With both sides seeking to return to winning ways, FC Twente and Fortuna Sittard lock horns at the Grolsch Veste Stadium on Saturday.
Fortuna are also looking to complete a league double over their hosts off the back of a 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture.
Match preview
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Twente were denied a third consecutive Eredivisie win following a 1-1 stalemate against Heracles at the Erve Asito on Sunday.
Ron Jans's men fell behind to Noah Fadiga's opener nine minutes shy of the interval before drawing level through Gijs Smal on the stroke of half time.
The Tukkers remain third in the league standings but have now fallen five points shy of Feyenoord in the race for a Europa League playoff spot.
Next up is the challenge of an opposing side who have come out on top in just one of their previous 14 visits dating back to 1989.
Unbeaten in their last seven games on home turf, Saturday's hosts will back themselves to get the job done in front of their fans this weekend.
Fortuna Sittard suffered a first loss in four league outings on Sunday when they fell to a 3-1 defeat against Feyenoord.
A first-half brace from Lutsharel Geertruida and Reiss Nelson's 52nd-minute strike left Sjors Ultee's men with a mountain to climb before Zian Flemming grabbed a consolation goal.
The Fortunezen are still three points clear of the drop zone, as none of the bottom three managed to secure a victory in the last matchday.
Having shipped the second-most away goals in the entire division this term, Saturday's visitors will need to be wary of being picked apart on the road once again.
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Team News
Defender George Cox is a huge doubt for Fortuna Sittard having missed the last three games due to a muscle injury.
Thirty-year-old Mats Seuntjens was on target in the reverse fixture and will be looking to come up trumps for his side once again.
Zian Flemming has found the back of the net three times in his last four outings, making the Dutchman one to keep an eye on.
Twente's Ennio van der Gouw remains sidelined with a long-term leg injury which will see him miss Saturday's contest.
Julio Pleguezuelo's involvement this weekend is currently hanging by a thread after he was substituted at the interval last time out.
FC Twente possible starting lineup:
Unnerstall; Smal, Pleguezuelo, Propper, Brenet; Zerrouki, Sadilek; Limnios, Vlap, Misidjan; Van Wolfswinkel
Fortuna Sittard possible starting lineup:
Van Osch; Tirpan, Angha, Siovas, Pinto; Duarte, Tekie; Noslin, Flemming, Seuntjens; Gladon
We say: FC Twente 2-1 Fortuna Sittard
Twente have enjoyed an excellent campaign so far and are on course to record their highest league finish since regaining promotion to the Dutch top-flight back in 2018. We are backing them to emerge victorious this weekend, albeit by a narrow margin.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a FC Twente win with a probability of 70.34%. A draw had a probability of 17.9% and a win for Fortuna Sittard had a probability of 11.75%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Twente win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.64%) and 2-1 (9.59%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.5%), while for a Fortuna Sittard win it was 0-1 (3.77%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 3.4% likelihood.
