Struggling RKC Waalwijk will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying SC Heerenveen in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
RKC Waalwijk and SC Heerenveen 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.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike SC Heerenveen's home stadium. The visitors last 15 games on artificial turf have ended in 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
RKC Waalwijk's struggle is real here at Mandemakers Stadion with only 4 points collected from 7 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-5.
A good away victory last time out for RKC Waalwijk, who won 1-0 against FC Utrecht (placed 8th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus FC Emmen.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for RKC Waalwijk here at Mandemakers Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). RKC Waalwijk have conceded 13 from these games.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
SC Heerenveen are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Eredivisie against Vitesse (placed 9th). Prior to that match, the SC Heerenveen manager J. Jansen faced defeat when travelling to PSV and losing 1-2.
SC Heerenveen can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Vitesse. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. J. Odgaard scored the final goal. Goalkeeper Warner Hahn was absolutely vital in the SC Heerenveen victory against Vitesse, making 7 saves.
The SC Heerenveen manager J. Jansen has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SC Heerenveen have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: RKC Waalwijk - SC Heerenveen 1-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for RKC Waalwijk, 1 draw and 8 wins for SC Heerenveen. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Odgaard 6 goals |  C. Ejuke 6 goals |   M. Meulensteen 3 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 37 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 73% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 71% | 47% |
| 40% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 27% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 67% |
| 13% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 27% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 13% |
| 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | 97 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 93 | 226 |
| 60 | 32 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 33 | 70 |
| 27% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 42% | 34% |
- All of RKC Waalwijk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest points (4) at home
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
- RKC Waalwijk has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SC Heerenveen have scored at least twice as many goals away as RKC Waalwijk have scored home.
- SC Heerenveen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Ajax | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 38 | 41 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 | PSV | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | Willem II | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Heracles | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | Vitesse | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Emmen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -20 | 15 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -23 | 15 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -21 | 8 |