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MATCH DAY! Make-up match against Heracles Almelo in De Kuip

It’s match day again! Tonight the make-up match against Heracles Almelo is on the program in De Kuip. Feyenoord played a draw at FC Twente in Enschede last Sunday. As a result, the Rotterdammers no longer have the least loss points in the Eredivisie. Still, there is enough at stake tonight: when Feyenoord wins, it rises to second place in the ranking. The match starts tonight at 8:00 PM and can be followed live via ESPN and via the live blog on FR12.nl.

Form Feyenoord
The team from Rotterdam failed to win in the competition for the first time since October 24 last Sunday. Feyenoord drew in a very mediocre match against FC Twente (0-0). Although Arne Slot’s team hardly gave away any chances, it was unable to take advantage of the opportunities it created itself. Cyriel Dessers in particular, again a substitute, had the best chances in the final phase of the match. The dominant field play was also reflected in the statistics: Feyenoord shot nineteen times (five times on goal) and only conceded three shots (one on goal). Still, it was a game to soon forget. Due to the draw, Ajax ended up on Feyenoord; PSV also played a draw and therefore does not distance themselves from the Rotterdam team.

After the game, Slot was very satisfied. The trainer spoke of an ‘almost perfect away game’. “Because you just gave away one shot on target. If you create four or five big chances, that’s good, but unfortunately not enough for the win.” Feyenoord had a hard time in Enschede, but in the final phase they still had the opportunity to win the match. ”You do that by not giving anything away at all, while you play very attacking football and are constantly in your opponent’s half. That is certainly good against Twente, which has a very strong selection. Then it is a pity that we did not score a goal from the chances.” Feyenoord was close to victory a number of times in the final phase, but to no avail. Toornstra thinks that luck has been lost. “Yeah, he doesn’t fall. We said at halftime that this is about a 1-0 game. That we had to keep playing disciplined. We did, we didn’t give anything away. You have to be a bit lucky that it falls, but I think we’ve already lost that luck.”

Slot expects a difficult game tonight. ”Heracles Almelo puts a lot of work into the game as a team”, Slot said yesterday on the Feyenoord website. They can also keep up with that. This makes them one of the fittest teams in the Eredivisie. They also have a well-organized game plan.”

Bijlow, who has been nominated for the FR12 Player of the Month with Trauner, Aursnes and Dessers, is not there yet tonight. The keeper has not yet recovered from his corona infection. Ofir Marciano is therefore under the bar tonight. Furthermore, Slot does not seem to change anything in the team. Vote here for your FR12 Player of the Month.

Suspected line-up Feyenoord
Marciano; Pedersen, Trauner, Senesi, Malacia; Aursnes, Til, Kökcü; Toornstra, Linssen, Sinisterra

Shape Heracles Almelo
The team of trainer Frank Wormuth can be found in fourteenth place in the ranking. They have only won once in the last five games; at home against Fortuna Sittard (3-1). Furthermore, they lost three times (1-0 against PEC Zwolle, FC Twente and FC Utrecht) and drew once (0-0 against Ajax). Heracles Almelo is only four points above the relegation zone.

The depth of Feyenoord is something Heracles should pay attention to tonight, Wormuth acknowledges. ”We look at what we can change, optimize and improve about the match plan. That is a normal process, only now we do it in three days. We really have to pay attention to the depth of Feyenoord.” Dessers will play against his old club tomorrow evening. The Belgian became top scorer of the Eredivisie in Almelo. Mats Knoester and Bilal Basacikoglu play on the side of Heracles, both of whom have a past in Rotterdam.

Probable line-up Heracles Almelo
Blaswich; Fadiga, Interest, Knoester, Quagliata; Schoofs, De La Torre; Azzoui, Sierra, Burgzorg; ornamental house

History
2020 – 2021 Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo 0-0 (0-0)
2019 – 2020 Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo 1-1 (1-0)
2018 – 2019 Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo 2-1 (1-0)
2017 – 2018 Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo 1-0 (0-0)
2016 – 2017 Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo 3-1 (2-0)

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