FC Utrecht - FC Twente: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

This looks to be an appealing fixture as FC Utrecht have their presumed home advantage, while FC Twente are in front by 9 points in the Eredivisie table.

Insights:
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eredivisie

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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FC Utrecht form and stats

FC Utrecht have played 14 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Utrecht enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Groningen's place. The match ended 2-1 with Douvikas and Dost scoring. Finally, a league victory after four fixtures without one. Manager Silberbauer felt very clever after Dost scored the winning goal against FC Groningen, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 68th minute. Toornstra (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.13/10. Toornstra hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the match before that, FC Utrecht hosted FC Volendam and drew the game 0-0.

Utrecht have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Twente form and stats

3-6-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Twente in their Eredivisie matches away.

FC Twente have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall. It's been 204 minutes since they last conceded in Eredivisie.

FC Twente had fun at their own home (Stadion Galgenwaard) last time out, beating SC Cambuur 4-0. Steijn, Vlap, Brenet and van Wolfswinkel scored. As you can tell from the results above, FC Twente was very dominant against SC Cambuur, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Steijn, Vlap, Brenet and van Wolfswinkel providing the goals. Smal was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.4. The defender Smal signed up for three assists, hit three key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.

Before that, Twente travelled to Excelsior and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, FC Twente have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: FC Twente - FC Utrecht 2-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Utrecht won five games, one match ended with a draw and FC Twente got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
14 goals
FC TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
9 goals
FC UtrechtB. Dost
B. Dost
8 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

FC Twente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
11 5 1 Won W 2 3 14
9 5 2 Drew D 0 6 9
8 4 2 Lost L 2 5 5
44 14 7 Scored S 5 12 48
42 13 8 Conceded C 4 15 22
89% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
75% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 82%
61% 43% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 50%
36% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 18%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
57% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 39%
32% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 50%
21% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 18%
 
5.9 5.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.5 6.3
4.3 4.6 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.4
1.6 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 12.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 17 15.5 17
5.2 5.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 5.1
30% 18% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 34%
 
12.5 11.9 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.4 11
4.8 4.6 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 3.6
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most clean sheets (14) 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 Feyenoord 28 20 7 1 67 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 10 3 1 36 19 40 67
2 Ajax 28 17 8 3 76 28 14 8 4 2 41 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 48 59
3 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 FC Twente 28 14 9 5 48 22 14 11 3 0 36 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 26 51
6 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 NEC 28 7 14 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 14 4 5 5 12 12 7 35
10 RKC Waalwijk 27 9 8 10 42 45 14 7 3 4 28 19 13 2 5 6 14 26 -3 35
11 Fortuna Sittard 28 9 5 14 35 51 14 4 3 7 18 24 14 5 2 7 17 27 -16 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 28 5 10 13 25 46 15 3 9 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 25
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 28 4 4 20 21 55 14 2 0 12 10 27 14 2 4 8 11 28 -34 16

Table
  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 28 20 7 1 67 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 10 3 1 36 19 40 67
2 Ajax 28 17 8 3 76 28 14 8 4 2 41 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 48 59
3 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 FC Twente 28 14 9 5 48 22 14 11 3 0 36 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 26 51
6 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 NEC 28 7 14 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 14 4 5 5 12 12 7 35
10 RKC Waalwijk 27 9 8 10 42 45 14 7 3 4 28 19 13 2 5 6 14 26 -3 35
11 Fortuna Sittard 28 9 5 14 35 51 14 4 3 7 18 24 14 5 2 7 17 27 -16 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 28 5 10 13 25 46 15 3 9 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 25
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 28 4 4 20 21 55 14 2 0 12 10 27 14 2 4 8 11 28 -34 16

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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.