On Jan 25th, FC Twente will travel to Arnhem to battle Vitesse in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 14th placed Vitesse, recorded a 0-1 loss against PSV. Guus Til struck first for PSV in the 48th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Vitesse couldn’t muster any offence and PSV ran away with the shutout win. Vitesse looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed FC Twente is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Ajax. Neither Ajax nor FC Twente could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 21 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, FC Twente won by a score of 3 to 0. Joshua Brenet scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 37th minute, then Virgil Misidjan added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Mathias Kjølø At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vitesse couldn’t manage to score, and FC Twente took the shutout win.
Both Denilho Cleonise and Ricky van Wolfswinkel have been the hottest scorers for FC Twente in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Vitesse is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, van Duivenbooden and Matúš Bero each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Maximilian Wittek is unavailable to play for Vitesse, while Ron Jans’s FC Twente squad will be without Wout Brama, Michal Sadílek and Christos Tzolis.