Mees Hilgers Returns To Europa League When Union SG Host Twenty

Mees Hilgers has returned from injury and will return to play in the Europa League (Instagram/@fctwente).

JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team defender, Mees Hilgers, will return to compete in the 2024/2025 Europa League when FC Twenty hosted the Belgian club Union Sint-Gilicoise, at the De Grolsch Veste Stadium, Friday, November 29, 2024, early morning WIB.

Previously, Mees Hilgers had suffered a hamstring injury against Ajax Amsterdam at Eredivisie 2024/2025 on November 10, 2024.

The injury made him also absent from defending the Indonesian national team in two 2026 World Cup Qualification matches against Japan (15 November 2024) and Saudi Arabia (19 November 2024) which were held at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.

The hamstring problem has actually been experienced by the 23-year-old defender a week before fighting Ajax. In the aftermath, he missed the Europa League against Nice on November 8, 2024.

In the match against Ajax, Hilgers could not appear full because he again experienced hamstring problems.

However, after missing with the Indonesian national team for recovery, he has recovered after the international break.

He performed full while helping Twenty win over FOrtuna Sittard 2-1 at Eredivisie on November 24, 2024.

This condition made it most likely to return to the initial eleven when Twente competed in the Europa League.

Twenty in a positive trend unbeaten in the last five matches in all competitions, won three wins and two draws.

The problem now is how Twente improved his record in the Europa League this season. They have never won with three draws and one defeat.

The result further worsened Twente's statistics in the Europa League to 12 games without a win, nine draws and three defeats if they were combined with previous seasons.

The defense issue continues as Twenty has failed to keep clean-sheets in their last five European games.

They are currently in 27th position in the standings with only three points. They are only one point adrift of the knockout playoff position.

The match against Union SG should be a moment of revival with the motivation to win its first win in the Europa League to enter the knockout playoff zone.

The campaign is pretty slick at the Eredivisie this season, taking fifth place in the standings and 25 points (seven wins, four draws, and two defeats), could be a trigger.

Formation Forecast

Twenty (4-2-3-1): Tyton; Salah-Eddine, Bruns, Hilgers, Van Rooij; Vlap, Regeer; Steijn, Van Bergen, Van Wolfswinkel; Lammers

Union SG (3-5-2): Moris; Macchida, promise, Mac Allister; Niang, Sadiki, Vanhoutte, Rasmussen, Castro-Montes; Fuseini, Ivanovic