RKC Waalwijk expected to fight losing battle when facing Feyenoord

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

The table tells us that 29 points split the pair of rivals in this Eredivisie game. Feyenoord carry both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (24) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

It should be mentioned that RKC Waalwijk play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for RKC Waalwijk on grass are 6 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats from 26 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 38-48. You can compare this with overall results below.

Feyenoord have less rest than RKC Waalwijk in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a KNVB Beker game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadion Feijenoord. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, RKC Waalwijk have had more rest.

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord have performed here at Stadion Feijenoord this season with 9 wins from 13 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. days ago.

The Feyenoord regulars got no joy from their last game, a KNVB Beker duel also played here at Stadion Feijenoord: A 1-2 defeat against Ajax. Midfield player Kökçü got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Kökçü hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Sparta Rotterdam.

Everyone expects Feyenoord to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 6 games: 6 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Feyenoord have won with at least two goals margin 4 times in similar situations.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 11 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Feyenoord as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Roma are visiting.

Feyenoord are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Feijenoord in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

There's been little loot from RKC Waalwijk's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.

RKC Waalwijk won their last game, 1-0 versus Vitesse played at home. Goalkeeper Vaessen was absolutely vital in the Waalwijk victory against Vitesse, making six saves. Attacker Seuntjens got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Seuntjens served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus NEC.

The visiting RKC Waalwijk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Waalwijk have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Feyenoord have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (5-2-0) when facing RKC Waalwijk.

Feyenoord and RKC Waalwijk have faced off before this season: RKC Waalwijk - Feyenoord 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Giménez
S. Giménez
9 goals
FeyenoordO. Kökçü
O. Kökçü
8 goals
FeyenoordD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
8 goals

Feyenoord missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Feyenoord RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 12 26
19 9 1 Won W 0 2 9
7 4 2 Drew D 1 5 8
1 0 0 Lost L 3 5 9
62 26 3 Scored S 1 13 41
26 7 1 Conceded C 7 21 40
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 85%
85% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 69%
56% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 62%
37% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 42% 54%
22% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 23%
63% 46% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 62%
37% 54% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 23%
4% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 75% 42% 31%
 
7.7 9 10.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.2
4.2 3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 7.5 6
1.5 1.5 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
19.8 22.4 23.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.7 11.3
7 7.3 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4 4.6
33% 27% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 27% 34%
 
8.7 6.2 6 Shots against (avg) S A 19.8 18.8 16.2
3.1 1.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.8 5.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Feyenoord have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (24) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Feyenoord is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie
  • 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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
3 PSV 27 17 5 5 71 33 13 11 1 1 42 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 38 56
4 AZ 27 16 6 5 53 31 13 7 5 1 27 16 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 54
5 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
6 Sparta Rotterdam 27 13 7 7 42 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 13 5 5 3 18 14 12 46
7 FC Utrecht 27 10 9 8 42 41 14 5 5 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 39
8 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
9 SC Heerenveen 27 9 8 10 32 37 13 4 2 7 15 22 14 5 6 3 17 15 -5 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 9 10 36 44 13 4 5 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 30
13 FC Volendam 27 7 6 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 14 1 5 8 11 30 -25 27
14 Vitesse 27 5 9 13 30 47 13 2 5 6 14 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -17 24
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 27 7 3 17 25 61 14 6 2 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 24
17 FC Groningen 27 4 5 18 26 55 13 3 3 7 17 23 14 1 2 11 9 32 -29 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
3 PSV 27 17 5 5 71 33 13 11 1 1 42 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 38 56
4 AZ 27 16 6 5 53 31 13 7 5 1 27 16 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 54
5 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
6 Sparta Rotterdam 27 13 7 7 42 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 13 5 5 3 18 14 12 46
7 FC Utrecht 27 10 9 8 42 41 14 5 5 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 39
8 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
9 SC Heerenveen 27 9 8 10 32 37 13 4 2 7 15 22 14 5 6 3 17 15 -5 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 9 10 36 44 13 4 5 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 30
13 FC Volendam 27 7 6 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 14 1 5 8 11 30 -25 27
14 Vitesse 27 5 9 13 30 47 13 2 5 6 14 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -17 24
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 27 7 3 17 25 61 14 6 2 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 24
17 FC Groningen 27 4 5 18 26 55 13 3 3 7 17 23 14 1 2 11 9 32 -29 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 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.