Week 6 brings us a match on Sep 11th, where Feyenoord hosts Sparta Rotterdam in a clash of the Eredivisie in the ever popular Rotterdam derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Feyenoord recorded a 4-3 win against Go Ahead Eagles. Patrik Wålemark scored the first goal for Go Ahead Eagles on an own goal in the 3rd minute, then Isac Lidberg added another in the 13th minute on a feed from Bobby Adekanye But luckily in the 56th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Javairô Dilrosun. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Feyenoord should be reasonably happy with their performance, while sparta Rotterdam sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against FC Volendam. Vito van Crooy struck first for Sparta Rotterdam in the 14th minute, then Tobias Lauritsen added another in the 68th minute on a feed from Mica Pinto In the end, FC Volendam was frustrated by Sparta Rotterdam’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sparta Rotterdam ended the match with the shutout victory. Sparta Rotterdam is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Feyenoord won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Tobias Lauritsen and Vito van Crooy have been the hottest scorers for Sparta Rotterdam in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Danilo has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored five goals for Feyenoord
Marcos López is unavailable to play for Feyenoord, while Tim Coremans and Koki Saito are unavailable to play for Maurice Steijn’s team.