Feyenoord – Sturm. Forecast and announcement for the Europa League match

On Thursday, January 22, the match of the 7th round of the main stage of the Europa League between Feyenoord and Sturm will take place. The game will start at 19:45 Kyiv time.

Feyenoord

Despite a good start to the season, the club is currently showing not very stable results. In general, for 19 rounds of the Eredivisie, the team managed to score 36 points, which allow them to occupy the 2nd step of the tournament table. The distance from the leader, PSV, is currently 16 points. Feyenoord was eliminated from the national cup at the 1/16 final stage by Heerenveen.

During the 6 rounds of the Europa League, the Dutch managed to score only 3 points, which allow them to occupy the 30th position in the tournament table. The distance from the required top-24 is already 4 points.

Assault

Not much better performances are shown by the Austrian team. After 17 rounds of the Bundesliga, the team has 28 points on its balance sheet, which allows it to be in the 3rd position of the tournament table. But the distance to the leader is small – 3 points. In the Austrian Cup, “Sturm” made it to the 1/4 finals, where they will face “Altach”.

In the Europa League, the Austrians managed to score only 4 points, thanks to which they now occupy the 29th place in the overall table. The distance from the top 24 is 3 points.

Personal meetings

The last time the clubs played each other in the group stage of the Europa League was in 2022. Then, in the 1st game, “Feyenord” won 6:0, and in the 2nd, “Sturm” narrowly won.

Interesting facts

• Feyenoord have only 2 wins in the last 12 matches.
• “Sturm” won only in 1/5 of the previous away matches.
• Feyenoord cannot keep a clean sheet for 15 games in a row, Sturm, in turn, conceded in each of the previous 6 matches.

Forecast

The two clubs are currently in a not very stable form and especially have problems in defense. I will bet that both teams will score (with a coefficient of 1.66 on the BC betking line).