📏 Form Guide

FC Twente

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FC Twente will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of PSV Eindhoven.

In that match, FC Twente had 37% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, PSV had 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Ricardo Pepi (96') was the scorer for PSV Eindhoven.

Their most recent results show that it has been a great time for the FC Twente rearguard. FC Twente have been miserly, seeing the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past six clashes standing at 4. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.

Their past results show that FC Twente:

• have not lost a league tie with Heracles Almelo in their last 5 matches.
• have not registered a win against Heracles Almelo in their previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Heracles Almelo

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Heracles Almelo will come into the game after a 2-0 Eredivisie win versus Go Ahead Eagles in their most recent match.

In that match, Heracles Almelo had 45% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Heracles Almelo, goals were scored by Jizz Hornkamp (55') and Bryan Limbombe (69'). Go Ahead Eagles got 18 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

Looking at their form, and Heracles Almelo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals in all. In defence, Heracles Almelo certainly have room for improvement.

Analysis of their past results shows that Heracles Almelo:

• have not beaten FC Twente when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 20/09/2019, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with FC Twente winning 1 of those games, Heracles Almelo 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A sum of 18 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 from De Tukkers and 9 created by Heraclieden. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league match featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 14 on 22/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Heracles Almelo 2-2 FC Twente.

The referee was Pol van Boekel.

📋 Team News: FC Twente

The FC Twente manager Joseph Oosting will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash owing to a completely injury-free group to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo manager Erwin van de Looi has some current player fitness concerns. Sava-Arangel Cestic (Broken ankle), Stijn Bultman (Meniscus injury) and Nikolai Laursen (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Heracles Almelo are dangerous enough to find the net against this FC Twente outfit, although that is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 winning score for FC Twente after the 90. Should be a good one.

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Andre Moura, 12:04 31/03/2024