Can FC Twente beat Telstar in De Grolsch Veste clash?

Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 12.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

Only a win will satisfy FC Twente supporters in this De Grolsch Veste clash with Telstar, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eerste Divisie table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Telstar's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente, who have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Eerste Divisie, have performed well at De Grolsch Veste so far this season with 11 wins from 16 matches. Points have also been lost, 0 after draws and 5 from defeats.

The FC Twente crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to FC Dordrecht here at De Grolsch Veste in a Eerste Divisie match. Heartbreak before that as FC Twente lost 1-4 at RKC Waalwijk's place.

FC Twente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Grolsch Veste with 28 goals in 16 matches. From these home matches, FC Twente have conceded only 15 goals.

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Telstar form and stats

As the visiting team Telstar have produced an overall stat of 7-1-8 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Telstar on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Telstar are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the Eerste Divisie against SC Cambuur. Preceding that game was the away victory against Go Ahead Eagles with the score of 3-2.

Telstar are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games. In the opposite end, Telstar have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Telstar - FC Twente 1-3 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): FC Twente won 1 game, 0 matches ended with a draw and Telstar has 0 wins.

Top Goalscorers

T. Boere
14 goals / 4 assists
Aitor Cantalapiedra
13 goals / 8 assists
T. Ondaan
10 goals / 2 assists

FC Twente missing players

Telstar missing players

FC Twente Telstar
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
64 28 Scored 21 40
31 15 Conceded 25 52
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
76% 56% Over 1.5 75% 76%
55% 50% Over 2.5 50% 45%
30% 31% Over 3.5 25% 24%
15% 19% Over 4.5 25% 21%
55% 44% Both teams to score 44% 48%
36% 38% Clean Sheet 12% 18%
9% 19% Failed To Score 44% 33%
Key stats this season:
  • Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
  • Telstar is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 FC Twente 33 23 3 7 64 31 16 11 0 5 28 15 17 12 3 2 36 16 33 72
2 Sparta Rotterdam 33 18 11 4 70 35 16 13 2 1 43 14 17 5 9 3 27 21 35 65
3 Go Ahead Eagles 33 18 6 9 58 44 17 10 3 4 32 16 16 8 3 5 26 28 14 60
4 FC Den Bosch 33 16 8 9 57 42 17 9 4 4 34 23 16 7 4 5 23 19 15 56
5 Jong PSV 32 15 9 8 67 53 16 9 4 3 34 21 16 6 5 5 33 32 14 54
6 Almere City 33 16 5 12 51 50 16 8 2 6 26 20 17 8 3 6 25 30 1 53
7 Jong Ajax 33 14 7 12 64 57 16 8 4 4 33 25 17 6 3 8 31 32 7 49
8 RKC Waalwijk 33 15 4 14 53 47 17 8 3 6 29 25 16 7 1 8 24 22 6 49
9 FC Oss 33 14 7 12 37 38 17 7 4 6 19 21 16 7 3 6 18 17 -1 49
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 13 9 11 53 50 17 8 6 3 33 20 16 5 3 8 20 30 3 48
11 FC Eindhoven 33 13 8 12 47 38 16 5 5 6 24 20 17 8 3 6 23 18 9 47
12 SC Cambuur 33 13 8 12 47 42 16 6 5 5 22 19 17 7 3 7 25 23 5 47
13 MVV Maastricht 33 12 10 11 42 45 17 5 5 7 22 26 16 7 5 4 20 19 -3 46
14 Telstar 33 13 5 15 40 52 17 6 4 7 19 27 16 7 1 8 21 25 -12 44
15 NEC 32 11 9 12 58 53 16 7 5 4 35 21 16 4 4 8 23 32 5 42
16 FC Volendam 33 9 12 12 41 51 16 6 4 6 22 21 17 3 8 6 19 30 -10 39
17 FC Dordrecht 33 8 7 18 45 74 16 3 4 9 21 37 17 5 3 9 24 37 -29 31
18 Jong AZ 33 5 11 17 38 58 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 2 5 10 18 35 -20 26
19 Helmond Sport 33 3 9 21 31 60 17 3 4 10 22 28 16 0 5 11 9 32 -29 18
20 Jong Utrecht 33 3 6 24 38 81 17 3 3 11 22 39 16 0 3 13 16 42 -43 15

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