Prediction Eredivisie - Go Ahead Eagles vs Feyenoord

Eredivisie - Go Ahead Eagles vs Feyenoord
Match Time: 26-04-2024 03:00 Friday (GMT+8)
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Since the 3-0 victory at home to SBV Excelsior ended March on a positive note, Go Ahead Eagles have failed to pick up a win during their first three contests of April, drawing with Ajax and top-flight newcomers Almere City before losing narrowly at Utrecht last Sunday.

A fourth-minute strike from Sam Lammers had the hosts ahead early on at Stadion Galgenwaard, but Gerrit Nauber's second of the league campaign ensured the game was level approaching the closing moments. However, Utrecht netted an added-time winner in the dying stages courtesy of substitute Can Bozdogan.

Having now won just one of their last six Eredivisie matches since the beginning of March, Go Ahead's grip on a top-eight spot has loosened as the campaign reaches its dramatic conclusion, with Thursday's hosts currently only two points ahead of ninth-placed Sparta Rotterdam with four matches left to play.

After taking over the reins at De Adelaarshorst during the summer of 2022, Rene Hake has guided the Eagles to Eredivisie safety in back-to-back campaigns and will manage his 70th match for the club as Feyenoord come to town on Thursday, with the 52-year-old possessing an identical number of wins and losses so far (25 each).

Since returning to the top table of Dutch football following their second-placed finish in the Eerste Divisie during 2020-21, Go Ahead could only manage consecutive bottom-half finishes, with the current season representing a good opportunity to place in the top nine for the first time in over a decade.

Taking a break from the stresses of an Eredivisie title race, Feyenoord picked up their first piece of silverware of the season on Sunday night, when Arne Slot's troops overcame NEC in the final of the KNVB Cup at Stadion Feijenoord, but the task was not as easy as many were expecting.

It took the Pride of South until the 60th minute to find the eventual match-winner through Brazilian attacker Igor Paixao, and Feyenoord had to hold on for victory during the final 20 minutes with a numerical disadvantage following Yankuba Minteh's second caution of the contest.

Nevertheless, Feyenoord were able to collect their 14th KNVB Beker trophy in front of a jubilant home crowd, although celebrations could turn to heartbreak on Thursday night, when a loss for Slot's charges could hand PSV official control the Eredivisie crown.

Despite being defeated on just two occasions in the league this term - with the most recent of those losses arriving in early December - Feyenoord are fighting a losing battle to keep hold of their champions status, with Thursday's visitors nine points behind PSV with just four games remaining.

The goalscoring antics of Santiago Gimenez have been worthy of an Eredivisie title so far, with the Mexican marksman finding the net on 21 occasions in 29 top-flight appearances, although the attacker trails AZ Alkmaar's Vangelis Pavlidis (26) and PSV's Luuk de Jong (26) in the division's Golden Boot race.

Prediction: o Ahead Eagles 1-3 Feyenoord