Feyenoord 5-3 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 25 September 2021

Result

Feyenoord 5-3 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 25 September 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

Feyenoord · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

Feyenoord 5-3 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Feyenoord defeated NEC Nijmegen 5-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 25 September 2021. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Orkun Kökcü opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Feyenoord's goals came from Orkun Kökcü (14', penalty), Luis Sinisterra (17'), Guus Til (80'), Guus Til (89') and Cyriel Dessers (90+2'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Magnus Mattsson (32'), Cas Odenthal (44') and Calvin Verdonk (74').

Discipline: Feyenoord received 2 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Feyenoord were 4th on 12 points from 5 and NEC Nijmegen 10th on 8 points from 6. Feyenoord went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and NEC Nijmegen 11th with 38.

Feyenoord lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Orkun Kökçü of Feyenoord (8.8), ahead of Guus Til (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Feyenoord wins, 1 draw and 2 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

13'Yellow card · Mattijs BranderhorstNEC Nijmegen
14'Penalty goal · Orkun KökcüFeyenoord · 1-0
14'Yellow card · Rogier MeijerNEC Nijmegen
17'Goal · Luis SinisterraFeyenoord · 2-0
32'Goal · Magnus MattssonNEC Nijmegen · 2-1
44'Goal · Cas OdenthalNEC Nijmegen · 2-2
55'Yellow card · Orkun KökcüFeyenoord
74'Goal · Calvin VerdonkNEC Nijmegen · 2-3
79'Yellow card · Iván MárquezNEC Nijmegen
80'Goal · Guus TilFeyenoord · 3-3
89'Goal · Guus TilFeyenoord · 4-3
90'Yellow card · L. GeertruidaFeyenoord
90+1'Yellow card · R. MeijerNEC Nijmegen
90+2'Goal · Cyriel DessersFeyenoord · 5-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Feyenoord 7, draws 1, NEC Nijmegen 2.

Feyenoord 4-0 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 29 Jan 2017
NEC Nijmegen 1-2 FeyenoordEredivisie · 16 Oct 2016
Feyenoord 1-0 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 8 May 2016
NEC Nijmegen 3-1 FeyenoordEredivisie · 20 Dec 2015
Feyenoord 5-1 NEC NijmegenEredivisie · 8 Feb 2014
NEC Nijmegen 2-2 FeyenoordEredivisie · 15 Sep 2013

Team news

Unavailable

Rens Van EijdenNEC Nijmegen · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Philippe SandlerFeyenoord · injury (Ankle Injury)
Mark DiemersFeyenoord · injury (Knee Injury)
Mikkel DuelundNEC Nijmegen · injury (Foot Injury)
Jorrit HendrixFeyenoord · injury (Hip Injury)
Marcus PedersenFeyenoord · injury (Calf Injury)
Francesco AntonucciFeyenoord · injury (Knock)
Pedro RuizNEC Nijmegen · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Mathias De WolfNEC Nijmegen · injury (Heel Bone Injury)
Ridgeciano HapsFeyenoord · injury (Muscular problems)
Reiss NelsonFeyenoord · injury (Groin Injury)

Feyenoord line-up (4-2-3-1)

Justin Bijlow, Lutsharel Geertruida, Gernot Trauner, Marcos Senesi, Tyrell Malacia, Jens Toornstra, Orkun Kökçü, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Guus Til, Luis Sinisterra, Bryan Linssen

NEC Nijmegen line-up (5-3-2)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Bart van Rooij, Édgar Barreto, Iván Márquez, Cas Odenthal, Souffian El, Lasse Schöne, Jordy Bruijn, Magnus Mattsson, Jonathan Okita, Elayis Tavsan