RKC Waalwijk opposes Fortuna Sittard in Eredivisie battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7500 seats)

Data, patterns, results, form, head-2-head, selected XIs and a lot more: Tipsway offers all you must know about RKC Waalwijk - Fortuna Sittard!

Insights:
  • RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

5 - 0 - 5 with 16-16. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Fortuna Sittard when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Fortuna Sittard play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Both sides have had time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an animated fixture!

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk have played 10 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Waalwijk after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The supporters are hoping that RKC Waalwijk will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Ajax (placed 3rd). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in four league matches. Buijs, defender, was given a rating of 7.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Buijs hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

Before that, Waalwijk played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Excelsior.

This is expected to be a close game, with RKC Waalwijk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with RKC Waalwijk as a small favourite), we find 13 games. RKC Waalwijk has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Goals decide football matches and Waalwijk are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

4-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fortuna Sittard in their Eredivisie matches away. Momentum is building for Fortuna Sittard in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Fortuna have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ivor Pandur. It's been 239 minutes since they last conceded in Eredivisie.

It's the second away game in a row for Fortuna Sittard, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus FC Emmen (placed 16th) last time out. Midfielder Cordoba was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Cordoba served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Sparta Rotterdam.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Fortuna Sittard in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Fortuna Sittard, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Fortuna Sittard have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Fortuna have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other before this match year: Fortuna Sittard - RKC Waalwijk 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): RKC Waalwijk three wins, three draws and Fortuna Sittard four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
8 goals
WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
6 goals
RKC WaalwijkI. Bel Hassani
I. Bel Hassani
5 goals

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

RKC Waalwijk Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
6 5 0 Won W 1 4 7
8 3 2 Drew D 1 2 5
7 2 0 Lost L 1 4 9
32 23 2 Scored S 4 13 26
34 14 2 Conceded C 4 17 33
81% 90% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
71% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 76%
62% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 52%
52% 70% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 33%
24% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 19%
62% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 57%
24% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 29%
33% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 24%
 
4.8 5.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.9 4.5
6.5 5.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 7.5 7
1.9 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.1 11.4 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 10.1 12
4.5 5.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 4
34% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 31%
 
15.9 13.4 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 16.6 16.9
5.2 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.8 5.9
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 21 13 7 1 47 19 10 6 4 0 21 5 11 7 3 1 26 14 28 46
2 AZ 21 13 5 3 46 25 10 5 4 1 23 14 11 8 1 2 23 11 21 44
3 Ajax 21 12 7 2 59 22 10 5 4 1 30 9 11 7 3 1 29 13 37 43
4 PSV 21 13 3 5 55 25 11 9 1 1 34 7 10 4 2 4 21 18 30 42
5 FC Twente 21 11 7 3 35 13 11 9 2 0 27 3 10 2 5 3 8 10 22 40
6 Sparta Rotterdam 21 10 7 4 32 18 11 7 2 2 20 9 10 3 5 2 12 9 14 37
7 FC Utrecht 21 9 6 6 33 33 10 5 3 2 10 7 11 4 3 4 23 26 0 33
8 SC Heerenveen 21 7 6 8 21 24 11 4 2 5 12 14 10 3 4 3 9 10 -3 27
9 RKC Waalwijk 21 6 8 7 32 34 10 5 3 2 23 14 11 1 5 5 9 20 -2 26
10 Fortuna Sittard 21 7 5 9 26 33 11 3 3 5 13 16 10 4 2 4 13 17 -7 26
11 NEC 21 4 12 5 24 22 11 2 8 1 18 12 10 2 4 4 6 10 2 24
12 Vitesse 21 5 8 8 27 37 10 2 4 4 12 21 11 3 4 4 15 16 -10 23
13 Go Ahead Eagles 21 5 7 9 29 37 11 3 4 4 17 20 10 2 3 5 12 17 -8 22
14 Excelsior 21 6 2 13 20 48 10 5 1 4 12 15 11 1 1 9 8 33 -28 20
15 FC Volendam 21 4 5 12 23 49 10 3 1 6 13 24 11 1 4 6 10 25 -26 17
16 FC Emmen 21 3 7 11 17 37 11 2 7 2 11 13 10 1 0 9 6 24 -20 16
17 SC Cambuur 21 3 4 14 11 35 11 1 0 10 4 22 10 2 4 4 7 13 -24 13
18 FC Groningen 21 3 4 14 21 47 10 2 2 6 13 20 11 1 2 8 8 27 -26 13

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.