Both teams had doubleheaders this week, beating Helmont 5-1 at home in midweek, with center midfielder Hornkamp with a pass and a shot, midfielder Melveld frequently being the team's midfield attacking initiator, and defender Owusu picking up a pass and a shot in the same offensive stats, and already has three assists on the season. With a doubleheader week, Willem II surely has the benefit of playing two home games in a row. As for the lineup, only individual players such as midfielder Posch are out with injuries, and the impact is limited.
FC had an up and down week, beating the 2nd in the league 1-0 last weekend to start the 3rd phase with 2 consecutive wins. But at the same time, the team paid the price of scorers Brim and Rottier were both sent off with red cards, and then, in the mid-week in a cold and windy rain, the team lost 0-4 to Dordrecht on the road, an unexpected defeat, making it much more difficult to catch up with the league's No. 2 Heracles, which is now 8 points behind its rivals, and at the same time ** the team's goal of competing for the title of the 3rd stage of a serious setback. Of course, the team currently has 6 points after 3 matches in the third stage, and the first Roda JC has 10 points after 4 matches, so the team still has the hope of catching up. Therefore, whether you look at the league rankings, or the third stage of the standings, Eindhoven visitors have enough pulling power exists.
FC Eindhoven's two leading scorers, Brim and Rottier, who were red-carded earlier in the match, each have one more game of suspension and are still not available for tonight's match. Meanwhile, center back Penningberg, midfielder Dahlhaus and Pershing are also out of action. FC Eindhoven's manager was furious after the last game and thought that his team had given up the fight.
