Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Zwolle will be looking to make amends for a 3-2 loss to Sparta Rotterdam when they take on Twente on Saturday evening. The Blauwingers have been having their ups and downs of late, but their elite division status is not in danger. Zwolle aim to record their fifth home win of the season, and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach in Saturday’s clash.
Fit-again Serbia midfielder Slobodan Tedic should keep his place in the starting Xi after finding the net in the defeat to Sparta. Twente, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Vitesse. The Reds failed to win the previous six league fixtures, but they are surely capable of sharing the spoils with Zwolle behind closed doors. The likes of Brama, Cerny, and Pleguezuelo have been struggling with injuries of late, and they are unlikely to feature against Zwolle.
Highlighted Player (Thomas Lam):
Thomas Lam is a footballer who can play as both centre back and defensive midfielder. Lam was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 18 December, 1993, but seeing that his mother is Finnish, he was eligible to play for the Finland national team.
After making 11 appearances for the Finland U21 team, he made his debut for the senior team on 9 June, 2015, in a friendly against Estonia. He started the game, but the Finns suffered a 2-0 loss to the Estonians in Turku. Speaking of his club career, Thomas Lam played for AZ Alkmaar between 2011 and 2014 and then he joined fellow Eredivisie side Zwolle.
The 188-cm-tall footballer scored four goals in 64 appearances for the club and in July 2016 he signed a contract with Nottingham Forest. Lam won the KVNB Cup with AZ Alkmaar in 2013 and he was named Promising Player of the Year in 2011. His agent is world-famous Mino Raiola and his contract with Forest expires on 30 June, 2018.
Highlighted Team (Twente):
Based in the city of Enschede, Twente is a Dutch football club that welcomes their rivals at De Grolsch Veste. The venue was opened on May 10, 1998, and the capacity of the stadium is 30,205 people. The club was founded in 1965 as a merger of Sportsclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys.
The Reds did remarkably well to win the Eredivisie title in the 2009/10 season, with the team finishing the process only one point clear of Dutch giants Ajax. As a result, Twente booked their place in the Champions League group stages. The Reds did well to collect six points in their group, but that did not help them make it to the last 16.
Twente are well known for their red jerseys, but they wear dark blue shirts when playing on the travels. The Reds take on Heracles Almelo in the Twentse Derby. Sander Boshchker is leading Twente’s all-time goal-scoring chart with 653 goals on his account.