ROTTERDAM. Feyenoord was able to reverse the scoreline against AZ to win 2-1. It was AZ to strike first with an own goal of Javairô Dilrosun at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Marcus Pedersen gave the win to Feyenoord in the 90′ minute. Feyenoord capitalized on its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadion Feijenoord stadium in Rotterdam on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler who had the assistance of Joost van Zuilen and Patrick Inia. The 4th official was Sander van der Eijk. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Feyenoord was in firm control of the ball 59% while AZ was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Feyenoord was putting more pressure with 46 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Feyenoord won the match​.

Feyenoord shot 18 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, AZ shot 2 times, 0 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Feyenoord received 3 yellow cards (Mats Wieffer, Santiago Giménez and Oussama Idrissi). Talking about the opposition, AZ received 3 yellow cards (Pantelis Chatzidiakos, Vangelis Pavlidis and W. Goes).

Standings

After this match, Feyenoord will have 49 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, AZ will stay with 44 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Feyenoord will play away against Ajax on the 19th of March with a 27-5 head to head statistic in favor of Ajax (9 draws).

AZ will play away agasint FC Twente on the 19th of March with a 17-13 head to head statistic in favor of AZ (8 draws).

Feyenoord – Formation

Feyenoord adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Arne Slot decided to play with the following team: Timon Wellenreuther (6.6), Marcus Pedersen (7.5), Lutsharel Geertruida (7.7), Dávid Hancko (7.2), Quilindschy Hartman (7.0), Mats Wieffer (6.7), Quinten Timber (6.8), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (8.0), Javairô Dilrosun (6.6), Oussama Idrissi (6.9) and Santiago Giménez (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Marcos López, Ezequiel Bullaude, Ofir Marciano, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Jacob Rasmussen, Mohamed Taabouni (7.0), Danilo (6.7), Tein Troost, Antoni Milambo and Igor Paixão (7.4).

Substitutions

Feyenoord made 3 changes: Oussama Idrissi for Igor Paixão (54′), Q. Timber for Mohamed Taabouni (70′) and Javairô Dilrosun for Danilo (81′).

Best player: Alireza Jahanbakhsh​

The most impressive player for Feyenoord was Alireza Jahanbakhsh.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 41 passes (63% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 9 crosses.

AZ – Formation

Also AZ adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Pascal Jansen played with: Mathew Ryan (6.1), Yukinari Sugawara (6.7), Wouter Goes (6.3), Pantelis Hatzidiakos (6.6), Miloš Kerkez (6.8), Tijjani Reijnders (6.2), Jordy Clasie (7.2), Sven Mijnans (6.9), Jens Odgaard (5.2), Jesper Karlsson (6.4) and Vangelis Pavlidis (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Mayckel Lahdo, Yusuf Barasi, Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro, Mees de Wit (6.2), Zico Buurmeester, Myron Van Brederode (6.6), Hobie Verhulst, Fedde De Jong and Djordje Mihailović.

Substitutions

AZ made 3 changes: M. Kerkez for Mees De Wit (69′), Jens Odgaard for Myron van Brederode (79′) and Tijjani Reijnders for Djordje Mihailovic (84′).

Best player: Jordy Clasie​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AZ was Jordy Clasie.

His rating is (7.2) with 35 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• Feyenoord – AZ – 2-1
• FC Volendam – Vitesse – 2-0
• FC Groningen – FC Emmen – 1-1