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Eredivisie football this Tuesday. None of the two teams is playing too good right now but even so, Feyenoord has to be confident of getting a key win against a relegation candidate like Roda. When the two met in Rotterdam this season, Feyenoord cruised to a 4-0 win.
The home team finally got a break two rounds ago, winning the first league game in 9 attempts, beating Utrecht 1-0 after appointing Jon Dahl Tomasson as manager. But the win was quickly followed by another ugly loss, 1-3 at Zwolle. Roda is on the 16th place which will send them in the relegation playoffs, but they are just 2 points clear of the last place in the table and tied with the 15th place, so they have clearly everything to play for. Roda will love a draw here but they have to improve their defensive efforts against a goal machine like Feyenoord. Roda has many squad problems for this match: Fledderus, De Beule, Dijkhuizen, Nemeth and Demouge are all out of contention. These are key players here, very hard to replace for Roda, including the top goalscorer Nemeth. Excluding De Beule, the other 4 missings have scored half of Roda`s goals this season.
Roda lineup: Kurto – Monteyne, Luijckx, Biemans, Peppen – Hupperts, Sutchin, Kali, Paulissen-Donald – Shkurtaj
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Feyenoord is on the 4th place and after the top teams in the league lost some points recently, the visitors have their chances to even win the title – just 7 points behind leaders Ajax. But Feyenoord have lost a lot of points themselves recently: one draw and 1 loss in the last two matches, plus a defeat in the cup. Still, Feyenoord lost to Ajax and Den Haag and has drawn with Vitesse, so except the ugly Den Haag loss they played top opponents. And exactly that horrible loss in their last away game (vs the last placed team) for sure must make Feyenoord 100% focused and motivated for this game against Roda. They can’t afford to lose any more points and can`t afford to do it for the second consecutive time against relegation battlers. Feyenoord only without Mathijsen and Vormer for this game.
Feyenoord lineup: Mulder – Nelom, Indi, Vrij, Janmaat – Vilhena, Clasie, Immers – Boetius, Pelle, Schaken
Feyenoord has a great team this year and their recent run of 2 defeats and 1 draw is not so bad considering the opposition they faced. Roda is in much worse form and for a longer period of time, so It`s hard to consider a bet against the visitors here. Home court advantage did not help Roda too much this season, they are 3-3-5 at home with the worst goal difference in Eredivisie on home court. Feyenoord is 4-2-4 away, not great but decent. I expect Feyenoord to bounce back after the bad loss against Den Haag in the last road game. They played very well in the last round against Vitesse and will be fully focused for this match to not let points slip away for the second consecutive time against poor opposition. Feyenoord can be expected to score 2 or 3 goals in every game with the firepower they have … and Roda misses so many of their goalscoring threats that they surely won`t be able to keep up. My tip is Feyenoord to win. Correct score prediction: I can see this finishing Roda – Feyenoord 1-3.
Pick: Feyenoord
Odds: 1.65 @ Unibet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 5.20
Event date: 4 February
