Rutten returns for fateful encounter

FC Twente host FC Schalke 04 on UEFA Cup Matchday 4 with both sides knowing that a win in Enschede would see them through to the last 32 of the competition, as Fred Rutten returns to face his old club.

• Manchester City FC confirmed their place in the Round of 32 with a 2-0 win at Schalke on Matchday 3, while Twente were not in action.

• This is Schalke's last UEFA Cup group-stage match of the season, while Twente will play Paris Saint-Germain FC at Parc des Princes on Matchday 5 in their final encounter.

• This is Twente and Schalke's first meeting in UEFA club competition.

• Twente have played ten games against German clubs, but have yet to beat a Bundesliga side. Their record reads W0 D4 L6. Their home matches against German teams have ended in two draws and three defeats, though they have scored at least once in all of those fixtures.

• Schalke have played five UEFA club competition games against Dutch sides, with their record reading W2 D1 L2. Three of those games were in the Netherlands, the draw and the two defeats, so they come to Enschede looking for a first win on Dutch soil.

• Twente coach Steve McClaren faced German opposition while in charge of Middlesbrough. His side beat VfB Stuttgart 2-1 away before losing 1-0 at home to reach the 2005/06 UEFA Cup Round of 16 on away goals.

• Schalke coach Fred Rutten knows all about Twente. He spent his entire playing career at the club between 1977 and 1992, and went on to be their coach, leaving this summer to join Schalke, and bringing the club's Dutch international midfielder Orlando Engelaar with him. Engelaar had played at Twente since 2006.

• Schalke general manager Andreas Müller said after the draw for the group stage: "Fred Rutten and I had guessed we would play Twente. For our coach and Orlando Engelaar it will be a very emotional match."

• Schalke striker Jefferson Farfán also has experience of Dutch football, playing at PSV Eindhoven from 2004 until his move to Gelsenkirchen this summer.

• Twente's Kenneth Perez played alongside Farfán at PSV last season.

• Twente have lost only one of their last ten UEFA club competition home games, earning seven wins and two draws.

• Twente's Eljero Elia and Schalke's Rafinha both remain within a booking of a one-match ban.

• City play PSG in Wednesday's other Group A game. Real Racing Club are the only side in the section not in action on Matchday 4.

• The draw for the UEFA Cup Round of 32 and Round of 16 will be held at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon on Friday 19 December at 13.00CET. Group winners will be paired with third-placed sides from other UEFA Cup sections, while second-placed finishers will be drawn against one of the eight clubs who finished third in the UEFA Champions League groups. The UEFA Cup group winners and runners-up will play the second leg at home. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.