The visiting Ajax side should be favourites in this visit to RKC Waalwijk, as the away team holds a 43 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
- RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (85) in Eredivisie
Ajax could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Ajax have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 10-0-0 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
RKC Waalwijk have played 14 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager F. Grim led his RKC Waalwijk to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at FC Emmen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mandemakers Stadion. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against FC Groningen.
Waalwijk's goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou was extremely busy against FC Emmen, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Waalwijk had similar winning odds as today, and found three games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost three. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that RKC Waalwijk lost two similar games by at least two goals.
RKC Waalwijk has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax, who have the most scored goals (85) in Eredivisie, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 35 points collected from 14 Eredivisie games. 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Ajax who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against FC Twente. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Groningen game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.
The manager E. ten Hag was unhappy after their last game, a Europa League match played at their home ground Johan Cruijff Arena. Ajax suffered a 1-2 loss to Roma. Preceding that game was the away Eredivisie victory against SC Heerenveen with the score of 2-1.
As mentioned earlier, Ajax will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in twelve wins (eight by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and zero surprising defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Ajax now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Roma is waiting in only four days.
The Ajax manager E. ten Hag has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 42 goals in 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Ajax as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ajax - Waalwijk 3-0. RKC Waalwijk-Ajax H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Waalwijk zero wins, Ajax nine wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Tadić 14 goals |  D. Klaassen 9 goals |  A. dos Santos 8 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
Ajax missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | 85 |
| 43 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 43% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 74% |
| 21% | 29% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 29% | 48% |
| 7% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 21% | 30% |
| 54% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | 52% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | 44% |
| 32% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 14.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 29.4 | 20.4 | 19.7 |
| 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 12.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 |
| 24% | 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | 40% |
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of RKC Waalwijk.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (12) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (7) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (35) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (42) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (85) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (44) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+34) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+65) in Eredivisie
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax is in the best form (5-1-0)
- RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Ajax | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 65 | 69 |
| 2 | PSV | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 32 | 58 |
| 3 | AZ | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 20 | 26 | 58 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 55 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 28 | 51 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 46 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 43 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | Heracles | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -12 | 36 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -3 | 34 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -10 | 34 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 26 |
| 15 | Willem II | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 22 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -34 | 22 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 28 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -30 | 18 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 28 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 35 | -42 | 15 |