Utrecht vs Twente prediction: NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie betting tips on match 2023-04-15 12:30.
FC Utrecht ended a month without victory with a 2-1 at FC Groningen last week and boy were the fans ready for the taste of winning again in the Domstad, since their side had not won a single match since the KNVB Cup disgrace against amateur Spakenburg (D2, L2). For the supporters who only attend home games, a victory would also be a welcome change, because they haven't seen it since the match against Heerenveen (1-0) more than two months ago (D2, L2).
Only a remarkably wonderful or poor run in the final weeks of the season will now prevent Utrecht from partaking in the playoffs for European football. After all, prior to this round of play, the club were seven points ahead of the chasing pack outside the top eight, and trailing the top four by 12.
Recently it seemed that FC Twente could also begin preparing for those postseason play-offs, but after AZ Alkmaar failed to win three consecutive games, the Tukkers are now only three points away from fourth place. The club, after recently announcing that Ron Jans will be replaced by the current RKC Waalwijk coach Joseph Oosting following this season, won against Cambuur with a resounding 4-0 result.
In total, Twente have now won three of their last four games, bringing the previous mediocre period to a long awaited close. The defence has been the heart of that recovery, conceding just one goal from those four outings. In terms of goals conceded across the Eredivisie campaign, Twente still remains the best performing club in the competition.
Players to watch: Utrecht’s Anastasios Douvikas has scored in four of his last six competitive games and started this round as joint-top scorer in the Eredivisie with fourteen goals. Twente left back Gijs Smal produced three assists against Cambuur last week and now has a total of eight decisive passes in the competition.
Hot streak: FC Twente have not trailed at the half-time break in any of their last 18 meetings with Utrecht.