National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FC Twente or Feyenoord that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
FC Twente form and stats
Twente have reached this KNVB Beker stage through battling and winning against OSS '20. FC Twente participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the 1st round.When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Twente have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
Twente's last game was hosting RKC Waalwijk and winning 2-1. Midfield player Michel Vlap got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Vlap scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Go Ahead Eagles and winning 2-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Twente as they are travelling to their away game against PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
The Twente fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. 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 8 matches.
Feyenoord form and stats
Feyenoord was sent out of KNVB Beker in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. Feyenoord has drawn their two previous away games.
Feyenoord are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at FC Groningen. Orkun Kökçü got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Kökçü hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 57 successful passes (of 67 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Maccabi Haifa in the Europa Conference League.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ajax in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Feyenoord's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. Feyenoord have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: zero wins for FC Twente, four draws and six wins for Feyenoord. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linssen 10 goals |  G. Til 9 goals |   R. van Wolfswinkel 7 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| FC Twente | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 59 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 18.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 7 | ||
| 34% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | Vitesse | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | AZ | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 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 | FC Groningen | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | NEC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 12 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 6 |