A win is the only result that will be enough for the FC Twente followers in this De Grolsch Veste battle with FC Emmen, having a robust lead on the away team in the Eredivisie standings.
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Eredivisie
- FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 5th position in the table.
The home team returns to De Grolsch Veste after drawing with Sparta Rotterdam (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfield player Zerrouki got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Zerrouki hit two key passes and had 80 successful passes (of 90 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Go Ahead Eagles that ended 1-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for FC Twente as they have a new game in only four days, a KNVB Beker match thankfully also at home. Telstar are visiting.
Goals are plentiful at De Grolsch Veste in the league this season as FC Twente has scored 19 goals here in 7 home games. Twente have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
FC Emmen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Emmen so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose).
FC Emmen's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ajax that finished 3-3. The match against Ajax looked like a defeat for FC Emmen, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Bouchouari equalized in the 84th minute. Midfield player Bernadou was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Bernadou signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A draw for FC Emmen before that, at their own venue hosting Ajax (3-3).Many goals are not expected from the visiting Emmen as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. FC Emmen have conceded 17 goals in these games. Emmen has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former eight meetings): FC Twente won four games, two matches ended in a draw and FC Emmen have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three.
Top Goalscorers
  R. van Wolfswinkel 5 goals |  V. Černý 4 goals |  V. Misidjan 4 goals |
FC Twente missing players
FC Emmen missing players
| FC Twente | FC Emmen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 24 | 19 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 17 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 50% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 7% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 21% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 6.5 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.3 | 11.4 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 22% | 25% |
| 10.3 | 8.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 16.1 | 13.8 |
| 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
- All of FC Twente's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- FC Twente have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Emmen have scored away.
- FC Twente have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the most points (19) at home in Eredivisie
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 3 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 30 |
| 4 | AZ | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
