Season ticket holders at Mandemakers Stadion haven't seen too many victories this season, with RKC Waalwijk languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting FC Groningen will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
RKC Waalwijk and FC Groningen 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.
RKC Waalwijk's stadium, Mandemakers Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. FC Groningen have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for FC Groningen when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from ten matches. They have scored 12 goals in these games and conceded 16.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
With 3 Eredivisie wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, RKC Waalwijk, who have the most conceded goals (60) in Eredivisie, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
RKC Waalwijk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Heracles. Before that, RKC Waalwijk had a home game versus FC Utrecht which ended with a victory 2-1.
A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Heracles) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-4. 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?
RKC Waalwijk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 13 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the RKC Waalwijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Groningen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Groningen so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for FC Groningen as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Sparta Rotterdam match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus PSV with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Willem II wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, FC Groningen have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was FC Groningen - RKC Waalwijk 3-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for RKC Waalwijk, three draws and five wins for FC Groningen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lundqvist 5 goals |   S. Sow 4 goals |  C. Leemans 4 goals |
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| RKC Waalwijk | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 60 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 92% |
| 88% | 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 62% | 65% |
| 73% | 62% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 38% | 35% |
| 38% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 54% | 42% |
| 15% | 23% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | 35% |
| 35% | 31% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.8 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 310 | 174 | 71 | Total Shots | T S | 65 | 148 | 337 |
| 97 | 56 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 44 | 102 |
| 28% | 23% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 23% | 26% |
- FC Groningen has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- FC Groningen has the most matches under the total-line (17)
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest points (11) at home
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals (60)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals in the second half (35)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most dropped points from leading position (23)
- RKC Waalwijk has the the worst goal difference (-33)
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |