Football match preview: RKC Waalwijk vs FC Utrecht

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7500 seats)

14th- against 7th position might not seem all that hot. But: Tipsway has the facts that makes RKC Waalwijk - FC Utrecht (even) more appealing!

4-5-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for FC Utrecht when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 13 matches are 20-18 (scored/conceded).

This promises to be an exciting match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk have played 13 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-7 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Waalwijk against Vitesse the last match, as Meulensteen and Büttner were on target. Midfielder Büttner was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Büttner scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Vitesse.

RKC Waalwijk have scored 11 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. RKC Waalwijk have conceded 21 from these games.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of FC Utrecht playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

FC Utrecht might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Groningen proved too strong as Utrecht slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Galgenwaard. Ramselaar got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Ramselaar scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus PSV.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FC Utrecht have scored 16 goals in 13 league games away. 19 goals have been conceded by Utrecht in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest reported match between these sides is the FC Utrecht - RKC Waalwijk 2-2 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): RKC Waalwijk four wins, one draw and FC Utrecht five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
9 goals
RKC WaalwijkJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
8 goals
FC UtrechtB. Ramselaar
B. Ramselaar
8 goals

RKC Waalwijk missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

RKC Waalwijk FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
6 4 1 Won W 1 4 11
9 2 2 Drew D 1 3 7
12 7 1 Lost L 1 6 9
30 11 3 Scored S 5 16 44
43 21 3 Conceded C 3 19 36
93% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
78% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 74%
56% 54% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 63%
30% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 37%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 19%
67% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 59%
19% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 26%
22% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 22%
 
4.3 5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 5.6
5.6 5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.3 4.6
1.7 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 11.5 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 11 13.6
3.3 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 3.8 4.7
34% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 34%
 
16.3 14.8 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 11.8 10.9
5.4 5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 5 3.9

  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 21 3 3 80 13 14 11 1 2 52 7 13 10 2 1 28 6 67 66
2 PSV 27 21 1 5 68 31 14 11 0 3 40 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 37 64
3 Feyenoord 27 17 4 6 61 27 13 9 2 2 32 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 34 55
4 FC Twente 27 16 6 5 41 30 13 8 4 1 19 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 54
5 AZ 27 16 4 7 52 32 13 9 2 2 28 13 14 7 2 5 24 19 20 52
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 33 40 13 5 2 6 16 24 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 27 11 7 9 44 36 14 7 4 3 28 17 13 4 3 6 16 19 8 40
8 FC Groningen 27 9 9 9 35 37 13 4 6 3 14 12 14 5 3 6 21 25 -2 36
9 SC Cambuur 27 10 3 14 43 58 13 5 1 7 25 29 14 5 2 7 18 29 -15 33
10 NEC 27 8 8 11 33 43 13 2 5 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 32
11 SC Heerenveen 27 8 6 13 24 36 14 4 2 8 14 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -12 30
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 8 6 13 30 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -13 30
13 Heracles 27 7 6 14 27 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 13 0 2 11 8 24 -10 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 9 12 30 43 13 4 2 7 11 21 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 27
15 Willem II 27 6 5 16 23 46 14 4 3 7 12 20 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 23
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 4 16 26 58 12 4 2 6 14 24 14 2 2 10 12 34 -32 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 25 4 9 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 21
18 PEC Zwolle 27 5 5 17 20 42 13 2 4 7 9 15 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 20

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.