Marcos Senesi returns to the base at Feyenoord. The Argentine defender remained on the bench when the season resumed against Vitesse last week, because he was only just fit again.
Colombian wing striker Luis Sinisterra is back in the squad after an injury, but he will start on the bench against NEC. There are also Jens Toornstra and the Swedish purchaser Patrik Walemark, who came over from BK Häcken this week.
PSV – Ajax
PSV therefore receives Ajax. The two teams compete for the lead in the Philips stadium. PSV starts the game with the team from Amsterdam with a lead of 1 point.
PSV misses the injured attackers Noni Madueke and Carlos Vinícius in the top match. After an injury, Zahavi can be used again for the Eindhoven team, where last week the Argentinian Maximiliano Romero was still in the point of attack in the away game against FC Groningen (0-1).
Ajax coach Erik ten Hag has the same players available as last week at FC Utrecht (0-3). Brian Brobbey, the replacement for Sébastien Haller, who was absent due to participation in the Africa Cup, was immediately accurate twice on his return.
Fc Groningen
The 20th round in the Eredivisie was opened on Saturday with a victory of FC Groningen (1-3) at Vitesse. Danny Buijs’s team took full advantage of an early red card from Vitesse striker Loïs Openda and ran to 0-3 via Jørgen Strand Larsen, an own goal by Eli Dasa and a shot by Daniël van Kaam. Goalkeeper Peter Leeuwenburg’s mistake, which gave Dominik Oroz a goal, was for the statistics.
PEC Zwolle
PEC Zwolle recorded an important 0-1 victory at SC Heerenveen, through a utilized penalty from Bram van Polen. AZ did not go further than 0-0 against SC Cambuur at home. Michal Sadilek gave FC Twente a 1-0 victory at Willem II.
Program & results round 20
Saturday
- Vitesse – FC Groningen 1-3
- AZ – SC Cambuur 0-0
- SC Heerenveen – PEC Zwolle 0-1
- Willem II – FC Twente 0-1
Sunday
- 12.15 pm: NEC – Feyenoord
- 2.30 pm: PSV – Ajax
- 2.30 pm: Heracles Almelo – Go Ahead Eagles
- 4.45 pm: Sparta Rotterdam – FC Utrecht
- 8 pm: RKC Waalwijk – Fortuna Sittard
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