Watanabe tipped to return for Feyenoord against Heerenveen
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is expected to make one change to his starting XI for Sunday’s Eredivisie visit to Friesland.
UnconfirmedThis report is based on Dutch media speculation and has not been confirmed by the clubs or players involved.
Feyenoord are expected to bring Tsuyoshi Watanabe back into their starting line-up for Sunday’s Eredivisie trip to SC Heerenveen. Voetbalzone predicts that Giovanni van Bronckhorst will otherwise retain a familiar side for the 12:15 kick-off at the Abe Lenstra Stadion.
Watanabe, now fully fit, is tipped to replace Thijs Kraaijeveld after the latter featured against Inter on Tuesday. The defender would join Givairo Read, Mika Mármol and Javi López in front of goalkeeper Tjark Ernst. Jerry St. Juste is unavailable through injury.
Charles Vanhoutte, Oussama Targhalline and Gjivai Zechiël are forecast to form the midfield. Targhalline had been feeling unwell and trained individually, but the report says he is fit enough to start. Anis Hadj Moussa, Nacho Ferri and captain Luciano Valente are expected to make up the front three.
Van Bronckhorst said on Friday that Reiss Nelson and Shaqueel van Persie are available to come off the bench. Gijs Smal, Bart Nieuwkoop, Jordan Bos, Thomas Beelen and Jakub Moder will miss the match. Feyenoord enter the fixture after a 1-1 draw with Fortuna Sittard and a 3-0 defeat by Inter, while Heerenveen most recently beat NEC 1-0.
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- Vermoedelijke opstelling Feyenoord: Van Bronckhorst brengt één wijziging aan | Voetbalzone— Voetbalzone
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