National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Feyenoord or NEC that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Feyenoord nor NEC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Feyenoord form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd round.22 points is a decent return from 10 Eredivisie games here at Stadion Feijenoord for Feyenoord. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Feyenoord, who played 2-2 against PSV. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion Feijenoord). There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against PSV as Jahanbakhsh's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Slot made a very successful substitution after 0-2 minutes in the game against PSV, bringing on Jahanbakhsh who later scored two goals to force the draw 2-2. Midfield player Wieffer got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Wieffer hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
1-1 away at FC Twente before that.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Feyenoord home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Feyenoord after this match as they are travelling to SC Heerenveen for a Eredivisie game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 10 games), Feyenoord's attacking play is working. Feyenoord have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
NEC form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from NEC's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Eredivisie. NEC only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
It might be tough going out on the road again for NEC, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Go Ahead Eagles. Kramer was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Kramer won 11 of 14 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SC Cambuur in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting NEC as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Feyenoord have won or drawn the last 7 fixtures (6-1-0) against NEC.Top Goalscorers
  O. Kökçü 8 goals |  D. Pereira da Silva 8 goals |  S. Szymański 6 goals |
Feyenoord missing players
NEC missing players
| Feyenoord | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 55 | 36 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 36% | ||
| 6.9 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17.4 | 18.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 13.6 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 8.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 14 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | AZ | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 4 | PSV | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | NEC | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 12 |
