ENSCHEDE. FC Twente was in the end too much to handle for Vitesse with the goal of J. Bosch (18′), R. van Wolfswinkel (45′ pen) and R. van Wolfswinkel (53′). FC Twente was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the De Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie with the collaboration of Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Twente had a strong ball possession 61% while Vitesse was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Twente had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Twente won the match​.

FC Twente shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Vitesse shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

FC Twente didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Vitesse received 1 yellow card (D. Doekhi).

Also, Vitesse didn’t finish the match with 11 players after J. Rasmussen (Vitesse) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (45′).

Standings

After this match, FC Twente will have 41 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Vitesse will stay with 36 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Twente will play away with Ajax on the 13th of February with a 17-5 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (12 draws).

Vitesse will host PSV on the 12th of February with a 26-3 head to head statistic in favor of PSV (6 draws).

FC Twente – Formation

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

The manager Ron Jans decided to play with the following team: Lars Unnerstall (7.1), Giovanni Troupee (6.8), Mees Hilgers (7.4), Robin Pröpper (7.1), Gijs Smal (7.8), Ramiz Zerrouki (7.3), Michel Vlap (6.8), Daan Rots (6.9), Jesse Bosch (7.6), Dimitris Limnios (7.3) and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Virgil Misidjan (6.5), Ennio Van Der Gouw, Julio Pleguezuelo, Max Bruns, Denilho Cleonise (6.6), Jeffrey De Lange, Václav Černý (6.2), Joshua Brenet, Jahnoah Markelo and Casper Staring.

Substitutions

FC Twente made 5 changes: M. Vlap for V. Cerny (60′), D. Rots for D. Cleonise (77′), D. Limnios for V. Misidjan (77′), R. Zerrouki for C. Staring (87′) and G. Troupee for J. Brenet (87′).

Best player: Ricky van Wolfswinkel​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Twente was Ricky van Wolfswinkel.

His rating is (7.9) with 2 goals, 14 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 10.

Vitesse – Formation

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

Thomas Letsch played with: Jeroen Houwen (5.4), Danilho Doekhi (6.4), Riechedly Bazoer (6.6), Jacob Rasmussen (5.8), Eli Dasa (6.3), Sondre Tronstad (6.7), Matúš Bero (7.1), Maximilian Wittek (6.8), Daan Huisman (6.8), Yann Gboho (6.4) and Adrian Grbić (6.2).

They had on the bench: Enzo Cornelisse, Romaric Yapi (6.2), Eric Verstappen, Patrick Vroegh, Nikolai Baden Frederiksen (6.4), Toni Domgjoni, Thomas Buitink (6.7), Alois Oroz (7.1), Tomáš Hájek (6.5) and Markus Schubert.

Substitutions

Vitesse made 5 changes: D. Huisman for T. Hajek (46′), R. Bazoer for N. Baden Frederiksen (46′), Y. Gboho for T. Buitink (46′), S. Tronstad for D. Oroz (75′) and A. Grbic for R. Yapi (75′).

Best player: Matúš Bero​

The most impressive player for Vitesse was Matúš Bero.

His rating is (7.1) with 46 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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

• FC Utrecht – SC Cambuur – 3-2
• Fortuna Sittard – SC Heerenveen – 2-0
• PEC Zwolle – NEC – 1-1
• PSV – AZ – 1-2
• FC Twente – Vitesse – 3-0