Match bet
Twente arrived in Dunajská Streda with the tie already settled, but brought a strong squad. This summer, the club signed Wout Weghorst from Ajax and goalkeeper Joël Drommel from PSV, while Erik ten Hag is the technical director. Six different players scored in the first match: Daan Rots, Marko Pjaca, Daouda Weidmann, Max Bruns, Ramiz Zerrouki and Robin Pröpper. Such depth can score even with a second-string side.
John van den Brom will reshuffle his starting line-up. Twente opened their Eredivisie season on Sunday with a 1:0 defeat at Heerenveen, and a play-off against the winner of Dynamo Kyiv vs Qarabag lies ahead. The reserves will get game time, and that will bring a lack of cohesion in defence. This is the type of match in which the Dutch side score freely but also concede from nothing.
Before Enschede, DAC had scored in every official match this season: Velež — 1:0 at home and 3:0 away; Ružomberok — 1:1; Dukla Banská Bystrica — 2:0. Ammar Ramadan held the ball up even in the heavy defeat, while Matej Trusa has already scored a league penalty.
Robert Klauss will not field five defenders again. The five-at-the-back system fell apart within 11 minutes, and there is no point in keeping a clean sheet after a 0:6 scoreline. DAC 1904 deliberately rescheduled their league match in Košice to recover and will look to attack in front of their own fans.
The thrashing in Enschede is misleading. Twente were knocked out of the Conference League by Ferencváros — 1:2 at home and 2:2 in Budapest — and took it out on their opponents at home, angry and at full strength. In Dunajská Streda, they will have neither that anger nor that freshness: it is their third match in eight days, with qualification already secured. The hosts will look to make amends in front of their fans, while the visitors simply do not know how to play any other way. Both teams will score.
