The league table in Eredivisie tells a story about these teams so far, with FC Twente leading RKC Waalwijk by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Twente's stadium, De Grolsch Veste, has a grass surface. RKC Waalwijk have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for RKC Waalwijk when playing on grass; 5 wins, 1 draw and 17 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 28 goals in these games and conceded 54.
FC Twente form and stats
3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for FC Twente so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Twente, who played 1-1 against PSV. That match was also played at this venue (De Grolsch Veste). Before that match, a win away at ADO Den Haag.
Twente are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost zero.
Goals decide football matches and Twente are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. Twente are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Grolsch Veste in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Eredivisie, are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
RKC Waalwijk's last game was the home draw against SC Heerenveen (1-1). A 0-2 loss hosting Sparta Rotterdam before that.
As mentioned above, Waalwijk drew the match against SC Heerenveen. Manager F. Grim brought on Vitalie Damașcan to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
You'll want to know how Waalwijk managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
Goals are few and far between in Waalwijk's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. For RKC Waalwijk, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Twente won three games, four matches ended with a draw and RKC Waalwijk has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 9 goals |  V. Černý 4 goals |  Q. Menig 3 goals |
FC Twente missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| FC Twente | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 78% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | 56 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 26 | 80 |
| 44 | 26 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 8 | 31 |
| 48% | 46% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 19% |
- All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Twente have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Twente have scored more than double the goals of RKC Waalwijk.
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (6) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk has the most matches under the total-line (7) in Eredivisie
- 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 24 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | PSV | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | AZ Alkmaar | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Willem II | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Heracles | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 8 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -14 | 8 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 4 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 3 |