With five rounds to go, it is now really about tense in the premier league. Will leader Feyenoord stand and which clubs will be relegated? Read here how your favorite premier league club is doing in the run-up to the 29th round.
NEC – Vitesse (today, 12.15 pm)
NEC specifics: NEC probably cannot have Oussama Tannane against Vitesse. The midfielder has not yet recovered from a hamstring injury. He has not trained with the group once this week. Two weeks ago he suffered a tear in his hamstring against PSV (2-4 defeat).
Probable lineup: Cillessen; Van Rooij, Marquez, Sandler, El Karouani; Schöne, Proper, Mattsson; Tavsan, Dimata, Cissoko
Absent: Tannane, Verdonk, De Wolf, Roefs
Details Vitesse: Chris van der Weerden is also on the bench against NEC as head coach of Vitesse. Phillip Cocu struggles to recover from appendectomy. Everyone is fit at Vitesse, except for Davy Pröpper, who has been injured for a long time. ,,In this phase of the competition without injuries is remarkable and a bonus”, says Van der Weerden.
Probable lineup: sharpen; Arcus, Flamingo, Isimat-Mirin, Wittek; Van Ginkel, Meulensteen, Bero; Manhoef, Sankoh, Kozlowski
Absent: Pröpper (knee)
FC Utrecht – FC Twente (today, 2.30 pm)
Details FC Utrecht: Ramon Hendriks may have played his last match for FC Utrecht. The Feyenoord mercenary suffered a knee injury last week during the away match against FC Groningen. On Friday it was announced that he is out for the rest of the season. Can Bozdogan is training again, but is not yet ready for ninety minutes.
Probable lineup: Barkas, Klaiber, Van der Hoorn, Viergever, Van der Maarel; Toornstra, Van de Streek, Brouwers, Booth; Douvikas, Dost
Absent: Hendriks, Bozdogan, Barkas, Ramselaar
Details FC Twente: Michal Sadilek and Manfred Ugalde rejoin the selection after injuries. Both start on the couch. FC Twente has not been able to win nine matches in a row in De Galgenwaard.
Probable lineup: Unnerstall; Brenet, Propper, Plequezuelo, Smal; Zerrouki, Salah-Eddine, Vlap; Cerny, Van Wolfswinkel, Misidjan
Absent: Hillers

FC Volendam – PSV (today, 2.30 pm)
Details FC Volendam: Bilal Ould-Chikh was disciplinary suspended this week for the third time this season and is no longer part of the club’s selection until further notice. At the beginning of March he scored another goal against FC Emmen.
Probable lineup: Stankovic; Neighbour, Mirani, Flint, Mbuymaba, Murkin; Eiting, Antonucci, Twigt, Oristanio; Ferryman
Absent: B. Ould-Chikh (disciplinary suspension)
Details PSV: PSV does not want to get into trouble in the run-up to the two meetings against Ajax in Volendam, which was easily won earlier this season. Ruud van Nistelrooij said on Friday that FC Volendam is a completely different team than earlier this season and is now really focused on survival.
Probable lineup: Benitez, Teze, Branthwaite, Boscagli, Van Aanholt; Gutierrez, Til, Veerman; Bakayoko, De Jong, Simons
Absent: Obispo, Mauro Junior, Mwene
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SC Cambuur – Feyenoord (today, 4.45 pm)
Details SC Cambuur: No player has produced so many goal attempts this season without scoring a single goal as Roberts Uldrikis (32). Last season, the Latvian was Cambuur’s top scorer in the Eredivisie (7 goals).
Probable lineup: Rider; Van Wermeskerken, Tol, Smand, Bangura; Van Kaam, Hoedemakers, Foor; Breij, Johnsen, Paulissen
Absent: Van der Water, Gullit, Maulun
Details Feyenoord: Feyenoord coach Arne Slot will see who is fresh enough to play against Cambuur. Only Quinten Timber is certainly not there, while the Swede Patrik Walemark is a doubtful case. The attacker was also missing against AS Roma in the match selection.
Probable lineup: Bijlow; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Hartman; Wieffer, Szymanski, Kökçü; Jahanbakhsh, Gimenez, Idrissi
Absent: Timber (knee), Walemark (thigh, questionable case)
Ajax – FC Emmen (today, 8 p.m.)
Ajax specifics: The club lost a 1-3 lead in the last game before the winter break in Emmen. Ajax won its three home matches against Emmen with a total goal difference of 14-0.
Probable lineup: Rulli; Sanchez, Timber, Alvarez, Baasl; Grillitsch, Taylor, Klaassen; Mountain House, Tadic, Mountain Wine.
Absent: Kaplan, Kudus, Rensch.
Details FC Emmen: Mark Diemers has recovered from a mild pneumonia and returns to the base of FC Emmen after a week’s absence.
Probable lineup: Van der Hart; Te Wierik, Araujo, Veldmate, Burnet; Veendorp, Flat, Diemers; Romeny, Zivkovic, Antonisse.
Absent: Kieftenbeld, Lieder, Hardeveld, Guclü, Mendes. Uncertain: Veldmate
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Fortuna Sittard – AZ (today, 8 p.m.)
Details Fortuna Sittard: Fortuna Sittard coach Julio Velázquez has few personnel concerns in the run-up to this afternoon’s home game with AZ. It looks like the Spaniard has a complete group at his disposal, just like last week during the away match against Ajax (4-0 defeat).
Probable lineup: Pandur; Pinto, Guth, Siovas, Vita; Bistrovic, Duarte, Noslin; Ozyakup; Yilmaz, Cordoba
Absent: Cox (doubtful case)
Details AZ: After the defeat against Anderlecht on Friday morning, AZ stayed in Brussels for a while to train there. Jesper Karlsson only played fifteen minutes against Anderlecht. It does not seem obvious that he can start again against Fortuna.
Probable lineup: Ryan; Sugawara, Hatzidiakos, Beukema, Kerkez; Reijnders, Mijnans, Clasie; Odgaard, Pavlidis, Van Brederode
Absent: Martins Indi (knee), Westerveld (knee), D. de Wit (foot), Dekker
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