Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Twente & AZ 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 FC Twente and AZ.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the KNVB Beker.The home supporters can't complain about results here at De Grolsch Veste as FC Twente have scored 12 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for FC Twente last time playing, versus SC Heerenveen. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Ugalde and van Wolfswinkel scoring for the victors. Unnerstall, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.61 out of 10 in that game. Unnerstall stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away draw at FC Utrecht that finished 1-1.The manager Jans will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Willem II in only three days.
Twente has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. FC Twente are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Grolsch Veste in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
AZ form and stats
AZ was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 8th finals last season.As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, AZ have produced an overall stat of 4-1-5 so far.
AZ play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Fortuna Sittard. Midfielder Wit was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.75. Wit served one assist, hit two key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 39 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus FC Groningen in the Eredivisie.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SC Cambuur in just three days.
AZ have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, AZ have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): FC Twente won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and AZ managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  R. van Wolfswinkel 9 goals |   J. Karlsson 8 goals |  D. de Wit 7 goals |
FC Twente missing players
AZ missing players
| FC Twente | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 36% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Ajax | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 45 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | AZ | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | NEC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 12 | Heracles | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Willem II | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -28 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -21 | 9 |
