ARNHEM. FC Twente overcome Vitesse to win 2-1. It was FC Twente to strike first with an early goal of Ricky van Wolfswinkel at the 4′. Then it was an own goal in the 44′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Joshua Brenet gave the win to FC Twente in the 79′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the GelreDome stadium in Arnhem on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 15,356 spectators.​ The referee was Ingmar Oostrom assisted by Don Frijn and Nils van Kampen. The 4th official was Alex Bos. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.79 degrees Celsius or 51.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Vitesse

1 - 2

FC Twente

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 6 Total 15
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 3 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 7
  • 103 Attack 96
  • 36 Dangerous attack 42
  • 83 Ball safe 68
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 8
  • 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
  • 8 Total 12
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Vitesse was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. FC Twente that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

FC Twente was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Twente won the match.​

Vitesse shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Twente shot 15 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Vitesse didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, FC Twente received 2 yellow cards (Gijs Smal and Robin Pröpper ).

Match Timeline

4'
Ricky van Wolfswinkel(goal)
13'
Gijs Smal- Yellow
44'
Robin Pröpper (own-goal)
45'
M. Bruns- sub ->Mees Hilgers
55'
Robin Pröpper - Yellow
Anis Hadj Moussa(VAR)
54'
63'
Mitchell van Bergen- sub ->Daan Rots
63'
Myron Boadu- sub ->Mathias Kjølø
63'
Y. Regeer- sub ->Sem Steijn
E. Cornelisse- sub ->Mica Pinto
75'
79'
Joshua Brenet(goal)
Thomas Buitink- sub ->Mexx Meerdink
79'
Mathijs Tielemans- sub ->Kacper Kozlowski
79'
Marco van Ginkel - sub ->Dominik Oroz
84'
88'
Alec Van Hoorenbeeck- sub ->Michel Vlap

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 contest, Vitesse stays with 16 points to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Twente will has 50 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Vitesse will play away with RKC Waalwijk on the 10th of March with a 10-8 head to head stats in favor of Vitesse (3 draws).

FC Twente will host Sparta Rotterdam on the 10th of March with a 14-6 head to head statistic in favor of FC Twente (7 draws).

Vitesse – Formation

Vitesse
G
Eloy Room 1.Curaçao
6.7
D
Carlens Arcus 2.Haiti
7.0
D
Mica Pinto 5.Portugal
7.0
75'
D
Dominik Oroz 6.Croatia
6.1
84'
D
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 29.France
D
Ramon Hendriks 15.Netherlands
7.3
M
P. Aaronson 14.United States
6.7
M
K. Kozłowski 17.Poland
6.7
79'
M
Melle Meulensteen 20.Netherlands
7.0
F
Anis Hadj Moussa 28.Algeria
7.0
F
Mexx Meerdink 35.Netherlands
6.8
79'
F
Amine Boutrah 7.France
7.1
Substitutes
G
Markus Schubert 31.Germany
G
Tom Bramel 55.Netherlands
D
E. Cornelisse 13.Netherlands
6.6
75'
D
Giovanni van Zwam 43.Netherlands
M
Mathijs Tielemans 21.Netherlands
7.1
79'
M
Marco van Ginkel 8.Netherlands
6.4
84'
M
Toni Domgjoni 22.Kosovo
F
Gyan de Regt 25.Netherlands
F
Joel Voelkerling Persson 9.Sweden
F
Thomas Buitink 19.Netherlands
6.4
79'
F
A. Mazilu 30.Romania

Vitesse adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Edward Sturing decided to play with the following team: Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Eloy Room (6.7), Carlens Arcus (7.0), Dominik Oroz (6.1), Ramon Hendriks (7.3), Mica Pinto (7.0), Paxten Aaronson (6.7), Kacper Kozlowski (6.7), Melle Meulensteen (7.0), A. Hadj-Moussa (7.0), Mexx Meerdink (6.8) and Amine Boutrah (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mathijs Tielemans (7.1), Gyan de Regt, Marco van Ginkel  (6.4), Joel Voelkerling Persson, Enzo Cornelisse (6.6), Thomas Buitink  (6.4), Toni Domgjoni, Adrian Mazilu, Markus Schubert, Giovanni van Zwam and Tom Bramel.

Vitesse could not rely on the presence of Enzo Cornelisse (injured).

Substitutions

Vitesse made 4 changes: Mica Pinto for Enzo Cornelisse (75′), Kacper Kozlowski for Mathijs Tielemans (79′), Dominik Oroz for Marco van Ginkel  (84′) and Mexx Meerdink for Thomas Buitink  (79′).

Player of the match: Ramon Hendriks​

The player that probably impressed the most for Vitesse was Ramon Hendriks.

His rating is 7.3 with 77 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7.

FC Twente – Formation

FC Twente
G
Przemyslaw Tyton 22.Poland
7.0
G
Lars Unnerstall 1.Germany
D
M. Hilgers 2.Netherlands
7.0
45'
D
Robin Pröpper 3.Netherlands
6.8
55'
D
Gijs Smal 5.Netherlands
7.3
13'
D
Joshua Brenet 20.Netherlands
7.5
79'
M
Mathias Kjølø 4.Norway
7.0
63'
M
Sem Steijn 14.Netherlands
7.1
63'
M
Michal Sadílek 23.Czech Republic
6.8
F
Ricky van Wolfswinkel 9.Netherlands
7.7
4'
F
D. Rots 11.Netherlands
6.4
63'
F
Michel Vlap 18.Netherlands
7.8
88'
Substitutes
G
Issam El Maach 16.Morocco
G
S. Karssies 30.Netherlands
D
Alfons Sampsted 12.Iceland
D
Alec Van Hoorenbeeck 17.Belgium
88'
D
Anass Salah-Eddine 34.Netherlands
M
M. Bruns 38.Netherlands
7.0
45'
M
Gijs Besselink 41.Netherlands
M
Y. Regeer 8.Netherlands
7.0
63'
F
Y. Taha 19.Morocco
F
Myron Boadu 21.Netherlands
6.4
63'
F
Mitchell van Bergen 7.Netherlands
6.8
63'
F
Naci Ünüvar 10.Netherlands

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

Joseph Oosting played with: Lars Unnerstall, Przemyslaw Tyton (7.0), Joshua Brenet (7.5), Mees Hilgers (7.0), Robin Pröpper  (6.8), Gijs Smal (7.3), Mathias Kjølø (7.0), Sem Steijn (7.1), Michal Sadilek (6.8), Daan Rots (6.4), Ricky van Wolfswinkel (7.7) and Michel Vlap (7.8).

These were the players on the bench: Mitchell van Bergen (6.8), Youri Regeer (7.0), Naci Ünüvar, Alfons Sampsted, Issam El Maach, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Younes Taha, Myron Boadu (6.4), Sam Karssies, Anass Salah-Eddine, Max Bruns (7.0) and Gijs Besselink.

FC Twente could not rely on the presence of Max Bruns (injured).

Substitutions

FC Twente made 5 changes: Mees Hilgers for Max Bruns (45′), Daan Rots for Mitchell van Bergen (63′), Mathias Kjølø for Myron Boadu (63′), Sem Steijn for Youri Regeer (63′) and Michel Vlap for Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (88′).

Player of the match: Michel Vlap​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Twente was Michel Vlap even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.8 with 30 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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