The visiting SC Heerenveen side should be favourites in this visit to RKC Waalwijk, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their eight league games this season.
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 artifical turf, unlike SC Heerenveen's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on artifical turf have ended in 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
RKC Waalwijk, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Eredivisie, have collected 2 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 0-2-2.
Stress levels are on the rise for Waalwijk's attacking players as they have now played 190 minutes without scoring in a league game. O. John was their last goal scorer.
The RKC Waalwijk fans got no joy from their last match, a Eredivisie game also here at Mandemakers Stadion: A 0-2 defeat against Sparta Rotterdam (placed 13th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at AZ Alkmaar.
Waalwijk aren't scoring a lot here at Mandemakers Stadion in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Waalwijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
SC Heerenveen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. AZ Alkmaar proved too strong as Heerenveen slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Abe Lenstra Stadion. Preceding that game was the away victory against Sparta Rotterdam with the score of 4-1.
Heerenveen have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches. The Heerenveen manager J. Jansen has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Waalwijk victory, one draw and eight SC Heerenveen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 7 goals |  J. Veerman 2 goals |  B. Nygren 2 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | 30 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 41 | 89 |
| 22 | 14 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 17 | 37 |
| 23% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 78% | 53% | 43% |
- All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (5) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk has the most matches under the total-line (6) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RKC Waalwijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- RKC Waalwijk have yet to win a game at home.
- RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- SC Heerenveen have scored more than double the goals of RKC Waalwijk.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 21 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | PSV | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | AZ Alkmaar | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Heracles | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -13 | 8 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Willem II | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 3 |