FC Utrecht and NEC Nijmegen kick off the seventh round in the Eredivisie on Friday evening. Can Bozdogan returns to the home team, while Rogier Meijer keeps Pedro Marques on the bench at NEC.
FC Utrecht and NEC start the game as the numbers eight and ten of the Eredivisie. Both teams can take a big step to the sub-top with a win. After a disastrous start, Utrecht is recovering in the competition and won the last two games with tight figures. Can Bozdogan returns after an injury and is immediately in the starting lineup.
NEC mainly knows what a draw is: four of the six matches ended in a draw. In the previous round, Fortuna Sittard seemed to leave with the points, but substitute Pedro Marques took care of the equalizer for the Nijmegen team in the final second. Despite the important goal from Marques, the Portuguese starts again on the bench. Oussama Tannane is ill and is not in the base. The winner of this game immediately moves on to sixth place in the Eredivisie. Utrecht and NEC kick off at 8 p.m.
The setups:
FC Utrecht: Barkas, Van der Maarel, Ter Avest, Bozdogan, Douvikas, Van der Kust, Toornstra, Boussaid, Sagnan, Dost, Sylla
NEC Nijmegen: Cillessen, Márquez, Tavsan, Duelund, Mattson, El Karouani, Dimata, Schöne, Verdonk, Van Rooij, Proper
