Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: FC Twente – Go Ahead Eagles
The four Overijssel teams will play a total of twelve derbies this Eredivisie season. At first FC Twente collected seven points from the previous three in that category and, as 3rd-placed team, was the highest-ranked among the provincial counterparts ahead of Go Ahead Eagles (6th), PEC Zwolle (10th), and Heracles Almelo (14th) on the table. Go Ahead earned five points from four previous derbies. Heracles, for completeness, has 4 points from 3 matches, and PEC 2 from 4.
For FC Twente, it’s crucial to rebuild a new undefeated home status after the rare home loss last Sunday against FC Utrecht. Despite the defeat, FC Twente still holds a five-point lead over AZ, currently fourth in the standings. The gap to 2nd-placed Feyenoord at the start of the match is eight points. The away game in Deventer was won 3-1 by the team of coach Joseph Oosting.
Go Ahead Eagles
Opponent Go Ahead Eagles is the Eredivisie’s sixth-placed team and has been on a roll lately. The Deventer side is on a streak of seven unbeaten away matches in the league and has also won the last three away games 2-0. Meanwhile for coach René Hake, the Grolsch Veste is familiar territory. Because he was the head coach at Twente between 2015 and 2017.
With his new team Go Ahead Eagles, he has not lost since the cup defeat against NEC, and the streak of five games is like a traffic light that alternates between green and orange. Among the mentioned away wins against Sparta, Vitesse, and Heerenveen, there were draws at home against NEC and PEC Zwolle. In the form table of five games prior to this weekend, only Feyenoord (13) gathered more points than the yellow-red team.
Hot Stats
Players to watch: At first Forward Myron Boadu (1 goal) scored on his debut for FC Twente and played more minutes in each of his three substitute appearances. Go Ahead Eagles’ first-choice goalkeeper Jeffrey de Lange played for FC Twente two seasons ago (2017-2022).
Hot stat: Of the 30 historical encounters between both teams, FC Twente won 21 (Drawn 6, Lost 3). The last two editions ended in a draw.
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