These two teams have had a low return so far, but a win and three points in this crucial game would certainly help. Get ready for RKC Waalwijk - Heracles Almelo!
- Heracles Almelo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Relegation threatens Waalwijk who should definitely be looking for some points here. Heracles Almelo are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Eredivisie game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Willem II. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, RKC Waalwijk have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 16 games. When RKC Waalwijk hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like RKC Waalwijk, Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle and Willem II), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
RKC Waalwijk drew their last game, 1-1 away at SC Cambuur (placed 12th). Büttner (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.32/10. Büttner hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
Ahead of that match, Waalwijk won a home game hosting FC Groningen (3-1).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 ten games. RKC Waalwijk has won four of these, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for RKC Waalwijk as they are travelling to their away game against AZ in the Eredivisie. That match is four days after this one.
Waalwijk have scored 15 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
There's been little loot from Heracles Almelo's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 16 away games in the Eredivisie. Heracles Almelo only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws.
Heracles Almelo lost away at Willem II (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. It's probably bad news for Heracles Almelo that their goalie Bucker pulled off nine saves in the Willem II game, but still were unable to save them from a beating.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting FC Twente.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Heracles Almelo playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were one Heracles Almelo win, two draws and six defeats.
After this away game Heracles return home for a Eredivisie game against Sparta Rotterdam. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heracles Almelo as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Heracles Almelo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met earlier this campaign; Heracles Almelo - Waalwijk 1-0. Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: three wins for RKC Waalwijk, zero draws and seven wins for Heracles Almelo. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kramer 10 goals |  J. Odgaard 8 goals |   S. Bakış 5 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
Heracles Almelo missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 35 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 32 |
| 50 | 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 26 | 44 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 81% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 66% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 38% |
| 28% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 16% |
| 66% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 47% |
| 16% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | 25% |
| 25% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 38% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 11.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.4 | 12.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 22% | 24% |
| 15.8 | 14.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 14.8 | 13.4 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 6 | 5 |
- Heracles Almelo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Heracles Almelo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heracles Almelo have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Ajax | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 74 | 78 |
| 2 | PSV | 31 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 42 | 74 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 42 | 67 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 62 |
| 5 | AZ | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 59 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -9 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -10 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 35 |
| 11 | NEC | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -13 | 35 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 49 | 67 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -18 | 35 |
| 13 | Heracles Almelo | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -15 | 32 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 65 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -31 | 32 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -22 | 29 |
| 17 | Willem II | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 36 | -28 | 29 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -23 | 27 |
