FC Utrecht vs RKC Waalwijk betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Stadion Galgenwaard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

FC Utrecht will battle it out with RKC Waalwijk in this Eredivisie game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

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.

RKC Waalwijk play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for RKC Waalwijk when playing on grass are 4 wins, 1 draw and 15 defeats from 20 matches. They have scored 26 goals and conceded 48 times in these games.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

The home team returns to Stadion Galgenwaard after being equal after 90 minutes with VVV-Venlo (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Eredivisie game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Sparta Rotterdam.

FC Utrecht 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 seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew zero and lost two.

Last season, FC Utrecht's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 25 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season FC Utrecht managed 8-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 12 conceded.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Eredivisie were 1 victory, 1 draw and 11 defeats from 13 fixtures.

The attacking players of Waalwijk have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 242 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Waalwijk, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Ajax (placed 2nd). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Vitesse.

Waalwijk goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou had a great day against Ajax, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.

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.

It's early days yet, but RKC Waalwijk has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Utrecht won six games, zero matches ended with a draw and RKC Waalwijk has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

FC Utrecht missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 5 11
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 5
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
FC Utrecht Last season RKC Waalwijk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 26
12 8   Won W   1 4
5 0   Drew D   1 3
8 4   Lost L   11 19
50 30   Scored S   14 27
34 12   Conceded C   40 60
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
72% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   85% 73%
40% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 38%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 19%
68% 50%   BTTS BTTS   54% 54%
20% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   38% 35%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
368 193   Total Shots T S   136 310
118 58   Shots on Target S O   41 97
42% 52%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Ajax 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
4 Vitesse 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
5 VVV-Venlo 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
6 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
9 FC Groningen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 PEC Zwolle 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
15 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
Last season 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 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ Alkmaar 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

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 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Ajax 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
4 Vitesse 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
5 VVV-Venlo 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
6 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
9 FC Groningen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 PEC Zwolle 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
15 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0

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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.