FC Utrecht and FC Twente regulars can't wait for Eredivisie clash at Stadion Galgenwaard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

FC Twente pay a visit to FC Utrecht and Stadion Galgenwaard packed with hope and confidence, but the home side is not a walk in the park. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Twente have the most scored goals (17) away in Eredivisie

It's no vacation for neither Utrecht nor FC Twente as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

6-2-0 is the performance here at Stadion Galgenwaard so far in the Eredivisie, giving FC Utrecht a total of 20 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!

Utrecht travelled for their previous game, a trip to Fortuna Sittard that ended 2-2. Midfield player Streek got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Streek scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at NAC Breda in the KNVB Beker.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Utrecht matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and one defeat (from five games).

Utrecht are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Galgenwaard in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. Utrecht are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Galgenwaard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.

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FC Twente form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for FC Twente on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

FC Twente play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting PEC Zwolle (placed 18th). Sadílek got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Sadílek served one assist and hit one key pass.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Feyenoord (after extra-time) in the KNVB Beker.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Twente playing away, we found one game. Results were one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.

The travelling fans enjoy Twente's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. FC Twente's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: FC Twente - Utrecht 1-0. Data for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: six wins for Utrecht, one draw and three wins for FC Twente. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
7 goals
FC UtrechtB. Ramselaar
B. Ramselaar
6 goals
UtrechtM. Sylla
M. Sylla
4 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

FC Twente missing players

FC Utrecht FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 4 9 17
8 6 1 Won W 2 5 9
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
5 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
32 22 3 Scored S 6 17 27
22 6 1 Conceded C 6 15 21
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 76%
71% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 53%
47% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 29%
24% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 18%
59% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 78% 71%
35% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 24%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 11% 12%
 
5.8 6.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.9 3.6
4.2 3.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.6
1.8 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
14.1 19.2 19 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10 11.1
4.7 7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 4.1
40% 39% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 49% 39%
 
11.2 9.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 13.6 12.1
4.1 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5 3.9
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Twente have the most scored goals (17) away in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 16 12 1 3 40 23 8 7 0 1 25 12 8 5 1 2 15 11 17 37
2 Ajax 16 11 3 2 49 4 9 6 1 2 33 3 7 5 2 0 16 1 45 36
3 Feyenoord 16 11 3 2 39 15 8 7 1 0 24 7 8 4 2 2 15 8 24 36
4 FC Twente 17 9 4 4 27 21 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 5 1 3 17 15 6 31
5 Vitesse 17 9 3 5 24 25 8 3 2 3 9 13 9 6 1 2 15 12 -1 30
6 AZ 17 9 2 6 34 23 8 6 1 1 23 10 9 3 1 5 11 13 11 29
7 FC Utrecht 17 8 4 5 32 22 8 6 2 0 22 6 9 2 2 5 10 16 10 28
8 SC Cambuur 16 9 0 7 30 36 8 4 0 4 16 18 8 5 0 3 14 18 -6 27
9 SC Heerenveen 16 6 4 6 18 21 9 3 2 4 11 14 7 3 2 2 7 7 -3 22
10 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 3 7 19 25 8 4 0 4 13 11 8 2 3 3 6 14 -6 21
11 NEC 16 5 4 7 21 26 8 2 2 4 9 10 8 3 2 3 12 16 -5 19
12 FC Groningen 17 4 7 6 20 26 8 1 6 1 7 6 9 3 1 5 13 20 -6 19
13 Willem II 17 5 3 9 18 35 8 3 1 4 7 14 9 2 2 5 11 21 -17 18
14 Heracles 17 5 2 10 20 25 9 5 1 3 14 11 8 0 1 7 6 14 -5 17
15 RKC Waalwijk 16 3 6 7 17 25 8 3 1 4 7 12 8 0 5 3 10 13 -8 15
16 Fortuna Sittard 17 3 4 10 19 41 8 2 2 4 10 21 9 1 2 6 9 20 -22 13
17 Sparta Rotterdam 17 2 6 9 14 26 9 1 4 4 8 13 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 12
18 PEC Zwolle 17 1 3 13 9 31 9 1 2 6 4 11 8 0 1 7 5 20 -22 6

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.