Feyenoord vs RKC Waalwijk betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Stadion Feijenoord

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

Welcome to Stadion Feijenoord and the game between Feyenoord and RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (19) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Eredivisie

It's no vacation for neither Feyenoord nor RKC Waalwijk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting RKC Waalwijk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-3-17 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.

For Waalwijk most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Feyenoord form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Feyenoord have managed 8 wins, 6 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 16 games.

Ridgeciano Haps was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Haps hit two key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Ajax with the scoreline 0-3.

Feyenoord 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 14 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew five and lost zero.

Feyenoord can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 32 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Feyenoord are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Feijenoord in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 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 16 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

Midfield player Thijs Oosting was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.22/10. Oosting signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Before that, Waalwijk travelled to VVV-Venlo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

You'll want to know how Waalwijk managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and one home win.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Waalwijk as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Waalwijk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; RKC Waalwijk - Feyenoord 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Feyenoord won six, RKC Waalwijk won one and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Berghuis
S. Berghuis
17 goals
FeyenoordB. Linssen
B. Linssen
8 goals
FeyenoordJ. Toornstra
J. Toornstra
7 goals

Feyenoord missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Feyenoord RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
15 8 4 Won W 0 2 7
11 6 1 Drew D 1 5 9
7 2 0 Lost L 4 9 17
61 32 17 Scored S 2 12 33
36 13 3 Conceded C 12 27 52
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
82% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 79%
52% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 45%
36% 31% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 24%
24% 25% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
52% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 55%
36% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 15%
21% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
15.7 16.8 21.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.3 10.4
5 5.9 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.8
37% 34% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 25% 26%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RKC Waalwijk have scored away.
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (19) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Eredivisie

  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 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

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 Ajax 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

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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.