It's early days in the Eredivisie and both RKC Waalwijk and PEC Zwolle are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Waalwijk and PEC Zwolle.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Eredivisie game of the season here at Mandemakers Stadion. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from RKC Waalwijk's 13 home games.
Happy days for Waalwijk in their previous game, a Eredivisie match away at Heracles (placed 13th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Prior to that, an away loss at FC Utrecht.
Kostas Lamprou loved the game against Heracles. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.
The match schedule is unforgiving for RKC Waalwijk as they have a new game in only four days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. Feyenoord are visiting.
RKC Waalwijk has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
One match played away so far in the Eredivisie for PEC Zwolle and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from 14 games.
Zwolle failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs PSV (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-3. Before that, Zwolle travelled to AZ and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
Zwolle did not look prepared in the first half against PSV and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.
After this away game Zwolle return home for a Eredivisie game against Willem II. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, PEC Zwolle has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Waalwijk one win, four draws and PEC Zwolle five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Leemans 2 goals |  R. Ghoochannejhad Nournia 2 goals |   S. Bakari 1 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 14 | 61 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 26% |
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (2) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Eredivisie
| RKC Waalwijk | Last season | PEC Zwolle | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 26 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 9 | 37 | ||
| 60 | 20 | Conceded | C | 25 | 55 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 81% | ||
| 73% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | ||
| 38% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 54% | ||
| 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 23% | ||
| 54% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 58% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 38% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 310 | 174 | Total Shots | T S | 169 | 315 | ||
| 97 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 120 | ||
| 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Ajax | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | AZ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Willem II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Heracles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| Last season | 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 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |