RKC Waalwijk are welcoming VVV-Venlo for another important game after their 0-2 result against 16th-placed ADO Den Haag.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
RKC Waalwijk's struggle is real here at Mandemakers Stadion with only 7 points collected from 9 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6.
In their previous game, the manager F. Grim led his RKC Waalwijk to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at ADO Den Haag. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mandemakers Stadion. Heartbreak before that as RKC Waalwijk lost 2-3 at Fortuna Sittard's place.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does RKC Waalwijk handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D2-L2.
The RKC Waalwijk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-0-8 (9 played). A depressing seven defeats in a row for VVV-Venlo in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus FC Utrecht.
VVV-Venlo's last game was the home draw against PSV (1-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against PEC Zwolle.
VVV-Venlo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The attacking power of VVV-Venlo when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that VVV-Venlo concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
RKC Waalwijk and VVV-Venlo have met before this season: VVV-Venlo - RKC Waalwijk 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 RKC Waalwijk victories, 3 draws and 5 VVV-Venlo wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. van Ooijen 5 goals |  E. Linthorst 4 goals |  J. Opoku 4 goals |
RKC Waalwijk missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| RKC Waalwijk | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 45 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 84% |
| 74% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 74% |
| 42% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | 26% |
| 58% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 16% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 225 | 127 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 75 | 190 |
| 74 | 43 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 24 | 65 |
| 30% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 25% | 28% |
- All of RKC Waalwijk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest points (7) at home
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
- RKC Waalwijk has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VVV-Venlo has the fewest scored goals (18)
- VVV-Venlo has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- VVV-Venlo has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
- VVV-Venlo has the the worst goal difference (-27)
- VVV-Venlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- VVV-Venlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- VVV-Venlo 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 43 | 47 |
| 2 | AZ | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Willem II | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | PSV | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -13 | 21 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -21 | 19 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 16 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 16 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 11 |