ENSCHEDE. FC Twente overcome Feyenoord to win 2-1. A goal from L. Geertruida was decisive in the 86min. It was FC Twente to strike first with a goal of Manfred Ugalde at the 10′. Then Ricky van Wolfswinkel scored again for FC Twente in the 78′ minute. Eventually, Lutsharel Geertruida reduced the distance for Feyenoord (86′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Feyenoord lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the De Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler assisted by Mario Diks and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Ingmar Oostrom. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

FC Twente

2 - 1

Feyenoord

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 12 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 6
  • 5 Off Target 3
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 95 Attack 118
  • 29 Dangerous attack 53
  • 95 Ball safe 87
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 12 Total 16
  • 5 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Feyenoord was in firm control of the ball 60% while FC Twente was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Feyenoord was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, FC Twente found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

FC Twente shot 12 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Feyenoord shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

FC Twente received 5 yellow cards (Daan Rots, Mees Hilgers, Robin Pröpper, Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Manfred Ugalde). On the other side, Feyenoord received 2 yellow cards (Arne Slot and Quilindschy Hartman).

Match Timeline

10'
Gijs Smal- sub ->Youri Regeer
29'
40'
46'
Luka Ivanusec- sub ->Bart Nieuwkoop
46'
Alireza Jahanbakhsh - sub ->Igor Paixão
Robin Pröpper - Yellow
53'
60'
Ondrej Lingr- sub ->Calvin Stengs
M. Hilgers- Yellow
63'
Carel Eiting- sub ->Sem Steijn
66'
Ricky van Wolfswinkel- sub ->Michel Vlap
66'
70'
Ayase Ueda- sub ->Ramiz Zerrouki
Ricky van Wolfswinkel- Yellow
76'
Ricky van Wolfswinkel(goal)
78'
79'
80'
Mitchell van Bergen- sub ->Manfred Ugalde
83'
Alec Van Hoorenbeeck- sub ->Mees Hilgers
83'
86'
Lutsharel Geertruida(goal)
90'
Q. Hartman- Yellow
D. Rots- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
PSV
88
33
Feyenoord
81
33
FC Twente
66
33
AZ
64
33
Ajax
55
33
NEC
50
33
FC Utrecht
49
33
Sparta Rotterdam
46
33
Go Ahead Eagles
43
33
SC Heerenveen
37
33
Fortuna Sittard
37
33
PEC Zwolle
36
33
Almere City
34
33
Heracles Almelo
32
33
RKC Waalwijk
29
33
Excelsior
29
33
FC Volendam
19
33
Vitesse
5
33

After playing this match, FC Twente will have 25 points like AZ to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Feyenoord will stay with 23 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Twente will play away against PEC Zwolle on the 19th of May with a 10-3 head to head statistic in favor of FC Twente (7 draws).

Feyenoord will play away agasint FC Volendam on the 3rd of April with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).

FC Twente – Formation

FC Twente
G
Lars Unnerstall 1.Germany
7.3
D
M. Hilgers 2.Netherlands
6.8
83' 63'
D
Robin Pröpper 3.Netherlands
7.3
53'
D
Y. Regeer 8.Netherlands
6.4
29'
D
Alfons Sampsted 12.Iceland
8.2
M
Mathias Kjølø 4.Norway
7.0
M
D. Rots 11.Netherlands
6.3
90'
M
Sem Steijn 14.Netherlands
6.6
66'
M
Michal Sadílek 23.Czech Republic
7.1
M
Michel Vlap 18.Netherlands
7.0
66'
F
Manfred Ugalde 27.Costa Rica
8.2
83' 40' 10'
Substitutes
G
Issam El Maach 16.Morocco
G
Przemyslaw Tyton 22.Poland
D
Gijs Smal 5.Netherlands
6.4
29'
D
Alec Van Hoorenbeeck 17.Belgium
6.8
83'
D
J. Mesbahi 24.Netherlands
M
Carel Eiting 6.Netherlands
6.8
66'
M
Gijs Besselink 41.Netherlands
F
Mitchell van Bergen 7.Netherlands
7.0
83'
F
Ricky van Wolfswinkel 9.Netherlands
7.5
66' 76' 78'
F
Y. Taha 19.Morocco

FC Twente started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Joseph Oosting decided to play with the following team: Lars Unnerstall (7.3), Alfons Sampsted (8.2), Mees Hilgers (6.8), Robin Pröpper (7.3), Youri Regeer (6.4), Mathias Kjölö (7.0), Michal Sadilek (7.1), Daan Rots (6.3), Sem Steijn (6.6), Michel Vlap (7.0) and Manfred Ugalde (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Mitchell van Bergen (7.0), Gijs Smal  (6.4), Carel Eiting  (6.8), Ricky van Wolfswinkel (7.5), Issam El Maach, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (6.8), Younes Taha, Przemyslaw Tyton, Juliën Mesbahi and Gijs Besselink.

FC Twente could not rely on the presence of Gijs Smal  (injured) and Carel Eiting  (injured).

Substitutions

FC Twente made 5 changes: Youri Regeer for Gijs Smal  (29′), Michel Vlap for Ricky van Wolfswinkel (66′), Sem Steijn for Carel Eiting  (66′), Manfred Ugalde for Mitchell van Bergen (83′) and Mees Hilgers for Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (83′).

Best player: Alfons Sampsted​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Twente was Alfons Sampsted even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Feyenoord – Formation

Feyenoord
G
Justin Bijlow 1.Netherlands
7.0
D
Lutsharel Geertruida 4.Netherlands
7.8
86'
D
Q. Hartman 5.Netherlands
6.7
90'
D
Bart Nieuwkoop 2.Netherlands
7.0
46'
D
Dávid Hancko 33.Slovakia
7.0
M
Ramiz Zerrouki 6.Algeria
7.5
70'
M
Quinten Timber 8.Netherlands
6.4
80'
M
Mats Wieffer 20.Netherlands
7.1
F
C. Stengs 10.Netherlands
7.0
60'
F
Igor Paixão 14.Brazil
6.3
46'
F
Santiago Gimenez 29.Mexico
6.3
Substitutes
G
Timon Wellenreuther 22.Germany
G
Kostas Lamprou 31.Greece
D
M. López 15.Peru
D
Thomas Beelen 3.Netherlands
M
Thomas van den Belt 16.Netherlands
M
Luka Ivanusec 17.Croatia
8.1
46'
M
A. Milambo 27.Netherlands
M
Ondrej Lingr 32.Czech Republic
7.0
60'
F
Alireza Jahanbakhsh 7.Iran
7.3
46'
F
Ayase Ueda 9.Japan
7.0
70'
F
Javairô Dilrosun 11.Netherlands
7.0
80'

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

Arne Slot played with: Justin Bijlow  (7.0), Bart Nieuwkoop (7.0), Lutsharel Geertruida (7.8), David Hancko (7.0), Quilindschy Hartman (6.7), Mats Wieffer (7.1), Ramiz Zerrouki (7.5), Quinten Timber (6.4), Calvin Stengs (7.0), Santiago Gimenez  (6.3) and Igor Paixão (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Marcos López, Thomas Beelen, Alireza Jahanbakhsh (7.3), Ayase Ueda (7.0), Javairô Dilrosun (7.0), Thomas van den Belt, Luka Ivanusec (8.1), Timon Wellenreuther, Antoni Milambo , Kostas Lamprou and Ondrej Lingr (7.0).

Substitutions

Feyenoord made 5 changes: Calvin Stengs for Ondrej Lingr (60′), Bart Nieuwkoop for Luka Ivanusec (46′), Igor Paixão for Alireza Jahanbakhsh (46′), Quinten Timber for Javairô Dilrosun (80′) and Ramiz Zerrouki for Ayase Ueda (70′).

Best player: Luka Ivanusec​

The most impressive player for Feyenoord was Luka Ivanusec.

His rating is (8.1) with 24 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 8 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

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