Twente's early double set up a 4-1 win at Lincoln Red Imps

Twente scored twice before the 25th minute and went on to win 4-1, with three times their usual share of the ball.

Twente had scored twice before the 25th minute at the Victoria Stadium, and the rest of the match followed from that start. Thomas Van den Belt put them ahead at 19, and Wout Weghorst doubled the lead five minutes later, the pair linking up for both. Lincoln Red Imps FC replied at 38 through Nano, but that was the only goal they managed in a match that finished four goals to one. Nobody was sent off, so both sides finished with eleven on the pitch.

The ball was the first thing that tilted the game. Twente had 72% of it, where their usual figure in away matches this season is 60.8%, so they held far more possession than they normally do on their travels. Lincoln Red Imps FC were left with the remaining 28%, which is a small share for a side playing at home.

Twente took 25 shots, twenty of them from inside the box, which is more than double the 12.2 that an average side takes in this league. Expected goals, a rough measure of how good each chance was where a figure near 1 means a goal was close to certain, came to 4.79 for Twente. Their usual figure away from home is 2.03, so this was a far bigger day in front of goal than normal. Lincoln Red Imps FC created very little by comparison, and Twente's away opponents have usually been credited with 0.18, so the home side's chances were weaker than most visitors' chances against Twente.

Lincoln Red Imps FC arrived with one win in their last six matches, and that form carried into this game. Their shots rarely reached the box, and their goalkeeper was called on to make saves. Nano's goal came from the one shot he got on target, and he finished with an 8.2 rating, the highest in the home side.

Twente's goals were the other half of the story. Their four goals were above their usual 2.8 per match this season, while the one they conceded matched their usual figure exactly. The match total of five goals was also above the league's average of 3.2 per game, so this was a high-scoring evening by any measure.

Bart van Rooij had the strongest match on the numbers, with an 8.9 rating, the assist for Thomas Van den Belt's second goal and three key passes, which are passes that lead straight to a shot. Van den Belt scored twice before going off on 77 minutes, while Weghorst scored and also set up the first goal. Daan Rots provided the assist for D. Weidmann's goal at 90, which made the score a little more emphatic.

Twente now sit 15th after one match, with three points from one win. Lincoln Red Imps FC are 30th, with no points from their one defeat.

Player of the matchBart van Rooij1 assist8.9

Thomas Van den Belt2 goals · 1 assist8.5

Nano1 goal8.2

Daan Rots3 chances created7.7