (knee).

NEC imaginable starting lineup:

Crettaz; Storm, Nuytinck, Kabar; Tahaui, Monteiro, Lebreton, Bischoff; Tadic; Chery, Linssen

Feyenoord imaginable starting lineup:

Ernst; Read, Watanabe, St Juste, Marmol; Zechiel, Targhalline, Valente; Hadj Moussa, Nacho, Diarra

We say: NEC 3-1 Feyenoord

Despite Feyenoord arriving successful Nijmegen connected an awesome 18-match unbeaten tally crossed each competitions, their persistent antiaircraft frailties and the merchantability of Ueda could undermine their home ambitions.

Backed by a passionate location assemblage and a lethal guardant enactment susceptible of punishing immoderate lapses successful concentration, the hosts person the indispensable ruthlessness to outscore and leapfrog their Rotterdam opponents successful the table.

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