Eredivisie Weekend Preview: Round 12

Friday November 21

20:45    Volendam - Roda

Saturday November 22

18:45    NAC Breda – NEC
19:45    PSV – Heracles
19:45    Twente - Heerenveen
20:45    De Graafschap – Sparta

Sunday November 23

12:30    Feyenoord – ADO Den Haag
12:30    AZ – Ajax
14:30    Utrecht – Vitesse
14:30    Willem II – Groningen

Volendam - Roda

Volendam were beaten 4-0 by Sparta last week and are still sitting last in the Eredivisie. Roda surprisingly defeated UEFA Cup hopefuls NEC 3-0 and climbed to sixteenth spot.

Jasper Kok, Dominique van Dijk, Arvid Smit and Rowin van Zaanen are all likely to miss the match for Volendam following ongoing injury trouble.

Roda manager Martin Koopman, who will be replaced by Harm van Veldhoven after the weekend, will be without the injured likes of Dieter van Tornhout, Vincent Lachambre and Cliff Mardulier, while Sekou Cisse is doubtful.

NAC Breda - NEC

The home side defeated Heracles 3-0 last week and are still at the top of the table, while their opponents lost against Roda and are sitting seventh in the Eredivisie.

Anthony Lurling returns after his four-match ban, but NAC manager Robert Maaskant will probably be without the injured Martijn Reuser, Ellery Cairo and Kees Kwakman.

Striker Jhon van Beukering returns to the match squad for NEC after his temporary banishment to the reserves. However, Joey Brock is unavailable due to injury, while Collins John still isn't fully match fit.

PSV - Heracles

The Eindhoven side were thrashed 4-1 by Ajax last Sunday and dropped to sixth spot on the table. The guests lost the away match against NAC and are currently sitting eleventh in the Eredivisie.

PSV manager Huub Stevens will still be without injured winger Nordin Amrabat, while Jan Kromkamp is doubtful. However, French defender Jeremie Brechet is available again after his injury trouble.

Karim Bridji, Darl Douglas and Mark Jan Fledderus are still spending most of their time on the treatment table and will be unavailable on Saturday evening.

Twente - Heerenveen

The host were unable to beat Feyenoord last week and only grabbed one point; they dropped to eight spot on the table. Heerenveen beat Utrecht in an entertaining match and are sitting fifth in the Eredivisie.

Talented youngster Andrej Rendla and Arnar Vidarsson are still unavailable due to injury trouble. However, Slobodan Rajkovic is set to make his debut for the Enschede side after his successful ban appeal.

Geert Arend Roorda, Bonaventure Kalou and Michael Dingsdag are all sidelined with injuries for Heerenveen. Tarik Elyounoussi and Paulo Henrique are likely return to the match squad after small injuries.

De Graafschap - Sparta

The Doetinchem side lost last week's match against Groningen 3-0 and are currently sitting seventeenth in the Eredivisie. Sparta thrashed Volendam 4-0 and climbed to thirteenth spot.

The injury plagued home side will probably be without Purrel Frankel, Rene Bot, Mees Siers, Stephan Keller and Appie Chaiat. However, Steve de Ridder and Geert den Ouden are likely to return to the match squad.

Feyenoord - ADO Den Haag

The Rotterdam giants drew the difficult away match against Twente 1-1 and are the Eredivisie's number twelve. ADO were beaten by Willem II in the dying seconds of the match and dropped to fourteenth spot.

Feyenoord will still be without the injured likes of Jon Dahl Tomasson, Ron Vlaar, Jonathan de Guzman and Serginho Greene. However, Leroy Fer, Georginio Wijnaldum, Diego Biseswar, Denny Landzaat, Luigi Bruins and Andwele Slory might all make it to the match squad.

The guests will probably be without Gino Coutinho, Tim de Meersman, Samir el Moussaoui and Robin Faber, while Mitchell Pique and Pascal Bosschaart are doubtful.

AZ - Ajax

AZ drew the away match against Vitesse 1-1 and dropped to fourth spot. Ajax heavily beat PSV last week and are still sitting (joint) first in the Eredivisie.

AZ manager Louis van Gaal will be without the injured likes of Graziano Pelle, Moussa Dembele, Gijs Luirink, Kees Luyckx and Jeremain Lens. However, top scorer Mounir el Hamdaoui is available, despite his minor knee trouble.

Ajax's long injury list is slowly getting shorter and "only" Dario Cvitanich, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Ismail Aissati, Maarten Stekelenburg and Jeffrey Sarpong will be unavailable following their injuries.

Utrecht - Vitesse

The hosts were beaten by Heerenveen last week and are currently the Eredivisie's number ten. Vitesse surprisingly held AZ, but still dropped to fifteenth spot.

Gregoor van Dijk and Francis Dickoh will miss the match for Utrecht, while Romanian left back Mihai Nesu is likely to return to the match squad.

Vitesse manager Hans Westerhof will be without young midfielder Onur Kaya and left back Haim Megrelishvili, who are both troubled by injury.

Willem II - Groningen

The Tilburg side defeated ADO Den Haag last week and climbed to ninth spot on the table. The guests recorded an easy victory against De Graafschap and are currently sitting third in the Eredivisie.

Boy Deul and Angelo Martha will both miss the match for Willem II, while Swedish striker George Mourad returns from his suspension.

Jeroen Veldmate will still be unavailable for the Northern side, while Sepp de Roover and Evgeniy Levchenko are doubtful.

Stefan Coerts, Goal.com