ROTTERDAM. Feyenoord overcomes Excelsior 2-0 after S. Giménez scores a double.

The match was played at the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion stadium in Rotterdam on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük assisted by Erwin Zeinstra and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Rob Dieperink. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.1 degrees Celsius or 64.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Feyenoord had a strong ball possession 59% while Excelsior was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Feyenoord had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Feyenoord won the match.​

Excelsior shot 9 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Feyenoord shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Excelsior will stay with 28 points like FC Emmen to remain in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Feyenoord will have 76 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Excelsior will play away with SC Heerenveen on the 13th of May with a 14-5 head to head in favor of SC Heerenveen (2 draws).

Feyenoord will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 14th of May with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Feyenoord (1 draw).

Excelsior – Formation

Excelsior started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Marinus Dijkhuizen decided to play with the following team: Stijn van Gassel (6.4), Siebe Horemans (5.8), Sven Nieuwpoort (6.4), Redouan El Yaakoubi (7.3), Kik Pierie (6.8), Arthur Zagre (7.0), Couhaib Driouech (7.1), Peer Koopmeiners (6.3), Julian Baas (6.2), Kenzo Goudmijn (6.2) and Marouan Azarkan (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Serano Seymor, Norbert Alblas, Reda Kharchouch, Pascal Kuiper, Lazaros Lamprou (6.2), Nathan Tjoe-A-On (6.4), Maxime Awoudja, Yassin Ayoub (6.6), Nikolas Agrafiotis (6.2), Noah Naujoks and Mike van Duinen.

Substitutions

Excelsior made 5 changes: Marouan Azarkan for Ayoub El Jorfi (62′), Julian Baas for Lazaros Lamprou (64′), A. Zagré for Nathan Tjoe-A-On (77′), Kik Pierie for Nikolas Agrafiotis (77′) and Sven Nieuwpoort for Serano Seymor (81′).

Best player: Redouan El Yaakoubi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Excelsior was Redouan El Yaakoubi.

His rating is (7.3) with 52 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Feyenoord – Formation

Feyenoord started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Arne Slot played with: Justin Bijlow (7.2), Marcus Pedersen (7.0), Lutsharel Geertruida (7.2), Dávid Hancko (8.2), Quilindschy Hartman (7.4), Mats Wieffer (6.9), Orkun Kökçü (7.2), Igor Paixão (7.0), Sebastian Szymański (6.5), Oussama Idrissi (7.0) and Santiago Giménez (8.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (6.6), Ofir Meir Marciano, Marcos Johan López Lanfranco, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Quinten Timber (7.3), Javairô Dilrosun, Timon Wellenreuther, Jacob Rasmussen, Antoni-Djibu Milambo, Mohamed Taabouni, Danilo and Ezequiel Eduardo Bullaude.

Substitutions

Feyenoord made 3 changes: Igor Paixão for Alireza Jahanbakhsh (61′), Sebastian Szymanski for Quinten Timber (61′) and Oussama Idrissi for Danilo (88′).

Best player: Dávid Hancko​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Feyenoord was Dávid Hancko even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 97 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Go Ahead Eagles – FC Groningen – 1-1
• Fortuna Sittard – Vitesse – 2-0
• FC Emmen – FC Twente – 0-3
• Excelsior – Feyenoord – 0-2