FC Twente vs Thun - prediction, team news, lineups

Round 1 of the 2026-27 Conference League sees Eredivisie broadside FC Twente invited Swiss Super League outfit Thun to De Grolsch Veste connected Thursday.

Both teams are competing successful Europe’s third-tier tourney for the archetypal clip and volition beryllium anxious to marque an impression.

Match preview

Twente entered the Conference League qualifiers astatine the 3rd signifier aft being eliminated from Europa League contention. They initially made airy enactment of DAC 1904 but were successful information of crashing retired to Qarabag successful the playoffs aft a 1-0 first-leg defeat.

With their backs against the wall, John van den Brom’s broadside responded superbly successful the reverse fixture, claiming a 4-1 triumph - a effect that sparked an upturn successful signifier and ushered successful an eight-game unbeaten run, though their astir caller outing was a disappointing 1-1 gully with Fortuna Sittard implicit the weekend.

That effect ended a four-game winning streak for the Tukkers, who failed to capitalise connected their dominance successful Sittard-Geleen and present beryllium 3 points down Feyenoord astatine the apical of the Eredivisie table.

Back successful Europe for the archetypal clip since the 2024-25 Europa League, Twente indispensable present contend with the added load of shorter turnarounds betwixt matches, an obstacle that has proven costly for galore sides successful the past if not managed carefully.

Thursday’s hosts volition anticipation to fare amended than their past continental foray, which ended successful a group-stage exit. A winning commencement successful beforehand of their location fans, wherever they person won 5 of their past six competitory matches, would undoubtedly assistance acceptable the tone.

Thun took Swiss shot by tempest past season, clinching the Super League rubric connected their instrumentality to the apical formation aft a six-year lack and earning themselves a changeable astatine European football.

However, Gian-Luca Privitelli’s men were knocked retired of some the Champions League and Europa League qualifiers, with a humbling 9-2 aggregate decision to Lech Poznan successful the second seeing them driblet into the Conference League.

While not arsenic glamorous arsenic initially hoped, featuring successful Europe for the archetypal clip since 2013 is inactive a affirmative for the Oberlanders whose 2026-27 run has been a stark opposition to their title-winning exploits conscionable a fewer months ago.

A 4-2 decision to Zurich connected Saturday means Thun person present mislaid 4 of their past 5 league matches, a dismal tally that has near the defending champions 18 points adrift astatine the apical aft conscionable 10 games.

Low connected assurance and successful request of a lift, Thursday’s visitors question to Enschede with their backs against the wall, and a triumph could beryllium the catalyst their play needs for a revival, with Privitelli already nether expanding scrutiny conscionable 3 months into his reign.

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Team News

Stav Lemkin has yet to diagnostic for Twente this play and remains sidelined with a musculus wounded sustained during pre-season.

Filip Thorvaldsen and Lars Unnerstall are besides expected to miss out, though the erstwhile is nearing a instrumentality to action.

Wout Weghorst has contributed to 8 goals (five goals, 3 assists) successful his past 7 outings for the hosts, making him 1 to watch.

Genis Montolio is sidelined with a cruciate ligament wounded and is not expected to beryllium disposable for enactment until January 2027.

Forward Marc Gutbub made a agleam commencement to the play with 2 assists successful his archetypal 3 matches, but has not featured since owed to injury.

FC Twente imaginable starting lineup:

Drommel; Van Rooy, Propper, Mosiak, Adelgaard; Zerrouki, Weidmann; Rots, Taha, Pjaca; Weghorst

Thun imaginable starting lineup:

Steffen; Strannegard, Bamert, Burgy, Fehr; Ilic, Zoukit, Roth, Maier; Dursun, Braschi

We say: FC Twente 3-0 Thun

Facing an out-of-sorts Thun broadside astatine location represents the cleanable accidental for Twente to footwear disconnected their Conference League run connected a affirmative note, and it is hard to spot them passing it up.

We afloat expect the hosts to dispatch their visitors with easiness and grounds an emphatic victory.

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