It's only seven sleeps since RKC Waalwijk played against FC Twente and the result was 0-3. How will it end against AZ?
- RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
This field has artifical turf, which is not AZ's usual surface at their own pitch. When appearing on artifical turf AZ have performed like this: Played eleven matches earning 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats with the goal data 20-15 (scored/conceded).
AZ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for RKC Waalwijk at their home stadium (Mandemakers Stadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
RKC Waalwijk lost their last game at FC Twente (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Adewoye was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.84 out of 10. The defender Adewoye hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that match, RKC Waalwijk lost 1-4 at home to Ajax.Waalwijk can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 15 times.
AZ form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of AZ so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Eredivisie statistics.
The supporters enjoyed AZ's previous match versus Dnipro-1, a Europa Conference League win (2-1) played at home. Midfield player Karlsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Karlsson served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus FC Volendam in the Eredivisie.Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.
The AZ manager Jansen has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches.
Head 2 Head
RKC Waalwijk-AZ H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Waalwijk three wins, AZ seven wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Odgaard 6 goals |   I. Bel Hassani 4 goals |  M. Kramer 4 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
AZ missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 21 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 83% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 58% | 83% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 50% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 6.4 | 5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 13 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 17.5 | 16.5 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 40% | 45% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 39% | 30% |
| 15.5 | 12.3 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.8 | 10.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RKC Waalwijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RKC Waalwijk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 27 |
| 3 | AZ | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | NEC | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 6 |
