The visiting FC Utrecht side should be favourites in this visit to RKC Waalwijk, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike FC Utrecht's home stadium. The visitors last 13 games on artifical turf have ended in 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
With 2 Eredivisie wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, RKC Waalwijk, who have the most conceded goals (55) in Eredivisie, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
RKC Waalwijk haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 435 minutes ago. E. Hansson scored that one.
RKC Waalwijk's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Sparta Rotterdam (placed 11th). Prior to that, an away loss at Ajax.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for RKC Waalwijk here at Mandemakers Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the RKC Waalwijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Utrecht form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of FC Utrecht playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. One point away has become something of a habit for FC Utrecht who have played out draws in their last three away games.
The supporters enjoyed FC Utrecht's previous game versus FC Twente (placed 13th), a Eredivisie 2-1 win played at home. A 1-1 draw at Willem II's stadium before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. van den Brom when Jonas Arweiler scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute.
After this away game FC Utrecht return home for a KNVB Beker game against Ajax. That game is only three sleeps after this.
FC Utrecht has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. FC Utrecht have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: FC Utrecht - RKC Waalwijk 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three RKC Waalwijk victories, zero draws and seven FC Utrecht wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kerk 9 goals |  S. Gustafson 5 goals |  S. van de Streek 4 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 44 |
| 55 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 71% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 70% |
| 38% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 42% | 39% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 13% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 65% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 22% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.4 | 6 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 283 | 158 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 66 | 162 | 340 |
| 86 | 49 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 58 | 110 |
| 27% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 33% | 40% |
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest points (8) at home
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (23)
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals (55)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
- RKC Waalwijk has the the worst goal difference (-32)
- RKC Waalwijk has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RKC Waalwijk is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 65 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 45 | 53 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 31 | 50 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | PSV | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 45 |
| 5 | Willem II | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 41 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 38 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Heracles | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 30 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -12 | 29 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 27 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 27 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 24 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -25 | 18 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 36 | -32 | 12 |