Only three points good enough for FC Twente in FC Volendam game

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

The Eredivisie match summary, better known as a league table, tells the truth about these sides to this date, with FC Twente in front of FC Volendam by 20 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eredivisie
  • FC Volendam have the most conceded goals (46) in Eredivisie

FC Volendam play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match will take place on grass. The latest stats for FC Volendam when playing on grass are 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 19 matches. They have scored {29 goals} and conceded 38 times in these fixtures.

FC Twente have less rest than FC Volendam in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a KNVB Beker game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ajax, was also a home game here at De Grolsch Veste. The away team is better rested.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eredivisie, have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 26 points collected from 10 matches (8-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 5th position in the table. days ago.

The FC Twente supporters got no joy from their last match, a KNVB Beker duel also played here at De Grolsch Veste: A 0-1 defeat against Ajax. Midfielder Salah-Eddine was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Salah-Eddine dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at FC Groningen that finished 1-1.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained two goals or less.

Goals decide football matches and Twente are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 10 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, FC Twente have only let in {3 goals} at home.

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FC Volendam form and stats

FC Volendam have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-4-5 (10 played).

There were no winners in FC Volendam's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs AZ (placed 2nd). Mbuyamba, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.94. Mbuyamba scored one goal and won 9 of 15 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against FC Groningen.

Volendam have conceded 22 goals in these games. FC Volendam has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

FC Volendam - FC Twente 1-0 was the output when this pair of sides last played each other, also in this season. Data for the prior five meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for FC Twente, zero draws and one win for FC Volendam. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
7 goals
FC TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
6 goals
FC TwenteV. Misidjan
V. Misidjan
5 goals

FC Twente missing players

FC Volendam missing players

FC Twente FC Volendam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 10 20
10 8 4 Won W 0 1 4
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
3 0 0 Lost L 3 5 11
32 24 12 Scored S 3 10 23
13 3 0 Conceded C 14 22 46
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
40% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 60%
10% 10% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 45%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 10% 25%
40% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 65%
50% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 10%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 25%
 
6.3 5.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.7 5.1
4.8 3.7 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 8 7.2
1.3 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.8 17.4 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.4 11.5
4.5 5.4 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 4.2
36% 44% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 25% 28%
 
10.9 8.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 20.2 17.8 15.6
3.5 2.1 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.2 6.2 6.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of FC Twente's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of FC Volendam's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 Volendam have scored away.
  • FC Twente have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most points (26) at home in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Volendam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Volendam have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eredivisie
  • FC Volendam have the most conceded goals (46) in Eredivisie
  • FC Volendam 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 20 12 7 1 45 18 10 6 4 0 21 5 10 6 3 1 24 13 27 43
2 AZ 20 12 5 3 41 25 9 4 4 1 18 14 11 8 1 2 23 11 16 41
3 Ajax 20 11 7 2 56 21 9 4 4 1 27 8 11 7 3 1 29 13 35 40
4 PSV 20 12 3 5 49 25 10 8 1 1 28 7 10 4 2 4 21 18 24 39
5 FC Twente 20 10 7 3 32 13 10 8 2 0 24 3 10 2 5 3 8 10 19 37
6 Sparta Rotterdam 20 9 7 4 30 17 10 6 2 2 18 8 10 3 5 2 12 9 13 34
7 FC Utrecht 20 9 6 5 33 31 10 5 3 2 10 7 10 4 3 3 23 24 2 33
8 SC Heerenveen 20 7 6 7 20 22 10 4 2 4 11 12 10 3 4 3 9 10 -2 27
9 RKC Waalwijk 20 6 8 6 31 31 10 5 3 2 23 14 10 1 5 4 8 17 0 26
10 NEC 20 4 11 5 24 22 10 2 7 1 18 12 10 2 4 4 6 10 2 23
11 Fortuna Sittard 20 6 5 9 25 33 11 3 3 5 13 16 9 3 2 4 12 17 -8 23
12 Go Ahead Eagles 20 5 7 8 28 35 11 3 4 4 17 20 9 2 3 4 11 15 -7 22
13 Vitesse 20 4 8 8 25 37 9 1 4 4 10 21 11 3 4 4 15 16 -12 20
14 Excelsior 20 6 2 12 20 43 10 5 1 4 12 15 10 1 1 8 8 28 -23 20
15 FC Volendam 20 4 5 11 23 46 10 3 1 6 13 24 10 1 4 5 10 22 -23 17
16 FC Emmen 20 3 7 10 17 36 10 2 7 1 11 12 10 1 0 9 6 24 -19 16
17 FC Groningen 20 3 4 13 21 41 10 2 2 6 13 20 10 1 2 7 8 21 -20 13
18 SC Cambuur 20 3 3 14 11 35 11 1 0 10 4 22 9 2 3 4 7 13 -24 12

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.