Early Eredivisie frontrunners Feyenoord will be aiming to make it four wins from four in Saturday's meeting against Heerenveen.
While the hosts have made a blistering start to the season, the away side head to De Kuip this weekend aiming to pick up a first win.
Here at Football Whispers, we will be giving a rundown of what to expect in this Feyenoord vs Heerenveen prediction article.
Contents
- 1 Feyenoord vs Heerenveen prediction: De Stadionclub to run out comfortable winners
- 2 Most recent H2Hs: Heerenveen aiming for consecutive wins for the first time since 2021
- 3 Feyenoord preview: Cyle Larin headlines list of absentees
- 4 Heerenveen preview: Pawel Bochniewicz still a considerable way off returning to action
- 5 Player to watch – Ayase Ueda
Feyenoord vs Heerenveen prediction: De Stadionclub to run out comfortable winners
Key stats
- Feyenoord's 4-0 triumph in the Rotterdam derby last time out means they have now come out on top in all but one of their last six matches across all competitions.
- The hosts have opened the scoring in five of the six outings, which has also seen them go into the interval on five occasions.
- For Heerenveen, a 2-2 draw last time out extended their winless run to six matches, while they have managed just one win in 10 outings.
- During that span, they have managed just one clean sheet and will hope to end a six-game run without a shutout this weekend.
Correct score prediction: Feyenoord 3-1 Heerenveen
With eight goals scored and just one conceded across their three league matches so far, Feyenoord have been near-perfect at both ends of the pitch.
We fully expect the hosts to deliver another impressive display en route to a comprehensive victory.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Hard to look past Feyenoord
- HOME: 4/11 (1.36) – 73.3%
- DRAW: 4/1 (5.00) – 20%
- AWAY: 13/2 (7.50) – 13.3%
*Odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
Feyenoord will be disappointed to have missed out on a place in the Champions League after crashing out to Fenerbahce in the penultimate stage of the qualifiers, but they have made a flying start to their domestic campaign.
Ayase Ueda's double in between strikes from Jordan Bos and Quinten Timber handed Robin Van Persie's men a third straight win, so it is no surprise the hosts have been given a 73.3% chance of getting the job done.
For a team desperately in need of a win to get their season up and running, Heerenveen's odds of coming out on top this weekend do not look good, as hinted by their 13.3% win probability.
Robin Veldman's men were left red-faced in the final knockings of their last outing against Go Ahead Eagles, where they were pegged back late on in a thrilling 2-2 stalemate.
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Most recent H2Hs: Heerenveen aiming for consecutive wins for the first time since 2021
Heerenveen stunned Feyenoord by claiming a 2-0 win in the most recent meeting between the teams.
That ended a five-game winning run in this fixture for Feyenoord, who were also unbeaten in eight straight matchups.
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Feyenoord preview: Cyle Larin headlines list of absentees
Larin was Feyenoord's final signing of the recently concluded summer window as he joined on a season-long loan deal from La Liga outfit Mallorca. The striker will, however, have to wait for his debut.
Hwang In-Beom and Jordan Lotomba were both absent against Sparta and are not expected back for Saturday's clash.
Also unavailable for the home side are Thomas Beleen, Jakub Moder, Gernot Trauner and Shiloh Zand.
Predicted lineup: Wellenreuther (GK), Read, Ahmedhodzic, Watanabe, Bos, Steijn, Valente, Timber, Hadj Moussa, Ueda & Sauer
Feyenoord's last five matches:
- Sparta Rotterdam 0-4 Feyenoord (Eredivisie)
- Excelsior 1-2 Feyenoord (Eredivisie)
- Fenerbahce 5-2 Feyenoord (Champions League Qualifiers)
- Feyenoord 2-0 NAC Breda (Eredivisie)
- Feyenoord 2-1 Fenerbahce (Champions League Qualifiers)
Heerenveen preview: Pawel Bochniewicz still a considerable way off returning to action
Bochniewicz suffered a long-term knee injury midway through last season and has not featured for Heerenveen since then.
The defender is one of two guaranteed absentees for the away side on Saturday, alongside Levi Smans.
Predicted lineup: Noppert (GK), Zagaritis, Hopland, Kersten, Braude, Linday, Van Overeem, Rivera, Brouwers, Trenskow & Vente
Heerenveen's last five matches:
- Heerenveen 2-2 Go Ahead Eagles (Eredivisie)
- Heerenveen 1-2 Twente (Eredivisie)
- Groningen 2-1 Heerenveen (Eredivisie)
- Heerenveen 1-1 FC Volendam (Eredivisie)
- Heerenveen 1-1 Olympiacos (Friendly)
Player to watch – Ayase Ueda
Ayase managed just 14 goals in a combined 68 matches in his first two years with Feyenoord, off the back of a 23-goal season with Cercle Brugge.
However, he has started the current campaign on fire with four goals in five matches across all competitions so far.

Only Brynjolfur Willumsson has scored more Eredivisie goals than Ueda this term, and the Japanese striker is definitely one to look out for here.