TILBURG. FC Twente beats Willem II 1-0 after M. Sadilek scored just 1 goal (39′). FC Twente capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf with the collaboration of Nils van Kampen and Yorick Weterings. The 4th official was Laurens Gerrets. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.3 degrees Celsius or 41.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Twente had a strong ball possession 58% while Willem II was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Willem II was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, FC Twente found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Willem II shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, FC Twente shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Willem II received 1 yellow card (U. Jenssen). Talking about the opposition, FC Twente received 1 yellow card (R. Zerrouki).

Standings

After playing this match, Willem II will stay with 18 points to hold in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, FC Twente will have 38 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Willem II will host RKC Waalwijk on the 6th of February with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Willem II (3 draws).

FC Twente will host Vitesse on the 5th of February with a 16-10 head to head record in favor of FC Twente (8 draws).

Willem II – Formation

Willem II adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Fred Grim decided to play with the following team: Timon Wellenreuther (6.8), Leeroy Owusu (7.0), Emil Bergstrom (6.8), Ulrik Jenssen (6.1), Mats Köhlert (6.8), Dries Saddiki (7.4), Pol Llonch (7.0), Che Nunnely (6.8), Görkem Sağlam (6.8), Max Svensson (6.2) and Elton Kabangu (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Argyris Kampetsis (6.5), Rick Zuijderwijk, Vincent Schippers, Ringo Meerveld, Godfried Roemeratoe (6.8), Miquel Nelom, Nikolaos Michelis, Jorn Brondeel, Connor van den Berg, Freek Heerkens, Derrick Köhn and Kilian Ludewig.

Substitutions

Willem II made 2 changes: M. Svensson for A. Kampetsis (59′) and D. Saddiki for G. Roemeratoe (75′).

Best player: Dries Saddiki​

The most impressive player for Willem II was Dries Saddiki.

His rating is (7.4) with 20 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 14.

FC Twente – Formation

Also FC Twente adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ron Jans played with: Jeffrey De Lange (7.7), Giovanni Troupee (6.9), Mees Hilgers (7.9), Robin Pröpper (7.4), Gijs Smal (7.4), Michal Sadílek (8.1), Michel Vlap (6.6), Daan Rots (6.2), Manfred Ugalde (6.8), Dimitris Limnios (7.0) and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (5.9).

They had on the bench: Max Bruns, Luca Everink, Julio Pleguezuelo, Václav Černý (6.2), Jayden Oosterwolde, Casper Staring, Ramiz Zerrouki (6.6), Denilho Cleonise, Ennio Van Der Gouw and Virgil Misidjan (6.2).

Substitutions

FC Twente made 3 changes: M. Ugalde for R. Zerrouki (75′), D. Rots for V. Misidjan (83′) and D. Limnios for V. Cerny (83′).

Best player: Michal Sadílek​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Twente was Michal Sadílek.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 76 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Vitesse – FC Groningen – 1-3
• AZ – SC Cambuur – 0-0
• SC Heerenveen – PEC Zwolle – 0-1
• Willem II – FC Twente – 0-1