An important duel in the bottom section of the Eredivisie, with both FC Twente and ADO Den Haag experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 17th place.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
FC Twente form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for FC Twente at their home stadium (De Grolsch Veste) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. FC Twente has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager G. García García and the players.
FC Twente are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Vitesse. Before that game, the home loss against SC Heerenveen with the scoreline 2-3.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Twente have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost one.
The FC Twente fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. FC Twente have conceded 22 from these games.
ADO Den Haag form and stats
There's been little loot from ADO Den Haag's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 13 away games in the Eredivisie. ADO Den Haag only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw.
ADO Den Haag aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 232 league minutes without a goal. R. Kongolo (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
There might be some fixture complaints from ADO Den Haag as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eredivisie match against AZ (0-4). A draw for ADO Den Haag before that, at their own venue hosting Heracles (0-0).
ADO Den Haag lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
ADO Den Haag are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.
ADO Den Haag have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on ADO Den Haag's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 37 goals in 13 travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the ADO Den Haag - FC Twente 0-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for FC Twente, four draws and five wins for ADO Den Haag. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vučkič 11 goals |  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 7 goals |   T. Necid 6 goals |
FC Twente missing players
ADO Den Haag missing players
| FC Twente | ADO Den Haag | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 34 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 46 | 22 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 37 | 54 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 81% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 77% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 85% | 58% |
| 35% | 46% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 69% | 42% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 58% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 42% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 15% | 27% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 42% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 248 | 135 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 96 | 230 |
| 88 | 55 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 35 | 79 |
| 39% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | 32% |
- ADO Den Haag has the most conceded goals in the first half (29)
- ADO Den Haag have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ADO Den Haag have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- ADO Den Haag haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- ADO Den Haag is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- FC Twente have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |