FC Twente visit the Mac3Park Stadion on Saturday to face off against PEC Zwolle looking to pick up a third league triumph on the bounce.
Meanwhile, the home side head into the game having ended a six-game winless streak last time out.
Match preview
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Twente recorded an impressive 2-1 victory over Feyenoord to move into the next round of the KNVB-Beker at the latter's expense.
After going behind to Cyriel Dessers's 47th-minute opener, Ron Jans's men responded superbly through goals from Giovanni Troupee and Manfred Ugalde.
The Tukkers are fifth in the Eredivisie table as thing stand, having amassed 13 of the last 15 points available.
Their next task sees them go up against an opposing side who have won just one of the last four meetings between the teams, losing the other three by a combined score of 9-2.
However, that solitary win came in the most recent encounter back in April when Saturday's visitors fell to a 1-0 defeat.
PEC Zwolle eased past Maastricht 4-0 on Tuesday to move into the next round of the Dutch cup.
Siemen Voet, Rav van den Berg, Luka Adzic and Slobodan Tedic were all on the score sheet for Dick Schreuder's men.
The Blauwvingers, however, remain rooted to the bottom of the Eredivisie table having recorded just six points from their 16 outings to date.
Saturday's hosts have scored a league-low eight goals in that time and will need to get going at the attacking end of the pitch if they are to turn their season around.
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Team News
Pelle Clement and Sai Van Wermeskerken are down with ankle and knee injuries respectively and will not feature on Saturday.
Kenneth Paal and Daishawn Redan have sat out each of the hosts' last three games due to leg injuries.
Luca Everink has been named on the bench twice since his return from a muscle injury as the 20-year-old works his way back up to full fitness.
Jody Lukoki continues to nurse a knee problem, while Kik Pierie is yet to recuperate from a back injury.
PEC Zwolle possible starting lineup:
Lamprou; Voet, Kersten, Nakayama; De Wit, Strieder, Saymak, Reijnders; Huiberts, Kastaneer, Adzic
FC Twente possible starting lineup:
Unnerstall; Sadilek, Hilgers, Propper, Troupee; Brama, Zerrouki, Vlap; Rots, Van Wolfswinkel, Limnios
We say: PEC Zwolle 0-2 FC Twente
Buoyed by their cup victory in midweek, Zwolle will head into Saturday's contest full of belief. Nonetheless, we are tipping Twente to come away with all three points at the sound of the full-time whistle.
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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 PEC Zwolle win with a probability of 40.74%. A win for FC Twente had a probability of 33.19% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a PEC Zwolle win was 1-0 with a probability of 10%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.68%) and 2-0 (7.01%). The likeliest FC Twente win was 0-1 (8.85%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.39%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 3.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that FC Twente would win this match.
