Feyenoord vs NEC Nijmegen
Ref: Bas Nijhuis, NetherlandsStadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam · 51,117 cap
Match recap
NEC Nijmegen beat Feyenoord 4–2 in their Eredivisie fixture. Sauer and Nieuwkoop scored for Feyenoord; Linssen, Lebreton, Shiogai, and Shiogai replied for NEC Nijmegen. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.82 for Feyenoord versus 2.26 for NEC Nijmegen. Feyenoord sit 2nd in the Eredivisie table while NEC Nijmegen are 3rd.
First Half
37'
⚽
Linssen
Assist: Chery
⚽
Sauer
Assist: Steijn
Second Half
⚽
Nieuwkoop
Assist: Hadj-Moussa
59'
⇄
Chery
59'
⇄
Ogawa
Ahmedhodžić
Yellow Card
68'
⇄
Linssen
⇄
Nieuwkoop
⇄
Steijn
69'
⚽
Lebreton
Assist: Önal
⇄
Hadj-Moussa
84'
⚽
Shiogai
Assist: Önal
86'
⇄
Önal
87'
⇄
Ouaissa
⇄
Ahmedhodžić
90+4'
Kaplan
Yellow Card
90'
⚽
Shiogai
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | +56 | 84 |
| 2 |  Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | +26 | 65 |
| 3 |  NEC Nijmegen | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | +24 | 59 |
| 4 |  Twente | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | +19 | 58 |
As of 16 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
FeyenoordNEC Nijmegen
10Won
Statistical edge
10–3
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.82VS2.26
Attack3 · 3 won
19
Shots
22
5
Shots on target
12
16
Shots in the box
14
3
Shots outside box
8
9
Shots off goal
5
7
Corners
6
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
55%
Possession
45%
424
Total passes
350
347
Accurate passes
274
82%
Pass accuracy
78%
Discipline2 · 0 won
8
Fouls
13
1
Yellow cards
1
0
Offsides
6
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 0 won
8
Goalkeeper saves
3
5
Blocked shots
5
0.19
Goals prevented
0.19
Feyenoord
4-2-3-1
NEC Nijmegen
3-4-2-1
Feyenoord
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2B. NieuwkoopD
- 4T. WatanabeD
- 5G. SmalD
- 8Q. TimberM
- 9A. UedaF
- 14S. SteijnM
- 16L. SauerM
- 21A. AhmedhodžićD
- 22T. WellenreutherG
- 23A. Hadj-MoussaM
- 40L. ValenteM
Substitutes
- 1J. BijlowG
- 11Gonçalo BorgesF
- 17C. TengstedtF
- 27G. DiarraF
- 28O. TarghallineM
- 30J. LotombaD
- 32A. SlitiF
- 39L. BossinG
- 43J. PlugD
- 46A. OuarghiM
- 49S. van PersieM
NEC Nijmegen
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1G. CrettazG
- 3P. SandlerD
- 4A. KaplanD
- 6D. NejašmićM
- 10T. CheryF
- 11B. ÖnalM
- 14E. DasaD
- 18Koki OgawaF
- 23K. SanoM
- 25S. OuaissaM
- 30B. LinssenF
Substitutes
- 2B. PereiraD
- 5T. OuwejanD
- 7V. MisidjanF
- 9K. ShiogaiF
- 15J. WillemsD
- 20N. LebretonM
- 21RóberM
- 24Deveron FonvilleD
- 31R. JanseG
- 32V. van CrooijF
- 35Sam de LaatM
- 71D. ProperM
Feyenoord
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Nieuwkoop | D | 68 | 8.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Leo Sauer | M | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0/2 |
| Quinten Timber | M | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1/2 |
| Timon Wellenreuther | G | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luciano Valente | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2/4 |
| Ayase Ueda | F | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Sem Steijn(C) | M | 68 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Anis Hadj Moussa | M | 76 | 6.9 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 5/9 |
| Gijs Smal | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Anel Ahmedhodžić | D | 87 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tsuyoshi Watanabe | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Jan Plug | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gaoussou Diarra | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Justin Bijlow | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shaqueel van Persie | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gonçalo Borges | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ayoub Ouarghi | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liam Bossin | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aymen Sliti | F | 14 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Oussama Targhalline | M | 22 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Casper Tengstedt | F | 9 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jordan Lotomba | D | 22 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
NEC Nijmegen
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmetcan Kaplan | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Başar Önal | M | 86 | 7.7 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1/5 |
| Darko Nejašmić | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2/2 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bryan Linssen | F | 68 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Tjaronn Chery(C) | F | 59 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Kodai Sano | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3/7 |
| Koki Ogawa | F | 59 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Philippe Sandler | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eli Dasa | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Sami Ouaissa | M | 87 | 5.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/4 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Vito van Crooij | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rijk Janse | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thomas Ouwejan | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virgil Misidjan | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jetro Willems | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rober González | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sam de Laat | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kento Shiogai | F | 22 | 9.0 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Noe Lebreton | M | 31 | 7.6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Deveron Fonville | D | 9 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brayann Pereira | D | 10 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dirk Proper | M | 31 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |