Preview:Heracles vs. FC Twente - prediction, team news, lineups

Coming off the back of respective victories last time out, Heracles and FC Twente go head-to-head at the Erve Asito on Saturday.

The away side will be looking to complete a league double over their hosts following a 1-0 win in November's reverse fixture.

Match preview

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FC Twente got the better of Sparta Rotterdam in a routine 2-0 triumph at the Grolsch Veste Stadium on Friday.

Ricky van Wolfswinkel put Ron Jans's men ahead midway through the first half before Michel Vlap doubled his side's lead three minutes shy of the hour mark.

The Tukkers currently occupy fourth place in the Eredivisie table, three points behind Feyenoord in the race for an automatic Conference League playoff spot.

Coming up next is a trip to an opposing ground which does not hold happy memories of late for Twente, who have failed to win on any of their last four visits.

However, the Enschede-based outfit are on a run of three straight away victories and will be looking to keep up their good form on the road.

Heracles narrowly edged past Groningen in a hard-fought 1-0 win at the Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion on Sunday.

Nikolai Laursen's 22nd-minute strike proved to be the difference as Frank Wormuth's men secured all three points.

The Heraclieden sit 12th in the league standings at the moment, but their hopes of a top-half remain alive as they only trail ninth-placed Go Ahead Eagles by three points.

With 25 of their 33 points coming in home games, no team outside the top seven has picked up more points on their own turf than Saturday's hosts.

Team News

Heracles' duo of Ismail Azzaoui and Kaj Sierhuis are both ruled out of Saturday's game through knee injuries.

Janis Blaswich is also unavailable for the home side due to a muscle injury, while Orestis Kiomourtzoglou continues to nurse an ankle problem.

Sinan Bakis failed to extend his goalscoring streak to three matches last time out, but the forward is still one to keep an eye on.

Ennio van der Gouw is Twente's only guaranteed absentee for this one, as the 21-year-old remains sidelined with a leg injury.

Ricky van Wolfswinkel's opener against Sparta was his 15th league strike in what has been an outstanding debut campaign with this weekend's visitors.

Heracles possible starting lineup:

Bucker; Knoester, Hoogma, Rente; Roosken, Schoofs, Ouahim, De la Torre, Fadiga; Bakis, Laursen

FC Twente possible starting lineup:

Unnerstall; Smal, Pleguezuelo, Propper, Brenet; Zerrouki, Sadilek; Limnios, Vlap, Misidjan; Van Wolfswinkel

We say: Heracles 0-1 FC Twente

Three of the last four encounters involving the teams have ended all-square with the only exception being the most recent clash earlier in the season. We expect another tight affair here and the narrowest of victories for Twente come the final whistle.