The battle for next season’s UEFA Champions League qualification in the Netherlands intensifies this weekend as NEC Nijmegen host Feyenoord at Stadion de Goffert for an early Sunday kickoff in the 30th round of the 2025-26 Eredivisie campaign. With only a handful of games remaining in the season and the title already decided, both sides will have their focus on securing a second-place finish by season’s end.
NEC Nijmegen are on course for their best-ever league finish as they currently sit in third place, but will refuse to rest on their laurels and push for an even higher finish as they sit only one point behind Sunday’s visitors.
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Dick Schreuder’s side had a difficult run in February, winning only one of five league games, but have since rediscovered their rhythm, with four wins and a draw from their last five, most recently claiming a comfortable 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Excelsior.
Feyenoord, on the other hand, would have hoped to be much more comfortable in second place at this stage of the season, but they have dropped points to much weaker teams in recent weeks, most recently featuring in a goalless draw against relegation battlers Volendam last Sunday.
Robin Van Persie’s side, who are only four points clear of fourth-placed Twente and six clear of fifth-placed Ajax with five games to go, will be keen to put the race for UCL qualification to bed before the final weekend.
NEC Nijmegen vs Feyenoord Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- The sides have met on 93 previous occasions going into this weekend’s clash. NEC have won 16 of those games, and 19 have ended in draws, while Feyenoord have won the remaining 58.
- Five of the last 10 editions of this fixture have ended in draws in normal time.
- The first meeting between the sides this season ended in a 4-2 win to NEC in November 2025.
- The hosts have the second-best offensive record in the league with 71 goals scored in 29 games, while the visitors have the third-best offensive record with 61 goals scored.
NEC Nijmegen vs Feyenoord Prediction
NEC have lost only three home league games so far and will rely on that record and their superior attacking prowess to get a result against The Pride of the South.
The 16-time Eredivisie champions have hit a rough patch in recent weeks, with only one win from their last five outings. Their poor away performances further stack the odds against them, though we fancy them to find the net in what could be a close contest.
Prediction: NEC Nijmegen 2-1 Feyenoord
NEC Nijmegen vs Feyenoord Betting Tips
Tip 1 – Result: NEC Nijmegen to win
Tip 2 – Goals – Over/under 2.5 – Over 2.5 goals
Tip 3 – Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in eight of the hosts’ last 10 games)
Edited by Peter Pedroncelli
