Wednesday evening marks a historic occasion as Montilivi host their first Champions League match with Girona against Feyenoord.
These two teams will aim to get their first points of the league stage on matchday two after both fell to defeats to open their respective accounts.
While Girona were cruelly beaten by PSG at the death thanks to an unfortunate mistake from Paulo Gazzaniga, Feyenoord were thoroughly outplayed by Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen at De Kuip.
Neither team has started their domestic campaign particularly well, although the pair were expected to struggle to replicate their performances from last season. The Dutch team lost coach Arne Slot Liverpooland Girona oversaw the key departures of Savinho, Aleix Garcia and Artem Dovbyk in the summer.
Feyenoord have won just a third of their Eredivisie outings and currently sit in sixth place, while Girona are mid-table without a win since September 1.
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Girona vs Feyenoord H2H record
This is the first competitive match between Girona and Feyenoord.
Current form (all competitions)
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Girona |
Feyenoord |
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Celta Vigo 1-1 Girona – 29/09/24 |
NEC 1-1 Feyenoord – 29/08/24 |
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Girona 0-0 Rayo Vallecano – 25/09/24 |
Feyenoord 2-0 NAC – 22/09/24 |
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Valencia 2-0 Girona – 21/09/24 |
Feyenoord 0-4 Bayer Leverkusen – 19/09/24 |
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PSG 1-0 Girona – 18/09/24 |
Groningen 2-2 Feyenoord – 14/09/24 |
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Girona 1-4 Barcelona – 15/09/24 |
Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 Feyenoord – 25/08/24 |
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country |
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united kingdom |
Discovery+, discovery+ app, TNT Sports 10 |
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united states |
Paramount+, ViX |
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canada |
DAZN |
Girona suffered a couple of injury blows at the weekend with the exclusion of veterans Oriol Romeu and Daley Blind. As a result, the pair are doubtful for Wednesday’s clash.
The hosts are still without Jastin Garcia and Ricard Artero, with both returning after the international break in October.
Yangel Herrera is likely to drop into a deeper midfield position if Romeu is not fit enough to start, with Porto returning to the side after coming off the bench against Celta at the weekend.
Girona predicted the lineup against Feyenoord (4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga; Frances, Krejci, López, Gutiérrez; Martin, Herrera; Tsygankov, Portu, Danjuma; Miovski.
Feyenoord recently lost shot-stopper Santiago Gimenez to a hip injury that could see him miss the rest of the calendar year.
Gimenez joins Calvin Stengs and Quilindschy Hartman on the sidelines, but both players are nearing their respective returns. Bart Niewkoop is also out for the visitors.
In the significant absence of Gimenez, Ayase Ueda will most likely take the lead.
Expected line-up of Feyenoord against Girona (4-3-3): Wellenreuther; Lotomba, Beelen, Hancko, Smal; Milambo, Hwang, Timber; Osman, Ueda, Paixao.
We can expect these two teams to be racing towards the bottom of the league stage standings, but Girona at least offered some resistance in Paris on Matchday 1. Their struggles so far have resided in the final third, but a solid enough bottom line keeps them going. in competitions
Feyenoord, meanwhile, were completely outplayed against Leverkusen, and the absence of Giménez, who scored the bulk of their goals last season, is certainly a big blow. Mitigating his loss may go beyond new coach Brian Priske.
As this is a big occasion for the hosts with Montilivi making their first Champions League appearance, we’ll give Girona a slim edge, but you shouldn’t expect the most exciting of contests.
