This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, loss and gain giving mid-table places so far. Make ready for FC Groningen - RKC Waalwijk!
- FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RKC Waalwijk have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eredivisie
FC Groningen and RKC Waalwijk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FC Groningen form and stats
The total Eredivisie results at home this season for FC Groningen are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for FC Groningen, their manager Wormuth and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
FC Groningen suffered an unexpected defeat 1-4 against AZ in their previous outing, also played at home. Pepi, an attacker, was the top player for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.22 (out of 10). Pepi scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Heartbreak before that as Groningen lost 1-2 at Sparta Rotterdam's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Groningen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Groningen have conceded 7 from these games.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Eredivisie for RKC Waalwijk with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
RKC Waalwijk played 2-2 against Sparta Rotterdam in their previous match. Midfielder Hassani was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Hassani scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Waalwijk secured a home win against SC Cambuur with the score 5-1.RKC Waalwijk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
As opposed to that, Waalwijk have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four FC Groningen victories, three draws and three RKC Waalwijk wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Bel Hassani 4 goals |  M. Kramer 4 goals |   C. Ngonge 2 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| FC Groningen | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 6.2 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.3 | 6 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.7 | 12.1 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 44% |
| 14.9 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 23 | 15.6 |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.3 | 5 |
- FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- RKC Waalwijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- RKC Waalwijk have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.
- RKC Waalwijk have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- RKC Waalwijk have yet to win a game 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 | AZ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Ajax | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 |
| 3 | PSV | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | SC Cambuur | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Vitesse | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 5 |
