National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FC Twente or Telstar that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Twente nor Telstar 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.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the round of 16.This stadium, De Grolsch Veste, has been a fortress for FC Twente in the Eredivisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-1-0.
The FC Twente supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host FC Emmen and win 2-0. Sadílek (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Sadílek scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).
Before that, Twente played out a Eredivisie draw 1-1 when visiting Sparta Rotterdam.The manager Jans will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ajax in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at De Grolsch Veste in the league this season as FC Twente has scored 21 goals here in 8 home games. As for guarding their own goal, FC Twente have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Telstar form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Koninklijke HFC in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Telstar was sent out of KNVB Beker in the round of 16 last season.As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, Telstar have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.
There might be some fixture complaints from Telstar as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against TOP Oss. Midfield player Mulder was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Mulder hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs FC Den Bosch.A new game in only three days for Telstar, the Eerste Divisie home match versus Jong AZ. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Telstar have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FC Twente-Telstar H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: FC Twente two wins, Telstar zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. van Wolfswinkel 6 goals |  V. Černý 4 goals |  V. Misidjan 4 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Telstar missing players
| FC Twente | Telstar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 35 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.8 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 3 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Almere City | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Telstar | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | TOP Oss | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 15 |
