Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Following a hard-fought 3-2 win over Heerenveen, Feyenoord will be aiming to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they host Utrecht to their De Kuip on Sunday afternoon. The Rotterdammers are eager to keep their title hopes alive and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at Ron Jans’ troops. Alireza Jahanbakhsh remains in the recovery room, but there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Utrecht, on the other hand, aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over NEC Nijmegen, but given their ups and downs on the travels, we predict that Feyenoord are going to emerge triumphant in Sunday’s showdown. To make things even worse for the visiting team, defender Mike van der Hoorn is banned for the match due to the accumulation of yellow cards. Last time out Feyenoord defeated Utrecht 3-1 in Rotterdam.
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.
Highlighted Team (Utrecht):
Established on July 1, 1970, Utrecht is a Dutch club that competes in the Eredivisie. The club was founded as a merger of VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk, and Velox, and it has to be noted that VV DOS did well to win the Eredivisie trophy back in 1958.
Utrecht, on the other hand, have yet to win the national championship, but they have lifted three KNVB Cup trophies (1984/85, 2002/03, 2003/04). Leo van Veen is leading the club’s all-time goal-scoring chart with 153 goals. Speaking of the club’s colours, they were white and red shirts when playing at home, while blue is the dominant colour of their away jersey.
Due to the hooligan clashes, Utrecht have a rivalry with Dutch giants Ajax. The games between the two clubs have always been very tense on the field. Utrecht welcome their rivals at Stadion Galgenwaard, the venue which can hold up to 23,750 people. The stadium was opened back in May 1936.