Look at this exciting fixture in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk is in the 13th spot from featuring in six games. They receive Ajax who are placed 14th from four fixtures.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ajax have yet to win a game away.
7-1-0 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Ajax when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 25-8 (scored/conceded).
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
Three Eredivisie home games done for RKC Waalwijk, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for RKC Waalwijk, as their goalkeeper Etienne Vaessen has completely shut out the opponents for 184 minutes in the Eredivisie.
A nice win for Waalwijk last time playing, versus FC Twente. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Stevanović scoring for the victors. The victory against FC Twente came after Stevanović's winning goal. The RKC Waalwijk manager Fraser was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 72nd minute. Lelieveld, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Lelieveld hit two key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Vitesse.RKC Waalwijk aren't scoring a lot here at Mandemakers Stadion in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. Waalwijk are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Ajax form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Eredivisie for Ajax with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Feyenoord with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Ajax did not look prepared in the first half against Feyenoord and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one. den Boomen got a match rating of 7.04 in that game, top player of the team. Boomen hit two key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).
One game before, 3-3 at home against Olympique Marseille in the Europa League.
In the opposite end, Ajax have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Ajax have won every one of the 9 latest games versus this side. Will the streak continue?Top Goalscorers
  M. Kramer 2 goals |   S. Bergwijn 2 goals |  B. Brobbey 2 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
Ajax missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8.7 | 8.4 |
| 6.8 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.3 | 14.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 25% |
| 15.3 | 14.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.7 | 12.2 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
- Ajax have created more than twice as many corners as RKC Waalwijk.
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax have yet to win a game away.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RKC Waalwijk have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | AZ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | NEC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Heracles | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 18 | Almere City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
