Cambuur 1-4 Twente: Wout Weghorst leads a relentless away win
The target man sets the tone
Twente travelled to the Kooi Stadion with a clear plan and a focal point to build it around: Wout Weghorst. The towering striker got on the scoresheet in the 26th minute, four minutes after Ruud Nijstad had opened the scoring, and his presence gave Twente a reference point in attack all afternoon. This was the kind of performance a target man is built for — occupying defenders, winning duels, and turning territorial dominance into goals. By half-time the visitors were in control and never let go.
Waves of pressure
The shot map tells the story of a siege. Twente registered 23 shots to Cambuur's 10, with 13 of those attempts coming from inside the box, and their expected-goals figure of 1.76 comfortably outstripped the hosts' 0.47. Marko Pjaca extended the lead two minutes into the second half, and Younes Taha added a fourth on 82 minutes to put the result beyond any doubt. Cambuur keeper was the busiest man on the pitch with six saves — a statistic that says everything about which way the play flowed.
Cambuur's freefall continues
For the hosts, this was a fifth consecutive defeat, and the pattern is becoming alarming. Ilyes Hamache pulled one back in the 88th minute to spare a clean-sheet humiliation, but by then the game was long gone. A side conceding four at home while managing under 0.5 xG of their own is one struggling in every phase. The late goal offers a flicker of pride, but the bigger picture — five losses and a leaking defence — is what will worry Cambuur most.
A statement of intent
Twente, by contrast, look a side in rhythm. Weghorst's goal was the headline, but this was a complete away display: front-foot, aggressive, and clinical enough to turn a heavy shot count into four goals. When your main striker leads from the front and the whole team piles on the pressure behind him, results like this follow. Twente leave with a comfortable win and a clear identity to build on.
Updated: 2026-09-01