Eredivisie preview: Can RKC Waalwijk edge out victory against FC Volendam?

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 05.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7500 seats)

RKC Waalwijk have won 38 points playing as the hosting team. FC Volendam have got 30 points playing away. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • RKC Waalwijk have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Volendam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an energetic game!

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk have collected 27 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 8-3-4. Hopes of three in a row are alive for RKC Waalwijk after consecutive victories at their own ground.

No payout for RKC Waalwijk in their previous match, an away game at AZ that ended in defeat 0-3. Pereira had a busy but productive day in the AZ match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Defender Adewoye got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. Adewoye won 4 of 6 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Go Ahead Eagles.

Goal party? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this club has had three or more goals.

20 goals have been conceded.

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FC Volendam form and stats

FC Volendam have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-5-9 (15 played).

Volendam had fun at their own home (Mandemakers Stadion) last time out, beating SC Cambuur 2-0. Mirani (2) scored. That win felt nice as this side had gone three league rounds without victory. Mirani got a match rating of 9.02 in that game, top player of the team. Mirani scored two goals and hit two key passes.

A 2-3 loss hosting PSV before that.

FC Volendam are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Volendam as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. FC Volendam have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

FC Volendam - Waalwijk 2-1 was the story when these contenders last did battle, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two RKC Waalwijk victories, two draws and six FC Volendam wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
12 goals
FC VolendamD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
7 goals
RKC WaalwijkI. Bel Hassani
I. Bel Hassani
5 goals

RKC Waalwijk missing players

FC Volendam missing players

RKC Waalwijk FC Volendam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
10 8 5 Won W 0 1 8
8 3 0 Drew D 1 5 6
12 4 0 Lost L 3 9 16
46 30 15 Scored S 1 12 36
52 20 4 Conceded C 7 32 61
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
73% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 93% 93%
67% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 63%
53% 60% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 37%
27% 20% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 20%
63% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 53% 60%
20% 20% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 17%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 40% 27%
 
3.9 4.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.1 4.8
6.1 4.5 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 7.9 7.1
1.7 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.8 11.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.1 11.4
4.3 4.9 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.2
36% 41% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 21% 29%
 
16.6 14 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 19 18.5 15.9
5.9 5.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.8 6
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Volendam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Volendam have scored away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 30 22 7 1 73 28 15 11 4 0 34 9 15 11 3 1 39 19 45 73
2 PSV 30 20 5 5 81 35 15 13 1 1 49 10 15 7 4 4 32 25 46 65
3 Ajax 30 18 8 4 79 32 15 9 4 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 62
4 AZ 30 18 6 6 59 32 15 8 5 2 30 17 15 10 1 4 29 15 27 60
5 Sparta Rotterdam 30 15 8 7 50 33 15 9 2 4 28 16 15 6 6 3 22 17 17 53
6 FC Twente 30 14 10 6 51 26 15 11 4 0 39 10 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 52
7 FC Utrecht 30 12 9 9 46 45 15 6 5 4 15 13 15 6 4 5 31 32 1 45
8 NEC 30 8 14 8 39 34 15 3 9 3 26 22 15 5 5 5 13 12 5 38
9 RKC Waalwijk 30 10 8 12 46 52 15 8 3 4 30 20 15 2 5 8 16 32 -6 38
10 SC Heerenveen 30 10 8 12 36 45 15 5 2 8 19 26 15 5 6 4 17 19 -9 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 30 9 9 12 42 50 15 6 5 4 24 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -8 36
12 Fortuna Sittard 30 9 5 16 35 56 15 4 3 8 18 27 15 5 2 8 17 29 -21 32
13 Vitesse 30 7 10 13 36 48 15 3 6 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 31
14 FC Volendam 30 8 6 16 36 61 15 7 1 7 24 29 15 1 5 9 12 32 -25 30
15 FC Emmen 30 6 10 14 29 51 15 3 9 3 15 17 15 3 1 11 14 34 -22 28
16 Excelsior 30 8 4 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 15 1 2 12 8 42 -39 28
17 FC Groningen 30 4 5 21 28 60 15 3 3 9 18 26 15 1 2 12 10 34 -32 17
18 SC Cambuur 30 4 4 22 21 60 15 2 0 13 10 30 15 2 4 9 11 30 -39 16

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.