ENSCHEDE. FC Twente tops Heracles Almelo 1-0 after M. Hilgers scored just 1 goal (5′).

The match was played at the De Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler with the collaboration of Jan Derk Kleinjan and Patrick Inia. The 4th official was Alex Bos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Heracles Almelo had a superior ball possession 55% while FC Twente was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Twente was has a more offensive attitude with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Twente won the match​.

FC Twente shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

FC Twente received 3 yellow cards (D. Rots, M. Sadilek and R. van Wolfswinkel). Talking about the opposition, Heracles Almelo received 3 yellow cards (L. de la Torre, G. Quagliata and K. Sierhuis).

Standings

After this match, FC Twente will have 18 points like Willem II to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Heracles Almelo will stay with 11 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Twente will play away against Sparta Rotterdam on the 20th of November with a 11-7 head to head statistic in favor of FC Twente (3 draws).

Heracles Almelo will host Fortuna Sittard on the 20th of November with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Heracles Almelo (1 draw).

FC Twente – Formation

FC Twente started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Ron Jans decided to play with the following team: Lars Unnerstall (7.0), Giovanni Troupee (7.8), Mees Hilgers (7.1), Robin Pröpper (7.4), Michal Sadílek (7.1), Ramiz Zerrouki (6.8), Wout Brama (7.0), Michel Vlap (6.8), Daan Rots (6.3), Ricky van Wolfswinkel (6.5) and Dimitris Limnios (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Dario Đumić, Ennio Van Der Gouw, Jeffrey De Lange, Luka Ilić, Jesse Bosch (6.4), Manfred Ugalde (6.2), Jayden Oosterwolde (7.0), Virgil Misidjan (6.4), Gijs Smal, Julio Pleguezuelo (6.6) and Denilho Cleonise.

FC Twente could not rely on the presence of J. Pleguezuelo (injured) and V. Misidjan (injured).

Substitutions

FC Twente made 5 changes: M. Vlap for J. Oosterwolde (61′), R. van Wolfswinkel for M. Ugalde (66′), M. Hilgers for J. Pleguezuelo (66′), D. Rots for V. Misidjan (84′) and R. Zerrouki for J. Bosch (84′).

Best player: Giovanni Troupee​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Twente was Giovanni Troupee even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 22 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Heracles Almelo – Formation

Heracles Almelo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Talking about the opposition, Frank Wormuth played with: Janis Blaswich (7.1), Navajo Bakboord (6.9), Marco Rente (7.2), Mats Knoester (7.6), Giacomo Quagliata (6.9), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (7.4), Luca De La Torre (6.1), Noah Fadiga (6.6), Rai Vloet (7.1), Delano Burgzorg (6.7) and Kaj Sierhuis (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Melih Ibrahimoglu, Lucas Schoofs, Koen Bucker, Alessandro Damen, Sinan Bakış (6.4), Robin Polley, Sven Sonnenberg, Ruben Roosken, Elias Sierra, Mateo Leš, Ismail Azzaoui (7.3) and Nikolai Laursen (6.6).

Heracles Almelo could not rely on the presence of N. Laursen (injured).

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: N. Bakboord for I. Azzaoui (31′), K. Sierhuis for S. Bakis (81′), D. Burgzorg for N. Laursen (81′) and G. Quagliata for E. Sierra (90′).

Best player: Mats Knoester​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was Mats Knoester.

His rating is (7.6) with 71 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• FC Twente – Heracles Almelo – 1-0