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Eredivisie · Matchday 13

FC Twente vs Willem II: Match Preview & Stats

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

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Our record

  • FC Twente: 4 of 8 right
  • Willem II: 4 of 5 right

Our result picks in each club's earlier matches on this site.

Match facts

Competition
Eredivisie, Matchday 13
Kick-off
Venue
De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
Since last match
FC Twente: 13 days (Eredivisie) · Ajax (2‑2) Willem II: 15 days (Eredivisie) · PEC Zwolle (1‑1)
Next match
FC Twente: 4 days (Conference League) later · Freiburg Willem II: 5 days (Eredivisie) later

Last starting XI

FC Twente 4-2-3-1

  1. 16 Drommel
  2. 28 van Rooij
  3. 3 Pröpper
  4. 4 Nijstad
  5. 29 Adelgaard
  6. 6 Zerrouki
  7. 8 Weidmann
  8. 11 Rots
  9. 10 Taha
  10. 27 Ørjasæter
  11. 9 Weghorst

Coach: John van den Brom vs Ajax, 2-2 · Eredivisie · 8 Nov

Willem II 4-2-3-1

  1. 26 Delanghe
  2. 5 ter Avest
  3. 3 Stam
  4. 23 Dekker
  5. 24 Tjoe-A-On
  6. 18 Zarrouk
  7. 6 Twigt
  8. 52 Vilhena
  9. 19 van Aalst
  10. 32 van Crooij
  11. 9 Haen

Coach: Jurgen Streppel vs PEC Zwolle, 1-1 · Eredivisie · 6 Nov

Our predicted line-ups come with our picks, 48 hours before kick-off. Until then: each club's last starting XI.

Injuries and suspensions

FC Twente

  • GK Lars UnnerstallInjured · Day to day
  • DF Max BrunsInjured · Day to day
  • DF Stav LemkinInjured · Day to day
  • FW Filip ThorvaldsenInjured · Day to day

Willem II

  • DF Justin HoogmaInjured · Late October 2027
  • – Amine LachkarInjured · Day to day

Players listed as injured, suspended or away with their national team, with their expected return.

Missing Players Impact

FC Twente

Low impact
Missing attack share 3.0%
Missing minutes share 4.0%
4 players out

Willem II

Low impact
Missing attack share 0.0%
Missing minutes share 0.0%
2 players out

Share of team playing time and attacking output over the last 10 matches accounted for by unavailable players.

Tactical Profile & Play Quality (0–100)

FC Twente Willem II
Box & Territory Pressure 85 37
Set-Piece & Corner Threat 75 28
Finishing Efficiency 54 15
Defensive & Goalkeeper Wall 73 15
Underlying Play Power 87 21
FC Twente Playing above results (positive regression candidate)
Willem II Playing above results (positive regression candidate)

OptimaGoal 0–100 performance indices built from the last 10 matches before kick-off.

Game-State Scenarios & Goal Timing

FC Twente

When scoring first 80% won · 90% unbeaten (10 matches)
When conceding first 80% points rescued · 40% won (5 matches)
1st Half: 39% 2nd Half: 61%
First 15': 8% Last 15' (76-90'): 26%

Willem II

When scoring first 0% won · 33% unbeaten (3 matches)
When conceding first 25% points rescued · 0% won (12 matches)
1st Half: 29% 2nd Half: 71%
First 15': 14% Last 15' (76-90'): 36%

Reaction to scoring or conceding first and goal distribution across the last 15 matches.

Key Attacking Threats

FC Twente

  1. 1. FW Wout Weghorst 8G · 2A
    Team attack 17.0% Team shots 15.0%
  2. 2. FW Sondre Ørjasæter 2G · 5A
    Team attack 12.0% Team shots 10.0%
  3. 3. MF Daouda Weidmann 4G · 3A
    Team attack 11.0% Team shots 12.0%

Willem II

  1. 1. MF Uriël van Aalst 1G · 2A
    Team attack 17.0% Team shots 13.0%
  2. 2. FW Devin Haen 1G · 1A
    Team attack 16.0% Team shots 21.0%
  3. 3. FW Jaden Slory 1G · 0A
    Team attack 9.0% Team shots 10.0%

Top available players by share of team attacking production and shot volume over the last 10 matches.

