Eredivisie match prediction: Little separates RKC Waalwijk and Fortuna Sittard in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7500 seats)

RKC Waalwijk are impatient to add to their goals scored at their own ground in this upcoming fixture hosting Fortuna Sittard.

Insights:
  • RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (48) in Eredivisie

8 - 2 - 3 with 21-14. 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.

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.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk have played 9 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses). When RKC Waalwijk hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like FC Groningen, RKC Waalwijk, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle and Willem II), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Waalwijk's last game was hosting ADO Den Haag (after extra-time) and winning 4-2. The striker Odgaard won the honour of being "man of the match" for RKC Waalwijk with a rating of 9.13/10. Odgaard scored three goals.

Before that match, a Eredivisie win away at Go Ahead Eagles.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how RKC Waalwijk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost five.

RKC Waalwijk have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Waalwijk have conceded 16 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

There's been little loot from Fortuna Sittard's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the Eredivisie. Fortuna Sittard only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. Fortuna Sittard has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus AZ with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Flemming, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.2. Flemming hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Ajax's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Fortuna Sittard in our archives, and the results are: one win for Fortuna Sittard, zero draws and one defeat.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fortuna Sittard are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

RKC Waalwijk and Fortuna Sittard have faced each other already this season: Fortuna Sittard - RKC Waalwijk 2-2. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): RKC Waalwijk won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Fortuna Sittard managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

RKC WaalwijkJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
7 goals
Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
7 goals
RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
6 goals

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

RKC Waalwijk Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 10 19
4 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
7 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
8 5 1 Lost L 1 7 12
21 8 2 Scored S 3 9 20
30 16 2 Conceded C 4 25 48
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 84%
53% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 74%
32% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 58%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 32%
63% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 68%
21% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 11%
21% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 21%
 
4 4.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.2 3.6
5.1 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.8 5.8
1.7 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 11.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 8.5 9.3
2.9 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.6 3.6
38% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 25% 29%
 
14.9 14.4 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 18.8 16.6
5.4 5.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 7.3 6.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (25) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (48) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 19 15 1 3 47 24 9 8 0 1 27 12 10 7 1 2 20 12 23 46
2 Ajax 19 14 3 2 59 4 10 7 1 2 38 3 9 7 2 0 21 1 55 45
3 Feyenoord 19 12 3 4 42 18 10 7 1 2 24 10 9 5 2 2 18 8 24 39
4 Vitesse 19 11 3 5 26 25 9 4 2 3 10 13 10 7 1 2 16 12 1 36
5 AZ 19 11 2 6 37 24 9 7 1 1 24 10 10 4 1 5 13 14 13 35
6 FC Twente 19 10 5 4 30 22 9 5 3 1 12 6 10 5 2 3 18 16 8 35
7 FC Utrecht 19 8 5 6 33 26 10 6 3 1 23 10 9 2 2 5 10 16 7 29
8 SC Cambuur 19 9 2 8 33 40 10 4 1 5 18 21 9 5 1 3 15 19 -7 29
9 NEC 19 7 5 7 24 26 9 2 3 4 9 10 10 5 2 3 15 16 -2 26
10 SC Heerenveen 19 7 4 8 20 27 10 3 2 5 11 17 9 4 2 3 9 10 -7 25
11 Go Ahead Eagles 19 6 3 10 19 31 10 4 0 6 13 15 9 2 3 4 6 16 -12 21
12 Heracles Almelo 19 5 4 10 21 26 10 5 2 3 15 12 9 0 2 7 6 14 -5 19
13 FC Groningen 19 4 7 8 20 28 9 1 6 2 7 7 10 3 1 6 13 21 -8 19
14 RKC Waalwijk 19 4 7 8 21 30 9 3 1 5 8 16 10 1 6 3 13 14 -9 19
15 Willem II 19 5 3 11 18 38 9 3 1 5 7 15 10 2 2 6 11 23 -20 18
16 Sparta Rotterdam 19 2 8 9 16 28 10 1 5 4 9 14 9 1 3 5 7 14 -12 14
17 Fortuna Sittard 19 3 4 12 20 48 9 2 2 5 11 23 10 1 2 7 9 25 -28 13
18 PEC Zwolle 19 2 3 14 11 32 10 2 2 6 6 11 9 0 1 8 5 21 -21 9

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.