On Saturday Jan 22nd, Willem II will host FC Twente at Koning Willem Ii Stadion in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Willem II is fresh off their 0-2 loss against PEC Zwolle. van den Belt struck first for PEC Zwolle in the 25th minute on a feed from Bram Van Polen, then van den Belt added another in the 78th minute on a feed from Oussama Darfalou At the end of 90 a dissapointed Willem II couldn’t manage to score, and PEC Zwolle took the shutout win. Willem II looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 1 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed FC Twente, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against SC Heerenveen. Manfred Ugalde scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 77th minute, then Ricky van Wolfswinkel added another in the 88th minute on a penalty kick In the end, SC Heerenveen couldn’t muster any offence and FC Twente ran away with the shutout win. FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Willem II and FC Twente last played eachother at the De Grolsch Veste on Oct 17th. FC Twente and Willem II battled to a 1-1 draw. Dimitris Limnios struck first for FC Twente in the 6th minute, but Che Nunnely got the equalizer for Willem II in the 24th minute earning them at least the one point.
Both Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Manfred Ugalde have been the hottest scorers for FC Twente in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Willem II hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Godfried Roemeratoe and Elton Kabangu, and they each have 1 goal
Fred Grim’s squad will be without Ulrik Jenssen, Freek Heerkens, Robbin Ruiter, Emil Bergstrom, and Nikos Michelis, while Wout Brama, Václav Černý, Michal Sadílek and Kik Pierie are unavailable to play for FC Twente.