Alright, so today I’m gonna walk you through how I tackled trying to figure out the lineups for the Feyenoord vs. SBV Vitesse game. It was a bit of a rabbit hole, but hey, that’s half the fun, right?
First thing I did, naturally, was hit up Google. I mean, where else do you start? Just typed in “Feyenoord vs SBV Vitesse lineups”. I scrolled through the usual suspects – sports news sites, football blogs, that kinda thing. A bunch of them just had match previews, not the actual confirmed lineups. Annoying, but expected.
Next, I tried a few of the bigger sports news sites. ESPN, Sky Sports, the usual gang. Sometimes they’re quick to post lineups as soon as they’re announced. Still no luck. They had match reports from previous games, but nothing concrete for this one.
Okay, time to get a little more specific. I figured maybe Feyenoord and Vitesse’s official websites would be my best bet. So, I navigated to * and *. Dug around in their news sections, match previews, even their social media feeds. Found some team news, like who was injured or suspended, but still no official lineups. They were probably holding out until closer to kickoff.
At this point, I remembered a few football stats sites I’ve used before – things like WhoScored and Soccerway. They often update lineups pretty quickly. I jumped onto those, searched for the match, and BOOM! Soccerway actually had a predicted lineup. It wasn’t official, but it was something. It gave me a rough idea of who was likely to start.
But I wasn’t satisfied with just “predicted.” I wanted the real deal. So, I went back to those team’s social media. Specifically, I started hitting up Twitter. I searched for hashtags like #Feyenoord, #Vitesse, and #FEYVIT (just in case). I filtered by “Latest” to see the most recent tweets. This is where things started to get interesting.
I noticed a few accounts that seem to be dedicated to covering Feyenoord and Vitesse news. These are usually fans or smaller sports outlets that are really on the ball. I started following those accounts, and within like, 15 minutes, one of them tweeted a screenshot of what looked like the official team sheet! It wasn’t the clearest photo, but you could definitely make out the names.
Finally! I cross-referenced that lineup with the predicted one from Soccerway, and it matched up pretty closely. So, I felt pretty confident that I had the correct starting elevens. I put it all together, double-checked the spelling of the names (always important!), and that was it. Lineups acquired.
Here’s the rundown of what I did:
- Googled the match + “lineups”
- Checked major sports news sites
- Visited the official team websites
- Used football stats sites like Soccerway (for predicted lineups)
- Hunted on Twitter using team hashtags, filtering by “Latest”
- Followed dedicated team news accounts on Twitter
- Cross-referenced information to confirm the lineups
It’s not always this much work, sometimes the lineups are posted super quickly. But hey, sometimes you gotta dig a little to get the info you need. Good luck out there!
