Eerste Divisie: The mid-table positions tell a story of the journey Willem II and Roda JC Kerkrade have undertaken so far. Both participants are set to play; let's go!
- Willem II have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Roda JC Kerkrade haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Roda JC Kerkrade have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-3-5 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches.
Willem II form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Willem II have to build on here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the Eerste Divisie. Willem II are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Koning Willem II Stadion, having lost their two previous games here.
Willem enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at De Graafschap's place. The match ended 3-0 with Svensson and Kabangu scoring. Finally, a league victory after four matches without one. Midfield player Meerveld got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Meerveld served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Before that game, the home loss against NAC Breda with the scoreline 1-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Willem II perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Willem II as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Willem II has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 6.
Observe: 9 of the most recent 11 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
Willem has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats
Playing away, Roda JC Kerkrade have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.
Roda JC Kerkrade might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Heracles Almelo proved too strong as Roda JC Kerkrade slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Parkstad Limburg Stadion. Midfield player Bijleveld was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.13/10. Bijleveld scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus ADO Den Haag at their stadium, the result 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Roda JC Kerkrade playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Roda JC Kerkrade win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Roda JC Kerkrade have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kerkrade have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Willem II wins - draws - Roda JC Kerkrade wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Vente 13 goals |   M. Svensson 5 goals |  M. de Leeuw 5 goals |
Willem II missing players
Roda JC Kerkrade missing players
| Willem II | Roda JC Kerkrade | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 59% |
| 28% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 72% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 59% |
| 28% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 18% |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 12.1 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 38% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 23% | 30% |
| 8.3 | 7.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8.9 | 7.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- Roda JC Kerkrade haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Willem II have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Willem II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 43 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Almere City | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Willem II | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Telstar | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 22 |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | FC Den Bosch | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -17 | 18 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 12 |
