Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Twente & Ajax face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Twente and Ajax.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the KNVB Beker.FC Twente have been outstanding at home so far in the Eredivisie with 8 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.
FC Twente shared the glory with FC Groningen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Twente's goalie Unnerstall played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against FC Groningen with a stunning six saves.
Before that, FC Twente drew at home versus Feyenoord.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Twente, as the Eredivisie home game vs FC Volendam is only three days away.
Goals decide football matches and FC Twente are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 10 league matches. Twente have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Ajax form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the final.Ajax's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ajax collect 24 points from their 11 away matches in the Eredivisie. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Two away games in a row for Ajax, whose coach Heitinga could celebrate last time after the win against SC Cambuur. As mentioned above, Ajax was the only team on the pitch versus SC Cambuur in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Berghuis was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.85/10. Berghuis scored two goals, served one assist, hit six key passes and had 68 successful passes (of 81 total).
Preceding that game was the away Eredivisie victory against Excelsior with the score of 4-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting RKC Waalwijk in just three days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 29 goals in 11 league games away this season. Ajax have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ajax have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing FC Twente.Top Goalscorers
  B. Brobbey 10 goals |  S. Bergwijn 8 goals |   R. van Wolfswinkel 7 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Ajax missing players
| FC Twente | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 29 | Scored | S | 31 | 62 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 18.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 17.3 | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 |
