In a weekend match on Sun Feb 5th, in week 20, PSV and Feyenoord will play a match in Rotterdam 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 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 1st placed Feyenoord is fresh off their 1-1 draw against FC Twente. Santiago Giménez struck first for Feyenoord in the 30th minute, but Joshua Brenet got the equalizer for FC Twente in the 68th minute squeezing out at least the one point for FC Twente. Feyenoord is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, PSV recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Go Ahead Eagles. Joey Veerman struck first for PSV in the 14th minute on a feed from Guus Til, then Anwar El Ghazi added another in the 64th minute In the end, Go Ahead Eagles couldn’t muster any offence and PSV ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches PSV should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 18th of September, PSV was victorious by a score of 4 to 3. Oussama Idrissi struck first for Feyenoord in the 3rd minute on a feed from Alireza Jahanbakhsh, then Jarrad Branthwaite tied it up for PSV in the 16th minute on a feed from Cody Gakpo Finally they completed the comback victory in the 83rd minute on a goal by Armando Obispo to cap off a wild match.
Xavi Simons has been the most effective weapon for PSV lately. The Dutch midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Both Danilo and Igor Paixão have been the hottest scorers for Feyenoord in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Feyenoord will be without Gernot Trauner, Quinten Timber and Tein Troost, while Mauro Júnior, Olivier Boscagli and Luuk de Jong are unavailable to play for Ruud van Nistelrooy’s team.