NEC Nijmegen 3-3 FC Twente: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 October 2025

Result

NEC Nijmegen 3-3 FC Twente

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 October 2025, 14:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

NEC Nijmegen · FC Twente · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 3-3 FC Twente: match report

NEC Nijmegen drew with FC Twente 3-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 18 October 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ricky van Wolfswinkel opened the scoring in the 24th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Thomas Ouwejan (29'), Youssef El Kachati (66') and an own goal by Arno Verschueren (83'). FC Twente scored through Ricky van Wolfswinkel (24', penalty), Mats Rots (55') and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (90+2', penalty).

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards; FC Twente received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 6th on 13 points from 8 and FC Twente 7th on 13 points from 8. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and FC Twente 5th with 58.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and FC Twente in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Ouwejan of NEC Nijmegen (7.6), ahead of Ricky van Wolfswinkel (7.5).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Ahmetcan KaplanNEC Nijmegen
  • 24'Penalty goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelFC Twente · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Thomas OuwejanNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Mats RotsFC Twente · 1-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Ramiz ZerroukiFC Twente
  • 63'Yellow card · Thomas van den BeltFC Twente
  • 66'Goal · Youssef El KachatiNEC Nijmegen · 2-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Robin PröpperFC Twente
  • 83'Own goal · Arno VerschuerenNEC Nijmegen · 3-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Başar ÖnalNEC Nijmegen
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelFC Twente · 3-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 2, draws 2, FC Twente 6.

Team news

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NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-1-4-2)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Eli Dasa, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Thomas Ouwejan, Darko Nejasmic, Sami Ouaissa, Kodai Sano, Tjaronn Chery, Virgil Misidjan, Koki Ogawa, Bryan Linssen

FC Twente line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lars Unnerstall, Bart van Rooij, Robin Pröpper, Ruud Nijstad, Mats Rots, Ramiz Zerrouki, Thomas van den Belt, Marko Pjaca, Kristian Hlynsson, Sondre Ørjasæter, Ricky van Wolfswinkel