Soccer betting preview: RKC Waalwijk welcomes NEC in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie Playoffs
Date: Tue 14.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7508 seats)

RKC Waalwijk welcome NEC for another interesting Eredivisie Playoffs fixture here at Mandemakers Stadion.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for RKC Waalwijk and NEC.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike NEC's home stadium. The visitors last 24 games on artificial turf have ended in 9 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with RKC Waalwijk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with RKC Waalwijk as a small favourite), we find five games. RKC Waalwijk has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Last season, RKC Waalwijk's league statistics were 18 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Eredivisie Playoffs. Over these 38 matches they scored 69 goals and conceded 57. Playing at home last season RKC Waalwijk managed 9-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 30 conceded.

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NEC form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by NEC in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for NEC, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Let's have a look at how NEC performed last season in the Eredivisie Playoffs: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 73 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 29/36 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

RKC Waalwijk and NEC have met before this season: NEC - RKC Waalwijk 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): RKC Waalwijk 1 win, 1 draw and NEC 8 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Okita
15 goals / 9 assists
F. Druijf
15 goals
E. Hansson
12 goals / 11 assists

RKC Waalwijk missing players

NEC missing players

RKC Waalwijk NEC
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 2
2 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
RKC Waalwijk Last season NEC
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
18 9   Won   6 16
5 4   Drew   5 10
15 6   Lost   8 12
69 36   Scored   29 73
57 30   Conceded   36 60
95% 95%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
79% 68%   Over 1.5   84% 82%
68% 63%   Over 2.5   63% 63%
42% 53%   Over 3.5   47% 50%
26% 32%   Over 4.5   32% 34%
66% 63%   BTTS   63% 63%
16% 16%   Clean Sheets   5% 16%
24% 26%   Failed To Score   32% 21%
 
6.2 6.8   Corners For (avg)   4.7 5.6
5.6 5.2   Corners Against (avg)   5.4 4.7
1.8 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 1.7
4 2   Red Cards   2 3
Key stats last season:
  • NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

RKC Waalwijk
All Eredivisie Playoffs Eerste Divisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
29-03-19 ED Jong PSV 2 - 1 RKC Waalwijk
01-04-19 ED RKC Waalwijk 4 - 1 FC Twente
05-04-19 ED Roda JC Kerkrade 0 - 0 RKC Waalwijk
12-04-19 ED Jong AZ 2 - 4 RKC Waalwijk
19-04-19 ED RKC Waalwijk 4 - 4 FC Dordrecht
22-04-19 ED NEC 2 - 1 RKC Waalwijk
26-04-19 ED Go Ahead Eagles 1 - 4 RKC Waalwijk
03-05-19 ED RKC Waalwijk 3 - 1 FC Eindhoven
10-05-19 EP NEC 2 - 0 RKC Waalwijk
14-05-19 EP RKC Waalwijk 16:30 NEC
NEC
All Eredivisie Playoffs Eerste Divisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
29-03-19 ED NEC 1 - 2 Jong Ajax
01-04-19 ED Jong AZ 4 - 0 NEC
08-04-19 ED Jong PSV 1 - 2 NEC
12-04-19 ED NEC 3 - 2 Helmond Sport
19-04-19 ED FC Volendam 2 - 3 NEC
22-04-19 ED NEC 2 - 1 RKC Waalwijk
26-04-19 ED NEC 4 - 0 FC Twente
03-05-19 ED MVV Maastricht 1 - 1 NEC
10-05-19 EP NEC 2 - 0 RKC Waalwijk
14-05-19 EP RKC Waalwijk 16:30 NEC

Last season 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 38 25 5 8 72 39 19 12 2 5 31 17 19 13 3 3 41 22 33 80
2 Sparta Rotterdam 38 19 12 7 78 47 19 14 3 2 49 21 19 5 9 5 29 26 31 69
3 Jong PSV 38 18 9 11 77 59 19 11 4 4 39 23 19 7 5 7 38 36 18 63
4 FC Den Bosch 38 18 9 11 64 49 19 10 5 4 38 25 19 8 4 7 26 24 15 63
5 Go Ahead Eagles 38 19 6 13 63 57 19 11 3 5 35 21 19 8 3 8 28 36 6 63
6 FC Oss 38 18 8 12 48 40 19 9 4 6 21 21 19 9 4 6 27 19 8 62
7 Almere City 38 19 5 14 60 63 19 11 2 6 33 22 19 8 3 8 27 41 -3 62
8 RKC Waalwijk 38 18 5 15 69 57 19 9 4 6 36 30 19 9 1 9 33 27 12 59
9 NEC 38 16 10 12 73 60 19 10 5 4 44 24 19 6 5 8 29 36 13 58
10 SC Cambuur 38 16 10 12 61 48 19 9 5 5 32 21 19 7 5 7 29 27 13 58
11 Jong Ajax 38 16 8 14 81 67 19 10 4 5 48 32 19 6 4 9 33 35 14 56
12 MVV Maastricht 38 14 12 12 49 53 19 6 6 7 24 27 19 8 6 5 25 26 -4 54
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 14 11 13 57 59 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 6 4 9 23 36 -2 53
14 FC Eindhoven 38 13 9 16 52 48 19 5 6 8 27 25 19 8 3 8 25 23 4 48
15 Telstar 38 14 6 18 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 28 19 7 1 11 21 30 -13 48
16 FC Volendam 38 9 14 15 46 62 19 6 5 8 25 28 19 3 9 7 21 34 -16 41
17 FC Dordrecht 38 9 9 20 54 84 19 4 5 10 26 42 19 5 4 10 28 42 -30 36
18 Jong AZ 38 7 12 19 46 67 19 4 6 9 27 32 19 3 6 10 19 35 -21 33
19 Jong Utrecht 38 5 8 25 47 90 19 4 4 11 26 41 19 1 4 14 21 49 -43 23
20 Helmond Sport 38 4 10 24 37 72 19 4 4 11 24 33 19 0 6 13 13 39 -35 22

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