On Thursday Feb 9th, Ajax will travel to Enschede to battle FC Twente in a clash of the KNVB Beker. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, FC Twente recorded a 1-1 draw against FC Groningen. Sem Steijn struck first for FC Twente in the 5th minute, then Oliver Antman tied it up for FC Groningen in the 69th minute on a feed from Johan Hove earning them at least the one point. With 18 points in their last 10 matches FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Ajax recorded a 5-0 blowout win against SC Cambuur. Dušan Tadić struck first for Ajax in the 16th minute, then Steven Berghuis added another in the 36th minute on a feed from Kudus Mohammed At the end of 90 a dissapointed SC Cambuur couldn’t manage to score, and Ajax took the shutout win. Ajax is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Ajax won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Ajax is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Kudus Mohammed and Davy Klaassen each having 2 goals in their last 5. FC Twente’s most prolific scorer has been Václav Černý. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.