Eredivisie match preview: Willem II versus FC Twente

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Willem II and FC Twente in this fresh Eredivisie season. Read our match preview!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Willem II form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Willem II's two home games in the Eredivisie so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Koning Willem II Stadion.

Willem's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Feyenoord (placed 1st). A 1-1 draw away before that, with FC Emmen the opponent.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Willem II at home in the league. 5 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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FC Twente form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Eredivisie away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 2 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Twente's last game was the home draw against FC Emmen (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs FC Groningen.

It's early days yet, but FC Twente has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Willem wins - draws - FC Twente wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
3 goals
FC TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
3 goals
FC TwenteD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
2 goals

Willem II missing players

FC Twente missing players

Willem II FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 1 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
6 5 1 Scored S 0 1 7
7 4 4 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
49 23 6 Total Shots T S 0 9 46
16 7 3 Shots on Target S O 0 3 20
38% 71% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 35%
Willem II Last season FC Twente
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
13 7   Won W   2 7
5 4   Drew D   3 6
8 2   Lost L   8 13
37 17   Scored S   11 34
34 9   Conceded C   24 46
92% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
77% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 81%
50% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 62%
31% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 35%
15% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 27%
50% 46%   BTTS BTTS   54% 58%
27% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 19%
31% 31%   Failed to Score F T   46% 35%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   4 4
 
274 154   Total Shots T S   113 248
99 55   Shots on Target S O   33 88
37% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 39%

  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 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 10
2 PSV 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 5 10
3 SC Heerenveen 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 5 10
4 Vitesse 4 3 0 1 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 9
5 Ajax 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 9
6 FC Twente 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 8
7 FC Groningen 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 6
8 FC Utrecht 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
9 PEC Zwolle 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
10 VVV-Venlo 4 1 1 2 7 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 4
11 Willem II 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
12 Heracles 4 1 1 2 3 8 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -5 4
13 AZ Alkmaar 3 0 3 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 7 7 0 3
14 ADO Den Haag 4 1 0 3 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 4 7 -4 3
15 FC Emmen 4 0 2 2 6 9 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 2
16 Fortuna Sittard 4 0 1 3 4 10 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 1
17 Sparta Rotterdam 4 0 1 3 4 11 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 1
18 RKC Waalwijk 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -6 0
Last season 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 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ Alkmaar 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

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.