FC Twente supporters expect points in home game versus ADO Den Haag

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

FC Twente have managed 3 home wins so far, ADO Den Haag have won 3 away. Who improves their record in this one?

Insights:
  • FC Twente have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Eredivisie
  • ADO Den Haag have the fewest scored goals (27) in Eredivisie

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Twente and ADO Den Haag.

It should be mentioned that ADO Den Haag play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for ADO Den Haag on grass are 5 victories, 9 draws and 21 defeats from 35 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 37-79. You can compare this with overall results below.

Twente can neither be promoted or relegated from Eredivisie. For Haag it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente's struggle is real here at De Grolsch Veste with only 15 points collected from 16 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-6-7. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.

Gijs Smal, defender, was given a rating of 7.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Smal won 7 of 13 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Heracles.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Twente matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and two defeats (from two games).

Twente are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. 23 goals have been conceded.

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

ADO Den Haag, who have the fewest scored goals (27) in Eredivisie, have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 3-4-9 (16 played).

Midfielder John Goossens was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Goossens hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 55 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at PEC Zwolle.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and ADO Den Haag playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, one draw and zero home wins.

The attacking power of Haag when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Haag have conceded 35 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: ADO Den Haag - Twente 2-4. Last ten meetings between the teams: Twente won two, ADO Den Haag won five and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
17 goals
FC TwenteQ. Menig
Q. Menig
8 goals
FC TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
6 goals

FC Twente missing players

ADO Den Haag missing players

FC Twente ADO Den Haag
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
9 3 1 Won W 0 3 4
11 6 2 Drew D 0 4 10
13 7 2 Lost L 5 9 19
45 20 7 Scored S 0 10 27
48 23 6 Conceded C 16 35 73
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
85% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 82%
58% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 55%
30% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 36%
12% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 27%
64% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 52%
18% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 15%
27% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.9 11.4 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.4 8.1
4.2 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.6 2.3 2.7
32% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 30%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • ADO Den Haag have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • ADO Den Haag have the fewest scored goals (27) in Eredivisie
  • ADO Den Haag have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Eredivisie
  • ADO Den Haag have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in Eredivisie
  • ADO Den Haag have the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Eredivisie
  • ADO Den Haag have the the worst goal difference (-46) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Eredivisie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.