On the 3rd of September, in this week 5 match, Go Ahead Eagles will play host to Feyenoord in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 17th placed Go Ahead Eagles is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Sparta Rotterdam. Tobias Lauritsen scored the first goal for Sparta Rotterdam in the 18th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Go Ahead Eagles couldn’t muster any offence and Sparta Rotterdam ran away with the shutout win. Go Ahead Eagles looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 2nd placed Feyenoord is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against FC Emmen. Quinten Timber struck first for Feyenoord in the 60th minute, then Santiago Giménez added another in the 85th minute on a feed from Alireza Jahanbakhsh In the end, FC Emmen was frustrated by Feyenoord’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Feyenoord ended the match with the shutout victory. Feyenoord is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Feyenoord won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Danilo has been the most prolific scorer on Feyenoord in the last five matches with 3 goals. Oliver Valaker Edvardsen and Isac Lidberg are the top scorers for Go Ahead Eagles in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Berden is unavailable to play for René Hake’s team, while Arne Slot’s squad will be without Marcos López.