FC Twente vs DAC Dunajska Streda - prediction, team news, lineups

FC Twente and DAC Dunajska Streda footwear disconnected their Conference League third-round qualifying necktie astatine De Grolsch Veste connected Thursday evening.

Both teams are aiming to diagnostic successful Europe's newest contention for the archetypal clip since its inception 5 years ago, but lone 1 tin advancement to the play-offs aboriginal this period to look Dynamo Kyiv oregon Qarabag.

Match preview

Twente sat 3rd successful the Eredivisie array heading into their last lucifer of the 2025-26 run and looked poised to support their hopes of a archetypal Champions League instrumentality since 2010 alive.

However, a 5-1 decision to Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, coupled with NEC's 2-1 triumph implicit Go Ahead Eagles, saw John van den Brom's broadside driblet to fourth, leaving a spot successful the Europa League arsenic the champion connected offer.

As a result, the Tukkers faced Ferencvaros successful their archetypal qualifying tie, losing 4-3 connected aggregate aft a 2-2 second-leg draw, and person present been demoted to the Conference League qualifiers.

As successful their astir caller European tie, Twente are again favourites to beforehand but caput into Thursday's archetypal limb winless successful their past 3 competitory outings and having managed conscionable 1 triumph from the past six - a 4-0 demolition of Sparta Rotterdam connected May 10.

Conceding archetypal successful six of their past 7 outings overall, the Enschede-based broadside person recovered dilatory starts to beryllium a increasing vulnerability and volition request to beryllium wary against opponents who person opened the scoring successful 5 consecutive matches.

With their 2026-27 Eredivisie opener conscionable 3 days later, Twente indispensable onslaught the close equilibrium arsenic they juggle home and continental commitments.

While they were unsuccessful successful their quest to unseat Slovan Bratislava arsenic league champions, Dunajska Streda finished arsenic runners-up for the 3rd clip successful 4 years past season, continuing their caller home resurgence.

For Robert Klauss's side, the adjacent nonsubjective is European qualification, a task the 41-year-old German manager has been assigned successful his debut run since succeeding Branislav Fodrek.

Klauss has made a beardown commencement arsenic caput coach, winning and keeping cleanable sheets successful 3 of his archetypal 4 authoritative matches, including some legs of DAC's second-round necktie against Velez Mostar. His tenure truthful acold has been marked by solidity astatine some ends, with 7 goals scored and conscionable 1 conceded.

However, Thursday's travel to the Netherlands represents by acold Zlto-modri's toughest duty of the season, arsenic they question to interruption their third-round duck successful the Conference League qualifiers, having ne'er progressed beyond this signifier successful 4 erstwhile attempts.

Unlike their hosts, the visitors bash not person to interest astir immoderate league fixture this play aft their clash with Kosice - initially scheduled for Sunday - was postponed to let afloat absorption connected their European assignment.

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Team News

Continuing his caller injury-hit spell for Twente, Naci Unuvar has missed the past 2 matches and remains a uncertainty for Thursday's game.

New signings Wout Weghorst and Ramiz Zerrouki bring important European experience, making their inclusion successful the hosts' starting XI an casual decision.

Midfielder Harrie Kuster is unavailable pursuing his caller determination to Telstar aft an awesome 2025-26 play successful which helium scored 10 goals successful 38 league appearances.

Since coming disconnected with a first-half wounded successful Dunajska Streda's 1-1 gully with Ruzomberok, Andreas Gruber has been sidelined and volition beryllium a important miss.

Uros Kabic, who has benefited astir from Gruber's absence, is expected to instrumentality to the line-up present contempt being an unused substitute against Banska Bystrica past clip out.

Ammar Ramadan has scored 4 goals successful his past 3 matches for the visitors and is surely 1 to watch.

FC Twente imaginable starting lineup:

Unnerstall; Adelgaard, Nijstad, Lemkin, Van Rooy; Van den Belt, Hlynsson, Zerrouki; Orjasaeter, Weghorst, Rots

DAC Dunajska Streda imaginable starting lineup:

Ivacic; Juklerod, Nemanic, Blazek, Kapanadze; Ramadan, Bationo, Ouro, Kabic; Gueye, Gagua

We say: FC Twente 3-1 DAC Dunajska Streda

From being connected the brink of Champions League football, Twente present find themselves chasing a spot successful the Conference League, a people that volition consciousness similar a consolation if achieved.

That said, the Dutch broadside person excessively overmuch prime for their Slovak counterparts, and we expect them to unafraid a comfy victory.

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