RKC Waalwijk hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 18th position in the Eredivisie table. Visiting Sparta Rotterdam holds 11th place with 27 pts.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. RKC Waalwijk, who have the most conceded goals (54) in Eredivisie, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Mandemakers Stadion.
RKC Waalwijk haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 345 minutes ago. E. Hansson scored that one.
RKC Waalwijk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Ajax. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus PEC Zwolle.
RKC Waalwijk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the RKC Waalwijk defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-3-7 (11 played). Bitter travels for Sparta Rotterdam as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Fortuna Sittard match.
Sparta Rotterdam failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs FC Groningen (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs ADO Den Haag.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Sparta Rotterdam manager H. Fraser has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Sparta Rotterdam - RKC Waalwijk 4-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): RKC Waalwijk won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Sparta Rotterdam has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Rayhi 6 goals |  R. Ache 5 goals |  B. Smeets 4 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 23 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 34 |
| 54 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 39 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 91% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 91% | 91% |
| 74% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 70% |
| 39% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 39% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 52% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 61% |
| 17% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 9% | 22% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 26% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 275 | 150 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 142 | 287 |
| 84 | 47 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 38 | 89 |
| 27% | 23% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 24% | 38% |
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest points (8) at home
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals (54)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
- RKC Waalwijk has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
- RKC Waalwijk has the the worst goal difference (-31)
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 46 | 53 |
| 2 | AZ | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 47 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | PSV | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 42 |
| 5 | Willem II | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 35 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Heracles | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -5 | 27 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | FC Emmen | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 33 | -22 | 24 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -25 | 24 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 22 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -25 | 17 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 36 | -31 | 12 |