
Preview: FC Twente vs Bodo/Glimt,Europa League Knockout Round Playoffs 1st Leg
- FIy999 2025/02/13 02:35
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Aiming to extend their unbeaten run across all competitions to five matches, FC Twente will welcome Bodo/Glimt to De Grolsch Veste for a Europa League knockout phase play-off match on Thursday night.
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Placing third in the 2023-24 edition of the Eredivisie, FC Twente enjoyed their highest league standing for a decade, an achievement that proved enough to eventually earn them a spot in this season's Europa League, battling it out with 35 other clubs in the revamped league phase.
After enduring a six-game winless spell at the beginning of the competition, the Tukkers were heading towards an embarrassing first-round exit ahead of the final two matchdays of the section, before back-to-back victories over Malmo and Besiktas saved the Dutch side's bacon.
Collecting a maximum of six points from their last two contests of the league phase, Joseph Oosting's troops propelled themselves up to 23rd place by the final kick of the ball on gameweek eight, meaning that they qualified for the knockout stages on goal difference, boasting 10 points.
In stark contrast to their struggles in Enschede on European nights, the Tukkers possess a marvellous home record in the Eredivisie this season, with Thursday's hosts joining giants Ajax and PSV Eindhoven as the only clubs who are yet to taste league defeat in front of their respective supporters.
Rising from top-flight mediocrity during the 2010s, Bodo/Glimt have firmly established themselves as the dominant force in Norwegian football so far this decade, winning four of the last five Eliteserien titles after lifting their first-ever crown at the end of the 2020 term.
Den Gule Horde clinched the latest of their league titles with a 5-2 battering of Lillestrom on December 1, before enjoying a lengthy winter break prior to matchday seven and eight of the Europa League, with Thursday's visitors collecting four points across battles with Maccabi Tel Aviv and French powerhouses Nice.
Due to their sharing of the spoils against the Ligue 1 outfit last time out, Bodo/Glimt were forced to settle for a ninth-placed finish in the league phase standings, meaning that they missed out on automatic qualification to the round of 16 on goal difference.
A young Danish talent, Kasper Waarts Hogh picked up Den Gule Horde's Golden Boot in the Eliteserien during 2024 and has also impressed on the continental scene for the Norwegians champions, making the net ripple on three occasions across six Europa League appearances to date.
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