Eredivisie · Matchday 9 Match report

FC Twente 1-2 FC Utrecht: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

FC Twente

1-2Full time

FC Utrecht

Sunday 18 October 2026, 18:00 UTC De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

Result FC Twente win59% 1-2
Double chance FC Twente or draw (1X)82% 1-2
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.562% 3 goals
More corners FC Twente77% FC Twente (5-4)
Yellow cards Above average 2 yellow cards · league 2.8
Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Under63% 4.5 Under80% 5.5 Under91%
Corners Around average 9 corners · league 10.5
Corners 9 corners 8.5 Over67% 9.5 Over57% 10.5 Under54%

Match stats

FC Twente FC Utrecht

1 Goals 2
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
5 Corners 4

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

FC Twente vs FC Utrecht is the Eredivisie Matchday 9 fixture at De Grolsch Veste on Sunday 18 October 2026, and our model picks an FC Twente win, with a win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model's result pick is an FC Twente win, and the main reason is the gap in strength: Twente sit fourth on 17 points with a defence rated well above Utrecht's, clearly above the Eredivisie average. What speaks against it is that Utrecht won the last meeting in March, the head-to-head is level, and Twente played in the Conference League two days ago. That is answered at De Grolsch Veste, where they have beaten PSV Eindhoven, ADO Den Haag and Telstar, and by recent play showing more shots and big chances created and a tighter defence. Utrecht shipped five at Feyenoord and six to PSV. The call is moderate.

Form guide

FC Twente

W 1-0 vs Thun (H) Conference League · 15 Oct
D 1-1 at Fortuna Sittard (A) Eredivisie · 10 Oct
W 3-2 vs PSV Eindhoven (H) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
W 2-0 vs ADO Den Haag (H) Eredivisie · 12 Sep
W 1-0 vs Telstar (H) Eredivisie · 9 Sep

FC Utrecht

W 3-1 vs Willem II (H) Eredivisie · 11 Oct
L 0-5 at Feyenoord (A) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
W 2-1 at Excelsior (A) Eredivisie · 13 Sep
D 3-3 vs Go Ahead Eagles (H) Eredivisie · 8 Sep
L 1-6 vs PSV Eindhoven (H) Eredivisie · 30 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

FC TwenteFC Utrecht

Attack 76 65 2.0 goals per match this season1.8 goals per match this season

Defence 88 65 1.0 conceded per match this season3.1 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Eredivisie clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.