Home advantage could prove decisive in PEC Zwolle - RKC Waalwijk battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 06.February
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Eredivisie, with both PEC Zwolle and RKC Waalwijk experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 15th place.

Insights:
  • RKC Waalwijk has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Eredivisie

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for PEC Zwolle at their home stadium (MAC³PARK Stadion) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Zwolle manager J. Stegeman and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus FC Utrecht (placed 8th) in the Eredivisie. In the match before that, Zwolle hosted Heracles and drew the game 2-2.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zwolle handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and one defeat.

Zwolle are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, Zwolle have conceded 12 goals.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-2-6 (10 played).

Waalwijk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Vitesse (placed 3rd). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Fortuna Sittard.

We have checked recent matches where Waalwijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, zero draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Waalwijk when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Waalwijk's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

PEC Zwolle and RKC Waalwijk have met before this season: RKC Waalwijk - PEC Zwolle 1-1. PEC Zwolle-RKC Waalwijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zwolle five wins, RKC Waalwijk zero wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZwolleR. Ghoochannejhad Nournia
R. Ghoochannejhad Nournia
6 goals
RKC WaalwijkF. Stokkers
F. Stokkers
5 goals
PEC ZwolleM. van Duinen
M. van Duinen
3 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

PEC Zwolle RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 0 10 20
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 3
10 5 2 Drew D 0 2 6
6 3 0 Lost L 0 6 11
25 10 0 Scored S 0 7 17
32 12 0 Conceded C 0 17 34
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
85% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 90% 85%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
40% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
55% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 55%
20% 30% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
35% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.2 13.3 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.8 11.7
4.1 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 4.3
30% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 20%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • RKC Waalwijk has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 15 2 2 63 15 10 8 1 1 31 9 9 7 1 1 32 6 48 47
2 PSV 20 13 4 3 46 22 9 8 0 1 21 6 11 5 4 2 25 16 24 43
3 Vitesse 20 13 3 4 34 18 10 8 2 0 17 4 10 5 1 4 17 14 16 42
4 Feyenoord 20 11 5 4 37 20 10 5 4 1 18 9 10 6 1 3 19 11 17 38
5 AZ Alkmaar 19 10 7 2 44 28 9 5 2 2 18 11 10 5 5 0 26 17 16 37
6 FC Groningen 20 10 4 6 28 23 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 5 1 4 15 15 5 34
7 FC Twente 20 8 6 6 33 25 11 3 3 5 14 15 9 5 3 1 19 10 8 30
8 FC Utrecht 20 6 10 4 27 27 11 4 6 1 18 15 9 2 4 3 9 12 0 28
9 SC Heerenveen 20 6 8 6 28 27 9 4 2 3 15 11 11 2 6 3 13 16 1 26
10 Heracles 20 7 4 9 23 30 10 5 1 4 15 9 10 2 3 5 8 21 -7 25
11 Fortuna Sittard 20 7 4 9 31 39 10 3 2 5 17 22 10 4 2 4 14 17 -8 25
12 Sparta Rotterdam 19 6 4 9 28 31 10 2 3 5 19 21 9 4 1 4 9 10 -3 22
13 PEC Zwolle 20 4 10 6 25 32 10 2 5 3 10 12 10 2 5 3 15 20 -7 22
14 VVV-Venlo 20 6 4 10 34 49 10 3 3 4 15 28 10 3 1 6 19 21 -15 22
15 RKC Waalwijk 20 3 6 11 17 34 10 1 4 5 10 17 10 2 2 6 7 17 -17 15
16 Willem II 20 3 4 13 24 42 10 3 1 6 15 21 10 0 3 7 9 21 -18 13
17 ADO Den Haag 19 2 5 12 16 44 9 0 3 6 8 20 10 2 2 6 8 24 -28 11
18 FC Emmen 20 0 6 14 17 49 10 0 3 7 13 30 10 0 3 7 4 19 -32 6

Read more about Eredivisie

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.
yle="padding:3px;">5 25 20 12 42 14 Excelsior Virton 34 12 6 16 37 44 17 9 2 6 27 16 17 3 4 10 10 28 -7 42 15 BX Brussels 34 10 10 14 47 57 17 6 8 3 26 23 17 4 2 11 21 34 -10 40 16 Tongeren 34 10 9 15 44 47 17 5 6 6 21 20 17 5 3 9 23 27 -3 39 17 Excelsior Veldwezelt 34 6 8 20 34 60 17 3 3 11 16 35 17 3 5 9 18 25 -26 26 18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 6 3 25 29 110 17 5 2 10 17 48 17 1 1 15 12 62 -81 21
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Witgoor Sport 30 17 5 8 71 43 15 9 1 5 38 19 15 8 4 3 33 24 28 56
2 K. Kontich 30 15 9 6 54 35 15 8 5 2 29 16 15 7 4 4 25 19 19 54
3 Eendracht Zoersel 30 16 5 9 55 53 15 9 2 4 31 27 15 7 3 5 24 26 2 53
4 Oppuurs 30 16 4 10 59 47 15 9 3 3 28 18 15 7 1 7 31 29 12 52
5 Berlaar-Heikant 30 14 7 9 52 40 15 7 3 5 26 17 15 7 4 4 26 23 12 49
6 VC Herentals 30 13 7 10 51 39 15 4 5 6 24 25 15 9 2 4 27 14 12 46
7 De Kempen 30 12 7 11 68 40 15 7 3 5 38 18 15 5 4 6 30 22 28 43
8 Berg en Dal 30 12 7 11 38 37 15 4 4 7 13 18 15 8 3 4 25 19 1 43
9 Retie Branddonk 30 11 8 11 40 51 15 5 4 6 20 25 15 6 4 5 20 26 -11 41
10 Lille 30 10 10 10 43 43 15 3 5 7 16 22 15 7 5 3 27 21 0 40
11 Mariekerke 30 10 9 11 53 52 15 3 5 7 23 30 15 7 4 4 30 22 1 39
12 Rochus Deurne 30 7 11 12 43 50 15 3 5 7 26 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -7 32
13 Sint-Job 30 9 4 17 53 71 15 5 3 7 28 33 15 4 1 10 25 38 -18 31
14 Wuustwezel 30 7 10 13 47 73 15 4 2 9 25 41 15 3 8 4 22 32 -26 31
15 Schriek 30 6 9 15 41 66 15 4 5 6 23 28 15 2 4 9 18 38 -25 27
16 KVV Duffel 30 2 14 14 41 69 15 0 8 7 19 35 15 2 6 7 22 34 -28 20

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