Aiming to avoid a third consecutive defeat, Cambuur welcome Feyenoord to the Cambuur Stadion on Sunday in round 10 of the Eredivisie season.
Meanwhile, Feyenoord also come into the game on a bit of a rough patch having failed to win any of their last two league outings.
Match preview
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Feyenoord dropped points at home for the first time this term following a 2-2 stalemate versus RKC Waalwijk at De Kuip on Saturday.
Arne Slot's men took the lead in the 34th minute through Jens Toornstra but trailed heading into the break courtesy of quickfire goals from Jens Odgaard and Vurnon Anita, before Guus Til leveled matters few moments into the second half.
De Stadionclub are fifth in the Eredivisie table as things stand, six points behind current leaders Ajax with a game in hand.
The Rotterdam-based club saw off the threat of German side Union Berlin in a 3-1 victory on Thursday to move within touching distance of a place in the next round of the Conference League.
Sunday's visitors, who have won 11 straight games against their hosts, will back themselves to continue their already established dominance in this fixture.
Cambuur suffered a second straight defeat on Saturday when they were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Fortuna Sittard at the Fortuna-Sittard Stadion.
With the scores level heading into the final five minutes, George Cox opened the scoring four minutes from time to put Henk de Jong's men to the sword.
The Yellow-Blues have now slipped into the bottom half of the standings albeit only on goal difference as they are level on points with AZ Alkmaar.
Sunday's hosts, who have conceded the most goals this term, are set to be put to the test by the side who have scored the joint-most goals away from home.
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Team News
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Guus Til has found the back of the net in each of his last four league games and will be looking to continue his fine form in front of goal.
Twenty-eight-year-old Mark Diemers remains sidelined with a back injury and still awaits his first outing of the new season.
Following his impressive cameo off the bench last time out, Mitchel Paulissen could be handed a spot in the starting lineup at the expense of Jamie Jacobs this time around.
Alex Bangura is eligible to feature once again after serving his one-game suspension versus Fortuna and is expected to reclaim his spot at left-back.
Cambuur possible starting lineup:
Stevens; Schmidt, Mac-Intosch, Schouten, Bangura; Hoedemakers, Jacobs, Breij, Maulun, Kallon; Boere
Feyenoord possible starting lineup:
Bijlow; Malacia, Senesi, Trauner, Pedersen; Kokcu, Til, Toornstra; Sinisterra, Jahanbakhsh, Linssen
We say: Cambuur 1-3 Feyenoord
Cambuur have done considerably well since their promotion, but going up against one of the league's hotshots poses a stern test. We are tipping the visitors to carry the day in grand style come the final whistle.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Feyenoord win with a probability of 45.08%. A win for Cambuur had a probability of 32.48% and a draw had a probability of 22.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Feyenoord win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.88%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (6.25%) and 0-2 (5.76%). The likeliest Cambuur win was 2-1 (7.42%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.63%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 4.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Feyenoord would win this match.
