Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high expectations when FC Utrecht meet RKC Waalwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

Happy home supporters, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants FC Utrecht and RKC Waalwijk meet at Stadion Galgenwaard.

Insights:
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

6 - 8 - 13 with 39-55. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for RKC Waalwijk when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. RKC Waalwijk play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

All-inclusive Eredivisie results at home this season for FC Utrecht are 6-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Utrecht, who won 3-0 against SC Cambuur (placed 18th). Klaiber, defender, was given a rating of 8.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Klaiber served one assist, hit five key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Feyenoord.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this club has had three or more goals.

FC Utrecht are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Galgenwaard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for RKC Waalwijk so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-8 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Oosting, the RKC Waalwijk manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Waalwijk are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the fixture against FC Volendam (placed 14th). Seuntjens, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.34. Seuntjens scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 9 of 13 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting AZ's place.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

The visiting RKC Waalwijk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. For RKC Waalwijk, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Utrecht have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when playing RKC Waalwijk.

These teams met each other earlier this campaign: RKC Waalwijk - FC Utrecht 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
16 goals
RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
12 goals
FC UtrechtS. van de Streek
S. van de Streek
9 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
13 6 1 Won W 1 2 11
9 5 1 Drew D 1 5 8
9 4 2 Lost L 2 8 12
49 15 3 Scored S 7 16 50
45 13 4 Conceded C 10 32 53
90% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 87%
74% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 74%
61% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 68%
35% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 47% 55%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 33% 29%
55% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 65%
35% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 19%
19% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 29%
 
5.5 5.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.1 3.9
4.4 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.7 6.2
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.5 12.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.7 10.8
5 5.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 4.3
31% 19% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 30% 38%
 
12.5 12.4 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 21.8 19.2 16.5
4.7 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 6.7 5.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 30 22 7 1 73 28 15 11 4 0 34 9 15 11 3 1 39 19 45 73
2 PSV 31 21 5 5 82 35 15 13 1 1 49 10 16 8 4 4 33 25 47 68
3 Ajax 31 18 9 4 79 32 16 9 5 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 63
4 AZ 31 18 7 6 59 32 15 8 5 2 30 17 16 10 2 4 29 15 27 61
5 Sparta Rotterdam 31 15 8 8 50 34 16 9 2 5 28 17 15 6 6 3 22 17 16 53
6 FC Twente 30 14 10 6 51 26 15 11 4 0 39 10 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 52
7 FC Utrecht 31 13 9 9 49 45 15 6 5 4 15 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 4 48
8 RKC Waalwijk 31 11 8 12 50 53 16 9 3 4 34 21 15 2 5 8 16 32 -3 41
9 SC Heerenveen 31 11 8 12 39 47 15 5 2 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 41
10 NEC 31 8 14 9 41 37 16 3 9 4 28 25 15 5 5 5 13 12 4 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 30 9 9 12 42 50 15 6 5 4 24 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -8 36
12 Fortuna Sittard 30 9 5 16 35 56 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 5 2 8 17 29 -21 32
13 Vitesse 30 7 10 13 36 48 15 3 6 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 31
14 FC Volendam 31 8 6 17 37 65 15 7 1 7 24 29 16 1 5 10 13 36 -28 30
15 FC Emmen 30 6 10 14 29 51 15 3 9 3 15 17 15 3 1 11 14 34 -22 28
16 Excelsior 30 8 4 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 15 1 2 12 8 42 -39 28
17 FC Groningen 30 4 5 21 28 60 15 3 3 9 18 26 15 1 2 12 10 34 -32 17
18 SC Cambuur 31 4 4 23 21 63 16 2 0 14 10 33 15 2 4 9 11 30 -42 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 30 22 7 1 73 28 15 11 4 0 34 9 15 11 3 1 39 19 45 73
2 PSV 31 21 5 5 82 35 15 13 1 1 49 10 16 8 4 4 33 25 47 68
3 Ajax 31 18 9 4 79 32 16 9 5 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 63
4 AZ 31 18 7 6 59 32 15 8 5 2 30 17 16 10 2 4 29 15 27 61
5 Sparta Rotterdam 31 15 8 8 50 34 16 9 2 5 28 17 15 6 6 3 22 17 16 53
6 FC Twente 30 14 10 6 51 26 15 11 4 0 39 10 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 52
7 FC Utrecht 31 13 9 9 49 45 15 6 5 4 15 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 4 48
8 RKC Waalwijk 31 11 8 12 50 53 16 9 3 4 34 21 15 2 5 8 16 32 -3 41
9 SC Heerenveen 31 11 8 12 39 47 15 5 2 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 41
10 NEC 31 8 14 9 41 37 16 3 9 4 28 25 15 5 5 5 13 12 4 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 30 9 9 12 42 50 15 6 5 4 24 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -8 36
12 Fortuna Sittard 30 9 5 16 35 56 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 5 2 8 17 29 -21 32
13 Vitesse 30 7 10 13 36 48 15 3 6 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 31
14 FC Volendam 31 8 6 17 37 65 15 7 1 7 24 29 16 1 5 10 13 36 -28 30
15 FC Emmen 30 6 10 14 29 51 15 3 9 3 15 17 15 3 1 11 14 34 -22 28
16 Excelsior 30 8 4 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 15 1 2 12 8 42 -39 28
17 FC Groningen 30 4 5 21 28 60 15 3 3 9 18 26 15 1 2 12 10 34 -32 17
18 SC Cambuur 31 4 4 23 21 63 16 2 0 14 10 33 15 2 4 9 11 30 -42 16

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.