Soccer match guide: Home crowds with big optimism before SC Heerenveen - RKC Waalwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

This match has been long awaited by club members of both contenders, as it's the first Eredivisie game of the season. Both SC Heerenveen and RKC Waalwijk are hoping for a good start to their campaign.

SC Heerenveen's stadium, Abe Lenstra Stadion, has a grass surface. RKC Waalwijk have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for RKC Waalwijk when playing on grass; 6 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses from 28 matches. They have scored {41 goals} in these games and conceded 57.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

Last season, SC Heerenveen's league statistics were 12 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 8th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 34 matches they scored {44 goals} and gave away 50. Appearing as the home side in the former season SC Heerenveen managed 6-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 26 conceded.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier SC Heerenveen matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

SC Heerenveen have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Heerenveen scored {8 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these five games.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

Let's have a look at how RKC Waalwijk performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded {64 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 16/38 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and RKC Waalwijk playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 2 home wins.

Just as the home team, RKC Waalwijk have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Waalwijk win, 1 draw and 4 losses.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these participants: SC Heerenveen won five, RKC Waalwijk triumphed in one and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

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RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
SC Heerenveen Last season RKC Waalwijk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 34
12 6   Won W   2 11
10 3   Drew D   5 8
14 9   Lost L   10 15
45 22   Scored S   16 50
56 28   Conceded C   38 64
83% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
75% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
58% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 68%
36% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 56%
19% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 29%
53% 67%   BTTS BTTS   53% 59%
28% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
36% 28%   Failed to Score F T   47% 35%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4
5.4 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   7.6 6.2
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.9 14   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.6
4.5 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.1
28% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 36%
 
13.5 12.8   Shots against (avg) S A   19.1 16.8
4.6 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.7 6.1

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.