Only a win will satisfy the AZ Alkmaar supporters in this AFAS Stadion clash with RKC Waalwijk, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eredivisie table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
RKC Waalwijk play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for RKC Waalwijk when playing on grass are 4 wins, 1 draw and 16 defeats from 21 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 47 times in these games.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at AFAS Stadion as AZ Alkmaar, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Eredivisie, have scored 22 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for AZ Alkmaar in their previous game, a Eredivisie match away at SC Heerenveen (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting FC Oss.
Everyone expects AZ Alkmaar to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found twelve games: 8 home wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. AZ Alkmaar have won with at least two goals margin 4 times in similar situations.
Goals decide football matches and AZ Alkmaar are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. AZ Alkmaar have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for RKC Waalwijk, who have the most conceded goals (47) in Eredivisie, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-8 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, RKC Waalwijk are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The manager F. Grim was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Mandemakers Stadion. RKC Waalwijk suffered a 1-2 loss to VVV-Venlo (placed 15th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against ADO Den Haag wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
RKC Waalwijk are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found twelve matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. Of the defeats, 4 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
RKC Waalwijk have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that RKC Waalwijk concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: RKC Waalwijk - AZ Alkmaar 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 8 AZ Alkmaar victories, 1 draw and 1 RKC Waalwijk win. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boadu 12 goals |  O. Idrissi 10 goals |  T. Koopmeiners 7 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 42 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 29 | 47 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 65% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 25% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 20% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 65% | 70% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 7 | 8.9 | 12.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 290 | 170 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 98 | 237 |
| 106 | 52 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 31 | 78 |
| 40% | 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 39% | 29% |
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- AZ Alkmaar has the most clean sheets (13)
- AZ Alkmaar has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- AZ Alkmaar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AZ Alkmaar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- AZ Alkmaar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals (47)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | Ajax | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 44 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Willem II | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | PSV | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 36 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 33 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Heracles | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -13 | 22 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 31 | -21 | 20 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -26 | 19 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 18 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -24 | 11 |