Yet another engrossing fixture in the Eredivisie. NEC is in the 13th position from featuring in two games. They receive RKC Waalwijk who are placed 16th from two fixtures.
This football pitch has the surface grass, unlike RKC Waalwijk's home stadium. The latest 29 games by the guests on grass have produced 6 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses.
NEC and RKC Waalwijk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
NEC form and stats
NEC's first Eredivisie home game here at Sportpark De Weeren ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats from 17 matches.
NEC lost their last game at Heracles (placed 11th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ogawa has scored in three games in a row. Outstanding! Defender Verdonk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Verdonk won 11 of 12 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Excelsior with the scoreline 3-4.Early season league goal statistics from NEC's 1 home game: {3 goals}, 4 conceded.
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 2 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats from 17 fixtures.
RKC Waalwijk might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. AZ proved too strong as Waalwijk slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Mandemakers Stadion. Kramer, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.32. Kramer scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 1-3 defeat away at SC Heerenveen before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and RKC Waalwijk playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 2 home wins.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, RKC Waalwijk has managed {1 goals} and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): NEC won seven games, one match ended with a tie and RKC Waalwijk managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Ogawa 2 goals |   M. Kramer 2 goals |  Y. Baas 1 goals |
NEC missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| NEC | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 8.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19 | 17 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| NEC | Last season | RKC Waalwijk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 42 | 28 | Scored | S | 16 | 50 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Conceded | C | 38 | 64 | ||
| 85% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 71% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 76% | ||
| 41% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 56% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 50% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 59% | ||
| 26% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 38% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 35% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | ||
| 15.2 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.1 | 16.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Feyenoord | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | NEC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
