Eredivisie preview with statistics: RKC Waalwijk welcomes PSV to Mandemakers Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mandemakers Stadion (7500 seats)

PSV pay a visit to RKC Waalwijk and Mandemakers Stadion packed with hope and confidence, but the host team is not easy meat. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • RKC Waalwijk have the most points from losing position (19) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not PSV's familiar surface at their own football field. When appearing on artifical turf PSV have performed like this: Played nine matches yielding 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal difference 22-10 (scored/conceded).

The visiting PSV played their last game only three days ago, a KNVB Beker match.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, RKC Waalwijk have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for RKC Waalwijk, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Waalwijk are returning here after visiting SC Heerenveen and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Lelieveld, Oukili and Jozefzoon (2) scored the goal(s). RKC Waalwijk goalkeeper Vaessen did an outstanding job against SC Heerenveen with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Attacking player Seuntjens outshone all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 8.63 out of 10. Seuntjens signed up for three assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 10 times.

Ahead of that match, RKC Waalwijk won a home game hosting Fortuna Sittard (3-1).

The RKC Waalwijk manager Oosting has got the team scoring with 26 from 11 home games in the league. On the other hand, Waalwijk have conceded 15 goals.

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PSV form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. PSV has drawn their two previous away games.

The supporters enjoyed PSV's previous match versus ADO Den Haag, a KNVB Beker win (3-1) played at home. The attacker de Jong got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Jong served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against FC Twente in the Eredivisie.

PSV have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 11 away matches. In the opposite end, PSV have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

PSV have been victorious in every one of the 6 latest matches against this team. Will the streak continue?

These two sides played each other previously this campaign: PSV - RKC Waalwijk 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

PSVX. Simons
X. Simons
11 goals
WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
7 goals
PSVG. Til
G. Til
7 goals

RKC Waalwijk missing players

PSV missing players

RKC Waalwijk PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 23
8 6 1 Won W 2 4 14
8 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
7 2 2 Lost L 0 4 5
39 26 6 Scored S 10 23 60
36 15 8 Conceded C 6 20 28
83% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 74%
65% 73% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 82% 70%
57% 73% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 55% 52%
26% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 35%
65% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 57%
22% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 9% 30%
30% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 17%
 
4.6 5.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.2 7
6.3 5.1 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4.8 4
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.9 1.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.3 12 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 22.2 17.4 18.6
4.7 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9.5 7.2 7.4
36% 43% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 29% 35%
 
16 13.1 15.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 13.5 11.2
5.3 4.7 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSV 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 the most points from losing position (19) in Eredivisie
  • 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 23 15 7 1 53 22 11 7 4 0 23 6 12 8 3 1 30 16 31 52
2 Ajax 23 14 7 2 65 23 11 6 4 1 34 9 12 8 3 1 31 14 42 49
3 AZ 23 14 5 4 49 28 11 6 4 1 25 15 12 8 1 3 24 13 21 47
4 PSV 23 14 4 5 60 28 12 10 1 1 37 8 11 4 3 4 23 20 32 46
5 FC Twente 23 11 7 5 36 18 11 9 2 0 27 3 12 2 5 5 9 15 18 40
6 Sparta Rotterdam 23 10 7 6 32 25 12 7 2 3 20 12 11 3 5 3 12 13 7 37
7 FC Utrecht 23 10 7 6 38 35 11 5 4 2 12 9 12 5 3 4 26 26 3 37
8 RKC Waalwijk 23 8 8 7 39 36 11 6 3 2 26 15 12 2 5 5 13 21 3 32
9 NEC 23 6 12 5 30 22 12 3 8 1 21 12 11 3 4 4 9 10 8 30
10 SC Heerenveen 23 8 6 9 24 29 12 4 2 6 13 18 11 4 4 3 11 11 -5 30
11 Go Ahead Eagles 23 6 8 9 33 39 12 4 4 4 19 20 11 2 4 5 14 19 -6 26
12 Fortuna Sittard 23 7 5 11 29 40 12 3 3 6 15 20 11 4 2 5 14 20 -11 26
13 Vitesse 23 5 8 10 28 41 11 2 4 5 13 23 12 3 4 5 15 18 -13 23
14 FC Volendam 23 5 5 13 25 52 11 4 1 6 15 24 12 1 4 7 10 28 -27 20
15 Excelsior 23 6 2 15 20 54 11 5 1 5 12 18 12 1 1 10 8 36 -34 20
16 FC Emmen 23 3 9 11 20 40 12 2 8 2 13 15 11 1 1 9 7 25 -20 18
17 FC Groningen 23 4 5 14 25 48 12 3 3 6 17 21 11 1 2 8 8 27 -23 17
18 SC Cambuur 23 3 4 16 13 39 12 1 0 11 5 24 11 2 4 5 8 15 -26 13

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.