Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
After sharing the spoils with Ajax in De Klassieker, Feyenoord will be aiming to retain top position when they face NEC in the Eredivisie round 18. The Rotterdammers are seen as main favourites to win the trophy, but they need to keep on making progress if they are to meet the goal. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team, but defender Gernot Trauner remains in the recovery room.
Rogier Meijer’s troops, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-1 win over Emmen, but given their five-game losing run at De Kuip, we predict that the league leaders are going to emerge triumphant in Wednesday’s encounter. Oussama Tannane has yet to serve his ban, but Souffian El Karouani is back from suspension. In their last meeting in Rotterdam Feyenoord recorded a 5-3 win over NEC Nijmegen.
Highlighted Player (Alireza Jahanbakhsh):
Born in Jirandeh, Iran on August 11 1990, Alireza Jahanbakhsh is a footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in Holland. Before AZ, Jahanbakhsh played for NEC in the Eredivisie, but he began his youth career at Payam Alborz Qazvin. Speaking of his senior debut, he made it with Damash Tehran in the 2010/2011 season.
In 2011 he moved to fellow Iranian club Damash Gilan and it has to be noted that he scored 10 goals in 44 appearances in the league for the club. The AZ Alkmaar winger, who is used as an attacking midfielder as well, scored 21 goals in 33 appearances in the Eredivisie in the 2017/2018 season. Speaking of his international career, Alireza JahanBakhsh scored two goals for Iran on the road to Russia and he will represent his homeland at the 2018 FIFA world cup finals.
Due to his style of play, Jahanbakhsh has always been compared to legendary Iranian footballer Mehdi Mahdavikia.