On the 7th of May, FC Twente hosts Fortuna Sittard at De Grolsch Veste in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 4th placed FC Twente, recorded a 1-1 draw against Heracles. Noah Fadiga struck first for Heracles in the 36th minute, then Gijs Smal tied it up for FC Twente in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for FC Twente. With 21 points in their last 10 matches FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 15th placed Fortuna Sittard is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Feyenoord. Lutsharel Geertruida struck first for Feyenoord in the 8th minute on a feed from Orkun Kökçü, then Lutsharel Geertruida added another in the 25th minute. Fortuna Sittard is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 14th, Fortuna Sittard hosted FC Twente in their last match together. Fortuna Sittard was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over six thousand jubilant spectators. Ricky van Wolfswinkel struck first for FC Twente in the 35th minute on a feed from Queensy Menig, but Mats Seuntjens got the equalizer for Fortuna Sittard in the 60th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 80th minute on a goal by Lake to cap off a wild match.
Zian Flemming has been the most prolific scorer on Fortuna Sittard in the last five matches with 3 goals. Ricky van Wolfswinkel has been the most prolific scorer on FC Twente in the last 5 matches with three goals
Ron Jans’s FC Twente squad will be without van der Gouw, while Fortuna Sittard will be without Roel Janssen, Charlison Benschop, George Cox, Ben Rienstra and Michael Verrips.