Week 17 features a match on Sunday Jan 22nd, where FC Twente will play host to FC Utrecht in a clash of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 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,. FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed FC Utrecht is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Go Ahead Eagles. Willum Thor Willumsson scored the first goal for FC Utrecht on an own goal in the 3rd minute, but Bobby Adekanye got the equalizer for Go Ahead Eagles in the 10th minute . With 18 points in their last 10 matches FC Utrecht should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season FC Twente won the head to head battle with 1 win.
FC Utrecht’s top weapon lately has been Sander van de Streek, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Both Denilho Cleonise and Ricky van Wolfswinkel have been the hottest scorers for FC Twente in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Ron Jans’s squad will be without Wout Brama, Michal Sadílek, Joshua Brenet and Christos Tzolis, while Bart Ramselaar, Nick Viergever, Django Warmerdam, Mimoun Mahi and Ramon Hendriks are unavailable to play for Michael Kappelgaard Silberbauer’s team.