Victories have not come easily for FC Groningen so far, and you could say the same about RKC Waalwijk. These struggling sides would trade their mothers for some important points here.
- RKC Waalwijk have yet to win a game away.
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
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Groningen have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
No payout for Groningen in their previous match, an away game at NEC that ended in defeat 0-3. Groningen's goalkeeper Peter Leeuwenburgh was extremely busy against NEC, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfield player Tomáš Suslov got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Suslov hit five key passes.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Helmond Sport.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Groningen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
Groningen aren't scoring a lot here at Euroborg in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. FC Groningen have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for RKC Waalwijk in their Eredivisie matches away.
The manager J. Oosting was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Mandemakers Stadion. Waalwijk suffered a 0-1 loss to SC Cambuur (placed 11th). Etienne Vaessen was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.93. The agile goalkeeper Vaessen saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with four saves.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Willem II.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Waalwijk when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing three and winning one game.
Waalwijk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. For Waalwijk, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: FC Groningen won five, RKC Waalwijk were winners in two and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ngonge 6 goals |   M. Kramer 4 goals |  J. Odgaard 3 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| FC Groningen | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| 45% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 80% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 23% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 39% |
| 13.4 | 12.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 16.8 | 14.2 |
| 4.8 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
- RKC Waalwijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Ajax | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 26 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | NEC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | AZ | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Heracles | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 4 |