Soccer match preview: Feyenoord confident before travelling to Go Ahead Eagles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

This should be yet another exciting battle at De Adelaarshorst in the Eredivisie. Go Ahead Eagles is in 17th place and host Feyenoord in 1st position. Read about the game here!

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest scored goals (2) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord is in the best form (3-1-0) in Eredivisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Go Ahead Eagles, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in Eredivisie, have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 2 games. It's trouble wherever Go Ahead Eagles are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 190 minutes without scoring a league goal. Edvardsen was the last player to find the net.

The Eagles crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Sparta Rotterdam here at De Adelaarshorst. Idzes, defender, was given a rating of 8.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Idzes won 3 of 11 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at FC Groningen.

At De Adelaarshorst, Go Ahead Eagles has the goal stats of 2-6 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord are yet to lose a point on their Eredivisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Feyenoord has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow is eager to challenge this, with his 304 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Feyenoord are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the game against FC Emmen (placed 12th). As mentioned above, Feyenoord was the only team on the pitch versus FC Emmen in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Rasmussen, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.1. Rasmussen scored one goal and won 2 of 2 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against RKC Waalwijk with the score of 1-0.

It's early days yet, but Feyenoord has scored 6 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Go Ahead Eagles-Feyenoord H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Eagles four wins, Feyenoord five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
3 goals
Go Ahead EaglesI. Lidberg
I. Lidberg
1 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Feyenoord missing players

Go Ahead Eagles Feyenoord
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 2 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 2 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 2 Scored S 6 6 10
9 6 5 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 50%
25% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
25% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 25%
25% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 75%
75% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.5 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 8
6.2 6.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.5 3.8
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.5 0.5
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 17 17 18.5
3.2 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 8 7.8
15% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 32%
 
16.8 19 23 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 8.5
8 9.5 11 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (6) away in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+8) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord is in the best form (3-1-0) in Eredivisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest scored goals (2) in Eredivisie
Go Ahead Eagles Last season Feyenoord
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 7   Won W   11 22
6 1   Drew D   2 5
18 9   Lost L   4 7
37 25   Scored S   37 76
51 24   Conceded C   17 34
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
68% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
44% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 68%
24% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 47%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
44% 47%   BTTS BTTS   59% 56%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 38%
38% 29%   Failed to Score F T   6% 9%
 
3.8 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   6.9 6.9
5.3 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.6
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.2
5 4   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.4 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   17.6 19.1
3.5 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 6.4
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 35%
 
15.9 13.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 8.9
5.3 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 10
2 Ajax 3 3 0 0 10 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 7 9
3 SC Heerenveen 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 5 8
4 PSV 2 2 0 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 2 6 6
5 Excelsior 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
6 FC Twente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
7 AZ 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 6
8 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -4 5
9 NEC 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 4
10 SC Cambuur 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 4
11 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
12 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -6 4
13 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
14 FC Utrecht 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 2
15 FC Volendam 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
16 Vitesse 4 0 1 3 5 14 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 1
17 Go Ahead Eagles 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
18 Fortuna Sittard 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.