Soccer match preview: PSV confident before travelling to RKC Waalwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7500 seats)

Let's look at this engaging fixture in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk is in the 17th spot after featuring in three fixtures. They host PSV who are placed 4th after two fixtures.

10 - 0 - 1 with 25-12. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for PSV when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. PSV play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

The visiting PSV played their last game only three days ago, a Champions League match.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk's first Eredivisie home game here at Mandemakers Stadion ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 17 matches.

The supporters are hoping that Waalwijk will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against NEC (placed 10th). Vaessen had a busy but productive day in the NEC match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

Preceding that match was the home game against AZ that was lost 1-3.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on PSV to win. Let's see if RKC Waalwijk are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 6 games found revealing 0 RKC Waalwijk wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

RKC Waalwijk has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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PSV form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eredivisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.

The fans enjoyed PSV's previous game versus Rangers, a Champions League win (5-1) played at home. Midfielder Veerman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.62. Veerman scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).

Preceding that, 2-2 away against Rangers in the Champions League.

{3 goals} so far away for PSV, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

The 7 latest fixtures involving these two teams have all ended as PSV wins. More of the same or streak broken?

Top Goalscorers

RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
2 goals
PSVY. Vertessen
Y. Vertessen
2 goals
PSVL. de Jong
L. de Jong
1 goals

RKC Waalwijk missing players

PSV missing players

RKC Waalwijk PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 1 Scored S 0 3 5
9 3 3 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
67% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.3 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 5.5
6.3 10 10 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 19 21
3.7 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7.5
18% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 33%
 
15.7 15 15 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 9.5
8.7 7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1.5
RKC Waalwijk Last season PSV
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 9   Won W   9 23
8 3   Drew D   4 6
15 5   Lost L   4 5
50 34   Scored S   35 89
64 26   Conceded C   26 40
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
76% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
68% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 71%
56% 65%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 50%
29% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 35%
59% 65%   BTTS BTTS   71% 59%
18% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 32%
35% 24%   Failed to Score F T   12% 12%
 
4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.7
6.2 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.7
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
10.6 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   17 18.5
4.1 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.5 7.2
36% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 36%
 
16.8 14.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 10.6
6.1 5.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sparta Rotterdam 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 7
2 AZ 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
3 FC Twente 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 6
4 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
5 SC Heerenveen 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
6 Feyenoord 3 1 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 5
7 Excelsior 3 1 2 0 8 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 5
8 Fortuna Sittard 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
9 Ajax 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
10 NEC 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Go Ahead Eagles 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -1 3
12 Vitesse 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
13 Heracles 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
14 PEC Zwolle 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 3
15 FC Volendam 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
16 FC Utrecht 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 0
17 RKC Waalwijk 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 0
18 Almere City 3 0 0 3 3 12 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 8 -9 0
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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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.