FC Twente will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing defeat last time out when they welcome Go Ahead Eagles to De Grolsch Veste on Sunday.
The away side, on the other hand, are unbeaten in five matches on the bounce and head to Enschede this weekend with the wind in their sails.
Match preview
FC Twente suffered a first home loss of 2024 as they fell to a 1-0 narrow defeat against FC Utrecht in Sunday's contest between the teams.
Joseph Oosting's men went into the interval trailing to a Jens Toornstra strike just shy of the half-hour mark and that proved to be the all-important moment.
While The Tukkers remain third in the Eredivisie table, they have now lost further ground on the current top two of PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord.
Next up is the challenge of an opposing outfit who have managed only one victory from the last six editions of this fixture dating back to 2020.
Having not lost consecutive matches on home turf in over a year, Sunday's hosts will back themselves to get back to winning ways in front of their fans.
Go Ahead Eagles claimed a well-deserved 2-0 victory over Heerenveen when the teams faced off at the Abe Lenstra Stadion on Saturday evening.
Off the back of a relatively uneventful opening 45 minutes, second-half goals from Jakob Breum and Victor Edvardsen got the job done for Kees van Wonderen's men.
With 25 points amassed from 22 league outings this term, De Superfriezen sit 12th in the standings, four points adrift of a place in the top half.
Currently on a run of three straight away wins by a combined score of 6-0, Sunday's visitors now set out to keep the juggernaut rolling on enemy territory.
Team News
Gijs Besselink is Twente's only guaranteed absentee for this weekend's contest as the midfielder remains unavailable through illness.
Twenty-one-year-old Younes Taha was handed a rare start against Utrecht last time out but could be dropped to the bench for this one.
Philippe Rommens is set to sit out a sixth game on the bounce with an ankle problem, but the Belgian is closing in on a return to action.
Jakob Breum will be pushing for a place in the visitors' XI after finding the back of the net within 10 minutes of coming on as a substitute against Heerenveen.
FC Twente possible starting lineup:
Unnerstall; Smal, Propper, Hilgers, Brenet; Sadilek, Eiting; Vlap, Steijn, Rots; Van Wolfswinkel
Go Ahead Eagles possible starting lineup:
De Lange; Kuipers, Kramer, Nauber, Deijl; Llansana, Linthorst; Edvardsen, Baeten, Adekanye; Stokkers
We say: FC Twente 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles
Both sides have good reason to believe they can come away with all three points here, but we are backing Twente to carry the day come the end of the 90 minutes in what should be an open and end-to-end affair.
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