Here's all you should know, and some more, before watching the RKC Waalwijk - NEC game!
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- NEC have scored at least twice as many goals away as RKC Waalwijk have scored home.
RKC Waalwijk and NEC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting NEC have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 11-5-7 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
RKC Waalwijk's results here at Mandemakers Stadion in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for RKC Waalwijk, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Waalwijk are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 256 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Kramer).
RKC Waalwijk drew their last game, 0-0 away at PEC Zwolle (placed 18th). Melle Meulensteen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Meulensteen won 5 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Ajax with the scoreline 0-5.Waalwijk aren't scoring a lot here at Mandemakers Stadion in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
NEC form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
NEC's previous game was their home loss versus SC Cambuur (2-3). Midfield player Édgar Barreto was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.1/10. Barreto scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that, NEC travelled to AZ and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.NEC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. NEC have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waalwijk two wins, zero draws and NEC eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kramer 5 goals |   A. Akman 5 goals |  J. Okita 4 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
NEC missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 64% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 79% |
| 50% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 57% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2 | 4.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 7.3 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 11.9 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.6 | 11.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 36% | 22% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 52% | 31% |
| 14.4 | 13.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 18.4 | 16.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- NEC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NEC have scored at least twice as many goals away as RKC Waalwijk have scored home.
- NEC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- 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 | Ajax | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 29 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 23 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | NEC | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Willem II | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | AZ | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 5 |