A quick look at the Eredivisie table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Get our FC Twente - Go Ahead Eagles match preview!
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Go Ahead Eagles have scored away.
FC Twente and Go Ahead Eagles should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FC Twente form and stats
This stadium, De Grolsch Veste, has been a fortress for FC Twente in the Eredivisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-0. After failing to beat Fortuna Sittard here at De Grolsch Veste, FC Twente has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Twente are confident in defense, having played 296 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The FC Twente followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host RKC Waalwijk and win 3-0. van Wolfswinkel has scored in three games in a row. Badass! Steijn (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.25/10. Steijn scored two goals and hit two key passes.
In the game before, an away victory match versus SC Cambuur with a 1-0 scoreline.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for FC Twente home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Defensively FC Twente have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Go Ahead Eagles have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far. Eagles has drawn their two previous away games.
Go Ahead Eagles won their last game, 3-1 versus Excelsior played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone four league matches without winning. Willumsson got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, top player of the team. Willumsson scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).
Before that, Go Ahead Eagles travelled to NEC and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Eagles have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. In the opposite end, Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these teams: Twente won five, Go Ahead Eagles triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Černý 4 goals |  V. Misidjan 4 goals |
FC Twente missing players
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| FC Twente | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 58% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 58% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.6 | 17.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.4 | 11.5 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 50% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | 35% |
| 10.2 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.5 | 17.2 | 15.9 |
| 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 6.2 |
- All of FC Twente's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- 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 Go Ahead Eagles have scored away.
- FC Twente have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the most clean sheets (7) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have won all their matches at home so far.
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Go Ahead Eagles have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Go Ahead Eagles have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 27 |
| 3 | AZ | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | NEC | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 6 |
