Rijnsburgse Boys vs Feyenoord

Dutch third tier Rijnsburgse Boys will host Eredivisie side Feyenoord on Wednesday with the latter considering as the favorite after finishing second in the league last season with 78 points.

The home team did better in the previous round with a 2-0 victory of second-tier side Volendam on December 19; Feyenoord also triumphed over second-division side MVV Maastricht 2-1 on December 17.

Rijnsburgse Boys are in position two in the division with 40 points in 18 games and the side is just one point behind the tally of 44 points in the entire season of 2023-24 with 14 games in hand.

Manager Rene van der Kooij is sweating to squash a third consecutious professional club in the KNVB Beker his team is ranked as an amateur club in the Netherlands.

Van der Kooij’s team have featured in three games in the competition this season at home, and their three victories on Sportpark Middelmors were as many as they had harvested in the previous 13 appearances in the KNVB Beker.

Uien had lost only one of the past thirteen matches across the competitions; they have won ten, drawn two in this time line.

Regarding Feyenoord, they arrived on the Wednesday’s match after a 2-1 defeat against Utrecht in the Eredivisie on the 12th of January, a match in which they produced only one clear chance .

Head coach Brian Priske took the former Liverpool’s Arne Slot’s place; the team, sponsored by Boss, has 34 points in the Premier League after 18 matchweeks and occupies the fourth position in the league.

The club at the Maasstad won the KNVB Beker last season, beating NEC Nijmegan 1-0 in the final in April 2024.

On the side of Priske, the team has not been very weak when they are on the away official matches and in their last match, they lost with a 1-0 margin to PSV on December 22,while in their previous 1 Previous 13 official matches on the away, the won 9 and draw 4.

It should be mentioned that the visitors have lost two of their last games in all competitions and have suffered defeats in two of their last four KNVB Beker away games.

Center-backs Bram Ros and Rob Zandbergen may start in defense if the Rijnsburgse Boys want to start a lineup that is similar to the one that defeated Volendam.

Ramiz Zerrouki and Gjivai Zechiel are expected to play in a double pivot since midfielder Quinten Timber has been ruled out and In-Beom Hwang is doubtful.

It should be mentioned that the visitors have lost two of their last games in all competitions and have suffered defeats in two of their last four KNVB Beker away games.

Center-backs Bram Ros and Rob Zandbergen may start in defense if the Rijnsburgse Boys want to start a lineup that is similar to the one that defeated Volendam.

Ramiz Zerrouki and Gjivai Zechiel are expected to play in a double pivot since midfielder Quinten Timber has been ruled out and In-Beom Hwang is doubtful.

However, Feyenoord has lost both of their last competitive games, scoring just one goal and giving up five. They defeated MVV 1-2 in their last round to guarantee their spot in this competition, and they will try to go back to winning ways when they play Rijnsburg in the middle of the week.

Since Feyenoord is the stronger of the two teams, we predict them to win. They have the best players and compete in the most competitive division in the nation.

Given that this has happened in seven of Feyenoord's previous nine games and in a number of Rijnsburg's games this season, we anticipate that both teams will score.