NIJMEGEN. FC Twente beats NEC with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Misidjan (65′) and a goal from D. Limnios (75′).

The match was played at the Goffertstadion stadium in Nijmegen on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 12,390 spectators.​ The referee was Dennis Higler who had the assistance of Richard Polman and Roan van Marrewijk. The 4th official was Robin Hensgens. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.1 degrees Celsius or 37.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

NEC

0 - 2

FC Twente

  • 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
  • 9 Total 12
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 7 Off Target 9
  • 1 Shots blocked 5
  • 97 Attack 142
  • 29 Dangerous attack 64
  • 105 Ball safe 98
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 16 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

FC Twente was in firm control of the ball 55% while NEC was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Twente was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Twente won the encounter.​

NEC shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, FC Twente shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

NEC received 1 yellow card (I. Marquez). On the other side, FC Twente didn’t receive any yellow card.

(NEC) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (58′).

Match Timeline

15'
56'
57'
58'
65'
Calvin Verdonk- sub ->Souffian El Karouani
71'
72'
75'
80'
80'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ajax
83
34
PSV
81
34
Feyenoord
71
34
FC Twente
68
34
AZ
61
34
Vitesse
51
34
FC Utrecht
47
34
SC Heerenveen
41
34
SC Cambuur
39
34
RKC Waalwijk
38
34
NEC
38
34
FC Groningen
36
34
Go Ahead Eagles
36
34
Sparta Rotterdam
35
34
Fortuna Sittard
35
34
Heracles Almelo
34
34
Willem II
33
34
PEC Zwolle
27
34

After this contest, NEC will stay with 35 points to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, FC Twente will have 58 points like Feyenoord to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, NEC will host Ajax on the 23rd of April with a 15-1 head to head statistic in favor of Ajax (8 draws).

FC Twente will host Sparta Rotterdam on the 22nd of April with a 12-7 head to head in favor of FC Twente (3 draws).

NEC – Formation

NEC
G
Mattijs Branderhorst 1.Netherlands
6.1
D
Iván Márquez 4.Spain
6.8
57'
D
Rodrigo Guth 5.Brazil
7.0
D
Souffian El Karouani 16.Morocco
7.4
71'
D
Bart van Rooij 28.Netherlands
6.8
M
Lasse Schöne 20.Denmark
6.8
M
Jordy Bruijn 6.Netherlands
6.5
72'
M
Magnus Mattsson 11.Denmark
6.6
80'
M
Jonathan Okita 10.Germany
5.8
M
Elayis Tavsan 7.Netherlands
6.3
90'
F
Ali Akman 9.Turkey
5.6
58'
Substitutes
G
Maximilian Mehring 27.Australia
G
R. Roefs 31.Netherlands
D
Cas Odenthal 26.Netherlands
D
R. van 3.Netherlands
D
Calvin Verdonk 24.Netherlands
7.0
71'
M
Mathias De Wolf 18.Belgium
90'
M
Mikkel Duelund 14.Denmark
6.2
80'
M
Javier Vet 15.Netherlands
6.2
72'
F
Wilfried Bony 12.Côte d'Ivoire

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

The manager Rogier Meijer decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

NEC made 4 changes: S. El Karouani for C. Verdonk (71′), J. Bruijn for J. Vet (72′), M. Mattsson for M. Duelund (80′) and E. Tavsan for M. de Wolf (90′).

FC Twente – Formation

FC Twente
G
Lars Unnerstall 1.Germany
7.1
D
Robin Pröpper 3.Netherlands
6.6
D
Joshua Brenet 20.Netherlands
7.9
D
Julio Pleguezuelo 4.Spain
7.0
D
Gijs Smal 5.Netherlands
7.1
M
Michal Sadílek 23.Czech Republic
8.1
M
Dimitrios Limnios 18.Greece
7.3
75'
M
Michel Vlap 14.Netherlands
6.6
M
Ramiz Zerrouki 19.Algeria
7.8
M
D. Rots 39.Netherlands
6.4
15'
F
Manfred Ugalde 27.Costa Rica
6.8
80'
Substitutes
G
S. Karssies 42.Netherlands
G
Jeffrey de Lange 22.Netherlands
D
Kik Pierie 15.Netherlands
D
Giovanni Troupée 2.Curaçao
D
M. Hilgers 35.Netherlands
M
Casper Staring 40.Netherlands
M
M. Bruns 38.Netherlands
M
Wout Brama 6.Netherlands
M
Jesse Bosch 32.Netherlands
F
V. Misidjan 10.Netherlands
7.8
15' 65'
F
Denilho Cleonise 26.Netherlands
6.5
80'
F
Vaclav Cerny 7.Czech Republic

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

Ron Jans played with: .

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

Substitutions

FC Twente made 2 changes: D. Rots for V. Misidjan (15′) and M. Ugalde for D. Cleonise (80′).

Results of the day

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