📊 Form Guide

FC Twente

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FC Twente, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-2 Eredivisie triumph versus Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, FC Twente had 51% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. For FC Twente, the scorers were Michal Sadílek (42') and Sem Steijn (45'). On the other side, Sparta Rotterdam got 13 shots at goal with 1 on target.

It has been seldom in recent times that FC Twente have kept a clean sheet. In fact, FC Twente have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 13 goals in the process.

Their previous form shows that FC Twente:

• have not registered a win against FC Utrecht in their last 4 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league matches.

FC Utrecht

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FC Utrecht head into the clash after a 0-4 Eredivisie win over RKC Waalwijk in their last match.

In that match, FC Utrecht had 53% possession and 20 shots at goal with 9 on target. For FC Utrecht, goals were scored by Oscar Fraulo (15'), Sébastien Haller (19'), Miguel Rodríguez (27') and David Min (87'). On the other side, RKC Waalwijk had 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

A run of outstanding showings by the FC Utrecht defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings combined. During the same time, their forwards have scored 15. That kind of trend isn’t assured to follow through into this game, though.

Ahead of this meeting, FC Utrecht are unbeaten in their last 18 league matches away from home. Not many clubs can boast an away record as good as that.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 22/12/2021 tells us that FC Twente have won 1 of these games & FC Utrecht 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

A combined sum of 11 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for De Tukkers and 6 belonging to Utreg. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 4 on 01/09/2024 which ended up with the score at FC Utrecht 2-1 FC Twente.

That day, FC Utrecht had 37% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Jens Toornstra (14') and Can Bozdoğan (52').

On the other side, FC Twente had 15 shots on goal with 7 on target. Sam Lammers (11') was the scorer.

The referee was Dennis Higler.

📋 Team News: FC Twente

It seems likely that De Tukkers will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system featuring Lars Unnerstall, Bart van Rooij, Mees Hilgers, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Bas Kuipers, Mathias Kjoeloe, Michal Sadilek, Daan Rots, Sem Steijn, Michel Vlap and R. van Wolfswinkel.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Utrecht

We are inclined to think that Utreg seem most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Vasilios Barkas, Niklas Vesterlund, Mike van der Hoorn, Nick Viergever, Souffian El Karouani, Oscar Fraulo, Paxten Aaronson, Alonzo Engwanda, Miliano Jonathans, Sebastien Haller and Adrian Blake.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, FC Utrecht and FC Twente should both be able to score more than once here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and there should be goals with a draw being quite a realistic outcome. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a score draw at the end of the match.

Peter Guest, 12:05 11/05/2025