Can RKC Waalwijk beat FC Twente in Mandemakers Stadion clash?

Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Mon 01.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7508 seats)

RKC Waalwijk will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 27 points behind FC Twente.

It's no vacation for neither RKC Waalwijk nor FC Twente as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups. FC Twente play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for FC Twente when playing on artificial turf are 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 13 times in these games.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what RKC Waalwijk has to build on here at Mandemakers Stadion.

The fans are hoping that RKC Waalwijk will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eerste Divisie game against Jong PSV. Before that, RKC Waalwijk had a home game versus Helmond Sport which ended with a victory 2-1.

There will be little rest for RKC Waalwijk after this match as they are travelling to Roda JC Kerkrade for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.

RKC Waalwijk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mandemakers Stadion with 25 goals in 16 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

Last season, RKC Waalwijk's league statistics were 8 wins, 13 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 18th position in the Eerste Divisie. Over these 38 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 61. Playing at home last season RKC Waalwijk managed 7-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 26 conceded.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 42 points collected from 16 games. 12 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. In general it has been a productive period now for FC Twente as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. FC Twente are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.

FC Twente are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Eerste Divisie against FC Den Bosch. Prior to that result FC Twente won their away game at Go Ahead Eagles. The scoreline was 2-1.

A new game in only four days for FC Twente, the Eerste Divisie home match versus FC Dordrecht. Busy days.

The FC Twente manager M. Pusic has got the team scoring on the road, with 35 away goals in 16 matches. It's not easy to score on FC Twente as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Let's have a look at how FC Twente performed last season in the Eredivisie. They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 9 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 63 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 13 with 12/32 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result FC Twente - RKC Waalwijk 3-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 RKC Waalwijk victory, 4 draws and 5 FC Twente wins.

Top Goalscorers

T. Boere
14 goals / 4 assists
Aitor Cantalapiedra
12 goals / 8 assists
E. Hansson
10 goals / 5 assists

RKC Waalwijk missing players

FC Twente missing players

RKC Waalwijk FC Twente
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 16 Played 16 31
49 25 Scored 35 63
46 24 Conceded 12 26
97% 94% Over 0.5 100% 100%
77% 62% Over 1.5 94% 77%
65% 56% Over 2.5 56% 55%
35% 44% Over 3.5 25% 29%
19% 25% Over 4.5 6% 13%
61% 56% Both teams to score 62% 55%
16% 19% Clean Sheet 38% 39%
26% 31% Failed To Score 0% 6%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 FC Twente 31 23 3 5 63 26 15 11 0 4 28 14 16 12 6 1 35 12 37 72
2 Sparta Rotterdam 31 17 10 4 67 34 15 12 2 1 41 14 16 5 11 3 26 20 33 61
3 Go Ahead Eagles 31 17 6 8 55 41 15 9 3 3 29 13 16 8 6 5 26 28 14 57
4 Jong PSV 31 15 9 7 66 50 16 9 4 3 34 21 15 6 9 4 32 29 16 54
5 FC Den Bosch 31 15 7 9 53 40 15 8 3 4 30 21 16 7 7 5 23 19 13 52
6 FC Oss 31 14 6 11 36 36 16 7 3 6 19 21 15 7 7 5 17 15 0 48
7 Almere City 31 14 5 12 46 50 15 7 2 6 23 20 16 7 6 6 23 30 -4 47
8 Jong Ajax 31 13 7 11 61 50 15 8 4 3 33 19 16 5 6 8 28 31 11 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 31 14 3 14 49 46 16 7 3 6 25 24 15 7 4 8 24 22 3 45
10 MVV Maastricht 31 12 9 10 41 42 16 5 4 7 21 25 15 7 9 3 20 17 -1 45
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 12 8 11 51 49 15 7 5 3 31 19 16 5 6 8 20 30 2 44
12 SC Cambuur 31 12 8 11 39 38 16 6 5 5 22 19 15 6 7 6 17 19 1 44
13 FC Eindhoven 31 12 7 12 44 36 15 4 5 6 22 19 16 8 5 6 22 17 8 43
14 NEC 31 11 9 11 58 49 16 7 5 4 35 21 15 4 8 7 23 28 9 42
15 FC Volendam 31 9 11 11 38 47 15 6 4 5 19 17 16 3 10 6 19 30 -9 38
16 Telstar 31 11 5 15 33 48 16 5 4 7 15 25 15 6 5 8 18 23 -15 38
17 FC Dordrecht 31 6 7 18 40 71 16 3 4 9 21 37 15 3 7 9 19 34 -31 25
18 Jong AZ 31 4 11 16 34 57 15 2 6 7 16 23 16 2 8 9 18 34 -23 23
19 Helmond Sport 31 3 9 19 30 54 16 3 4 9 21 25 15 0 9 10 9 29 -24 18
20 Jong Utrecht 31 3 6 22 37 77 16 3 3 10 22 37 15 0 7 12 15 40 -40 15

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