Scoring trends FC Twente Willem II
Over 1.5 goals 9/10 9/10
Over 2.5 goals 6/10 7/10
Over 3.5 goals 5/10 6/10
Both teams scored 6/10 7/10
Clean sheet 4/10 0/10
Failed to score 0/10 3/10
Goals per match (scored / conceded) 2.8 / 0.9 1.1 / 3.3

Last 10 matches, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Form guide

FC Twente

  • D 2-2 vs Ajax (H) Eredivisie · 8 Nov
  • W 3-1 vs Pafos FC (H) Conference League · 5 Nov
  • W 9-0 at Excelsior (A) Eredivisie · 1 Nov
  • W 2-0 at AZ Alkmaar (A) Eredivisie · 25 Oct
  • W 4-1 at Lincoln Red Imps FC (A) Conference League · 22 Oct

Willem II

  • D 1-1 vs PEC Zwolle (H) Eredivisie · 6 Nov
  • L 0-7 at PSV Eindhoven (A) Eredivisie · 31 Oct
  • W 4-3 at Helmond Sport (A) KNVB Cup · 27 Oct
  • L 1-6 vs Cambuur (H) Eredivisie · 24 Oct
  • L 2-3 at Sparta Rotterdam (A) Eredivisie · 17 Oct

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

When the goals come

ScoredConceded

FC Twente

  • 1-15 minutes: 3 scored, 2 conceded
  • 16-30 minutes: 3 scored, 5 conceded
  • 31-45 minutes: 7 scored, 0 conceded
  • 46-60 minutes: 3 scored, 2 conceded
  • 61-75 minutes: 7 scored, 2 conceded
  • 76-90 minutes: 7 scored, 1 conceded

Willem II

  • 1-15 minutes: 2 scored, 4 conceded
  • 16-30 minutes: 1 scored, 3 conceded
  • 31-45 minutes: 0 scored, 7 conceded
  • 46-60 minutes: 1 scored, 7 conceded
  • 61-75 minutes: 2 scored, 11 conceded
  • 76-90 minutes: 5 scored, 8 conceded

Goals in each 15-minute period, Eredivisie this season. Stoppage time counts with its half.

Top scorers

FC Twente

Player G A
Wout Weghorst (3 pens) 9 2
Daan Rots 3 1
Daouda Weidmann 3 1
Sondre Ørjasæter 2 7
Younes Taha 2 3

Willem II

Player G A
Devin Haen 3 1
Uriël van Aalst 2 2
Hidde ter Avest 1 1
Alessandro Ciranni 1 0
Anass Zarrouk 1 0

Goals and assists in the Eredivisie this season.

Corners and yellow cards

FC Twente Willem II
  • 7.2 Corners won 4.2
  • 3.3 Corners conceded 6.8
  • 1.0 Yellow cards 1.4
  • 2.0 Opponents' yellow cards 0.8

Per match in the Eredivisie this season. Average per club and match: 5.1 corners, 1.5 yellow cards.

Attack and defence ratings

FC TwenteWillem II
Attack 82 0 2.5 goals per match this season0.9 goals per match this season
Defence 94 0 1.0 conceded per match this season3.3 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.

1829Elo #104 Elo rating 1473Elo #375

Head-to-head

10FC Twente wins
6draws
4Willem II wins

20 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 12 Jan 2025 · Eredivisie FC Twente 6-2 Willem II
  • 2 Nov 2024 · Eredivisie Willem II 0-1 FC Twente
  • 22 Jan 2022 · Eredivisie Willem II 0-1 FC Twente
  • 17 Oct 2021 · Eredivisie FC Twente 1-1 Willem II
  • 6 Mar 2021 · Eredivisie FC Twente 1-1 Willem II

Table

Eredivisie: Table
#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
1 PSV Eindhoven 12 822 40:15 +25 26
2 Feyenoord 12 741 36:17 +19 25
3 Ajax 12 741 32:15 +17 25
4 FC Twente 12 732 30:12 +18 24
5 AZ Alkmaar 12 723 24:16 +8 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 633 24:16 +8 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 552 20:20 0 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 453 24:27 -3 17
9 FC Groningen 12 435 29:28 +1 15
10 Cambuur 12 435 25:27 -2 15
11 NEC Nijmegen 12 354 20:21 -1 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 336 21:29 -8 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 336 13:24 -11 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 336 21:34 -13 12
15 Excelsior 12 327 16:29 -13 11
16 Telstar 12 246 18:25 -7 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 237 16:25 -9 9
18 Willem II 12 039 11:40 -29 3

Our table from the results; the two clubs of this match are highlighted. Full table

Season projection

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Where these two clubs are projected to finish in the Eredivisie: average points, likely range and chances.

ClubPts Avg ptsLikely TitleRel. play-offRelegated
FC Twente 24
Willem II 3

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