This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, ups and downs leading to mid-table positions so far. Clear the decks for RKC Waalwijk - Go Ahead Eagles!
- RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
RKC Waalwijk's stadium, Mandemakers Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Go Ahead Eagles have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Go Ahead Eagles when playing on artifical turf; 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 13 matches. They have scored {22 goals} in these games and conceded 14.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
The complete Eredivisie statistics at home this season for RKC Waalwijk are 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for RKC Waalwijk in their previous match, an away game at FC Volendam that ended in defeat 1-2. The striker Seuntjens won the honour of being "man of the match" for Waalwijk with the rating of 7.62/10. Seuntjens scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus SC Heerenveen that ended 0-0.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 11 games. RKC Waalwijk has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.
RKC Waalwijk are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at Sparta Rotterdam awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Waalwijk's attacking play is working. RKC Waalwijk have conceded 13 from these games.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Go Ahead Eagles playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Eagles as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Go Ahead Eagles played 2-2 against FC Utrecht in their previous match. As mentioned above, Eagles drew the match against FC Utrecht. Manager Hake brought on Sow to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Attacker Adekanye got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Adekanye scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Before that, the KNVB Beker win away at Heracles Almelo. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Go Ahead Eagles playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Go Ahead Eagles wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Observe! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 12 league games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Eagles are hosting AZ in the Eredivisie only four days away.
Go Ahead Eagles have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
RKC Waalwijk have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) versus Go Ahead Eagles.Top Goalscorers
  I. Bel Hassani 5 goals |   B. Adekanye 5 goals |  O. Edvardsen 5 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 44% |
| 56% | 75% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 44% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 25% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 19% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 6.6 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 12.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9.3 | 11.3 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 48% | 40% |
| 16.1 | 13 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 16.4 | 14.9 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
- Go Ahead Eagles 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | AZ | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Ajax | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 32 |
| 4 | PSV | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 32 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | NEC | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 27 | -21 | 16 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -22 | 12 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 9 |
