Telstar host Feyenoord in the Eredivisie. It's an early-season meeting between two sides who've started the campaign in completely different directions, with Feyenoord among the form teams and Telstar towards the wrong end of the table.
This one is still a few weeks away, so there's time for things to shift, but the early shape of both sides already gives us plenty to look at. Telstar's recent results have been rough, while Feyenoord have barely dropped points, and that contrast is the starting point for everything else here.
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Form: two teams heading in opposite directions
Feyenoord's recent matches show a team scoring heavily and rarely losing, including a 5-0 home win over Utrecht and a 7-0 away win at PEC Zwolle. Their only defeat in this sample came away at Barcelona in the Champions League, a 5-1 loss that stands out against an otherwise strong run. It's worth noting this form sample mixes league games with Champions League and pre-season friendlies, so it's not a pure like-for-like league record.
Telstar: 20 completed matches; Feyenoord: 20 completed matches.
Telstar
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 15% 3 / 20
- Loss
- 50% 10 / 20
- Scored
- 31
- Conceded
- 35
- Difference
- -4
Feyenoord
- Win
- 65% 13 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 5% 1 / 20
- Scored
- 52
- Conceded
- 21
- Difference
- +31
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eredivisie | AZ Alkmaar | Telstar | 20.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Eredivisie | Heerenveen | Telstar | 13.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Eredivisie | Twente | Telstar | 09.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Eredivisie | Telstar | Cambuur | 06.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| Eredivisie | Telstar | Ajax | 30.08.2026 | 0-4 |
| Eredivisie | Telstar | Sparta Rotterdam | 14.08.2026 | 1-3 |
| Eredivisie | NEC Nijmegen | Telstar | 08.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | VfL Wolfsburg | Telstar | 31.07.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | De Graafschap | Telstar | 17.07.2026 | 3-6 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Sparta Rotterdam | Telstar | 11.07.2026 | 1-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eredivisie | Feyenoord | Utrecht | 20.09.2026 | 5-0 |
| Eredivisie | PEC Zwolle | Feyenoord | 13.09.2026 | 0-7 |
| UEFA Champions League | Barcelona | Feyenoord | 09.09.2026 | 5-1 |
| Eredivisie | NEC Nijmegen | Feyenoord | 05.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| Eredivisie | Feyenoord | ADO Den Haag | 30.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Eredivisie | Cambuur | Feyenoord | 23.08.2026 | 2-5 |
| Eredivisie | Feyenoord | GO Ahead Eagles | 16.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Eredivisie | Sparta Rotterdam | Feyenoord | 09.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Feyenoord | Atalanta | 02.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Feyenoord | Rayo Vallecano | 26.07.2026 | 2-1 |
Telstar's picture is much tougher reading. Their recent games include a 0-4 home defeat to Ajax and a 1-3 home loss to Sparta Rotterdam, with only the odd draw breaking up a string of defeats. There's little in this run to suggest a team building momentum going into this fixture.
Feyenoord's current form looks considerably stronger, though some of that sample comes from outside the league season proper.
Comparative Team Statistics: Telstar vs Feyenoord

Head-to-head: recent meetings have gone Feyenoord's way
The two recorded meetings between these sides both ended in Feyenoord wins. They won 2-1 at home in February 2026, and also won 1-2 away at Telstar back in November 2025. That's a small sample, and it doesn't necessarily reflect every meeting these clubs have had, but it does show Feyenoord getting the better of Telstar in both venues recently.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eredivisie | Feyenoord | Telstar | 22.02.2026 | 2-1 |
| Eredivisie | Telstar | Feyenoord | 30.11.2025 | 1-2 |
The table backs up the form picture
Feyenoord sit second after seven games, with 17 points from five wins, two draws and no defeats, scoring 25 and conceding just seven. Telstar are down in 13th with only five points from seven games, having won just once, and their goal difference is already well negative with five scored and 12 conceded.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AZ Alkmaar | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18/6 | 19 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25/7 | 17 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24/10 | 16 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10/17 | 5 |
| 13 | Telstar | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5/12 | 5 |
| 14 | Cambuur | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10/19 | 5 |
That's a big early-season gap in both points and goal difference, and it lines up with what the recent form and head-to-head record suggest.
