Home advantage could prove decisive in Go Ahead Eagles - RKC Waalwijk battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Wed 19.April
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

Numbers, recent trends, game results, player info, H2H stats, selected XIs and a lot else: Here's all you need to know about Go Ahead Eagles - RKC Waalwijk!

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

RKC Waalwijk play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. The latest data for RKC Waalwijk when featuring on grass are 6 wins, 8 draws and 13 defeats from 27 matches. They have created {39 goals} and conceded 53 times in these fixtures.

The visiting RKC Waalwijk played their last game only four days ago, a Eredivisie match.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

The complete Eredivisie stats at home this season for Go Ahead Eagles are 4-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Go Ahead Eagles in their previous match, an away game at Excelsior that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfielder Rommens was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Rommens hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 64 successful passes (of 78 total).

Heartbreak before that as Go Ahead Eagles lost 0-2 at Vitesse's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Go Ahead Eagles have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus Fortuna Sittard in only four days. This game is also played here at De Adelaarshorst.

Eagles are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home 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 13 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

RKC Waalwijk go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Groningen that ended 2-1. Attacker Kramer got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Kramer scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

A 1-5 defeat away at Feyenoord before that.

Waalwijk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the RKC Waalwijk manager Oosting as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against AZ.

RKC Waalwijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

RKC Waalwijk have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) versus Eagles.

The two teams involved played each other previously this season: RKC Waalwijk - Go Ahead Eagles 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
10 goals
Go Ahead EaglesB. Adekanye
B. Adekanye
6 goals
Go Ahead EaglesO. Edvardsen
O. Edvardsen
6 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Go Ahead Eagles RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 3 13 28
7 4 1 Won W 1 2 10
9 5 2 Drew D 1 5 8
12 4 0 Lost L 1 6 10
37 19 4 Scored S 5 14 44
48 20 3 Conceded C 7 26 46
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 77% 86%
82% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 71%
50% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 64%
39% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 46% 54%
21% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 31% 25%
61% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 64%
21% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 21%
25% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 29%
 
4.7 4.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.5 4.2
5.8 6.3 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7.5 5.9
1.6 1.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.7 12 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.3 11.2
3.6 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.4
37% 37% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 28% 35%
 
14.4 13.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 20.7 19 16.3
5.2 5.2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 6.2 5.6
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 28 20 7 1 67 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 10 3 1 36 19 40 67
2 Ajax 28 17 8 3 76 28 14 8 4 2 41 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 48 59
3 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 Sparta Rotterdam 29 15 7 7 47 30 15 9 2 4 28 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 17 52
6 FC Twente 28 14 9 5 48 22 14 11 3 0 36 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 26 51
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 RKC Waalwijk 28 10 8 10 44 46 15 8 3 4 30 20 13 2 5 6 14 26 -2 38
9 SC Heerenveen 29 10 8 11 34 42 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 5 6 4 17 19 -8 38
10 NEC 28 7 14 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 14 4 5 5 12 12 7 35
11 Fortuna Sittard 28 9 5 14 35 51 14 4 3 7 18 24 14 5 2 7 17 27 -16 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 28 7 9 12 37 48 13 4 5 4 19 20 15 3 4 8 18 28 -11 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 Excelsior 29 8 3 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 14 1 1 12 8 42 -39 27
16 FC Emmen 28 5 10 13 25 46 15 3 9 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 25
17 FC Groningen 29 4 5 20 28 59 14 3 3 8 18 25 15 1 2 12 10 34 -31 17
18 SC Cambuur 28 4 4 20 21 55 14 2 0 12 10 27 14 2 4 8 11 28 -34 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 28 20 7 1 67 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 10 3 1 36 19 40 67
2 Ajax 28 17 8 3 76 28 14 8 4 2 41 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 48 59
3 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 Sparta Rotterdam 29 15 7 7 47 30 15 9 2 4 28 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 17 52
6 FC Twente 28 14 9 5 48 22 14 11 3 0 36 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 26 51
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 RKC Waalwijk 28 10 8 10 44 46 15 8 3 4 30 20 13 2 5 6 14 26 -2 38
9 SC Heerenveen 29 10 8 11 34 42 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 5 6 4 17 19 -8 38
10 NEC 28 7 14 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 14 4 5 5 12 12 7 35
11 Fortuna Sittard 28 9 5 14 35 51 14 4 3 7 18 24 14 5 2 7 17 27 -16 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 28 7 9 12 37 48 13 4 5 4 19 20 15 3 4 8 18 28 -11 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 Excelsior 29 8 3 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 14 1 1 12 8 42 -39 27
16 FC Emmen 28 5 10 13 25 46 15 3 9 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 25
17 FC Groningen 29 4 5 20 28 59 14 3 3 8 18 25 15 1 2 12 10 34 -31 17
18 SC Cambuur 28 4 4 20 21 55 14 2 0 12 10 27 14 2 4 8 11 28 -34 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.