In this week 15 match on Dec 5th, Go Ahead Eagles will play host to FC Twente in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Go Ahead Eagles sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Willem II. Lucassen struck first for Go Ahead Eagles in the 47th minute on a feed from Berden, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Willem II couldn’t muster any offence and Go Ahead Eagles ran away with the shutout win. Go Ahead Eagles should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed FC Twente is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Feyenoord. Neither FC Twente nor Feyenoord could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 4 and 19 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Go Ahead Eagles won by a score of 5 to 2 in front of just over 20000 spectators. Rabillard scored the first goal for Go Ahead Eagles in the 8th minute, then Jeroen Veldmate added another in the 13th minute from the penalty spot.
FC Twente’s top weapon lately has been Zerrouki, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. For Go Ahead Eagles, their top scorers are Íñigo Córdoba and Luuk Brouwers, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Go Ahead Eagles will be without Íñigo Córdoba, Bas Edo Kuipers, Crowther, Francis Ross, Ioannis Foivos Botos and Turan Tuzlacik, while FC Twente will be without Kik Pierie and Everink.