The gap between these two sides this season looks substantial, not just a run of good or bad luck.

Feyenoord's goals are shared around, Telstar's data flags discipline
Feyenoord's scoring is spread across a few players rather than resting on one man. Zechiël has five goals and four assists in seven appearances, Hadj-Moussa has five goals in six games, and Valente has four goals, with Read also chipping in four assists. That's a decent spread of attacking contribution.
On Telstar's side, the available data points more towards disciplinary numbers than attacking output. Koeman has picked up two yellow cards in seven matches, while Þórisson has a yellow and a red in just three appearances. There's no injury information here, so this shouldn't be read as a team news update on absences, just a snapshot of what's been recorded.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Þórisson | Iceland | 27 | Attacker | 188 | n/a |
| J. Hardeveld | Netherlands | 31 | Defender | 184 | 76 |
| R. Koeman | Netherlands | 31 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 80 |
| D. Reiziger | Netherlands | 25 | Goalkeeper | 184 cm | 69 kg |
| N. Nwankwo | Netherlands | 28 | Defender | 181 cm | n/a |
| M. Peersman | Belgium | 35 | Defender | 185 | 69 |
| T. Owusu | Netherlands | 27 | Midfielder | 181 | n/a |
| A. Martha | Netherlands | 23 | Defender | 180 | n/a |
| Rui Mendes | Portugal | 26 | Midfielder | 179 | 72 |
| A. Soualhia | France | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| G. Caschili | Netherlands | 23 | Defender | 171 cm | 72 kg |
| P. Brouwer | Netherlands | 25 | Midfielder | 176 cm | n/a |
| S. Valk | Netherlands | 24 | Defender | 195 cm | 76 kg |
| P. Aning | Netherlands | 22 | Midfielder | 176 | 71 |
| N. Rossen | Netherlands | 21 | Midfielder | 181 | 66 |
| F. Rust | Netherlands | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| S. Hetli | Netherlands | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| N. Ogidi Nwankwo | Netherlands | 23 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| E. Demircan | Türkiye | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Gerald Alders | Netherlands | 21 | Defender | 179 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Nelson | England | 26 | Attacker | 175 | 71 |
| J. Lotomba | Switzerland | 28 | Defender | 177 | 71 |
| C. Vanhoutte | Belgium | 28 | Midfielder | 182 | 76 |
| T. Watanabe | Japan | 29 | Defender | 184 | 76 |
| J. St. Juste | Netherlands | 29 | Defender | 186 | 76 |
| M. Deijl | Netherlands | 29 | Defender | 181 | 72 |
| S. Steijn | Netherlands | 24 | Midfielder | 173 | 61 |
| A. Ueda | Japan | 28 | Attacker | 182 | 76 |
| F. Kastenmeier | Germany | 29 | Goalkeeper | 192 | 85 |
| Gonçalo Borges | Portugal | 25 | Attacker | 184 | 72 |
| N. Kasanwirjo | Netherlands | 24 | Defender | 185 | 68 |
| Mika Màrmol | Spain | 25 | Defender | 181 cm | 70 kg |
| C. Tengstedt | Denmark | 26 | Attacker | 184 | 79 |
| Javi López | Spain | 24 | Midfielder | 184 | 80 |
| L. Bossin | Republic of Ireland | 30 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 81 |
| T. Ernst | Germany | 23 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 87 |
| O. Targhalline | Morocco | 24 | Midfielder | 186 | 70 |
| L. Valente | Italy | 23 | Midfielder | 189 | 78 |
| A. Hadj-Moussa | Algeria | 24 | Midfielder | 176 | 72 |
| Nacho Ferri | Spain | 21 | Attacker | 192 | 80 |
Everything in the data points one way here. Feyenoord are scoring heavily, sitting second in the table, and have won both recent meetings with Telstar, who are struggling near the bottom with a poor recent run of results.
Without a quoted market to weigh up, there's nothing specific to back here, but the underlying gap between these two sides looks real rather than a blip, and worth keeping an eye on as the fixture approaches.
