The home boss J. Jansen working to inspire SC Heerenveen victory vs RKC Waalwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

Only fixture two of the Eredivisie for these contenders and there's points to play for here at Abe Lenstra Stadion as SC Heerenveen host RKC Waalwijk. Check out this preview!

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!

It should be mentioned that RKC Waalwijk play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for RKC Waalwijk on grass are 4 victories, 3 draws and 17 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 27-54. You can compare this with overall results below.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The season before, SC Heerenveen's league results were 9 wins, 12 draws and 13 losses, producing 12th place in the Eredivisie. Over these 34 matches they scored 43 goals and gave away 49. Playing as the home team in the last season SC Heerenveen generated 6-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 18 conceded.

Heerenveen are returning here after visiting Go Ahead Eagles in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Tibor Halilović scored the goal(s). Midfield player Joey Veerman got a match rating of 8.52 in that game, the max score being 10. Veerman served one assist, hit six key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Sparta Rotterdam with the scoreline 1-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Heerenveen matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and two defeats (from three 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 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 9 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 12/30 goals scored/conceded.

RKC Waalwijk had fun at their own home (Abe Lenstra Stadion) last time out, beating AZ 1-0. Michiel Kramer scored. Joel Pereira was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.02. The agile goalkeeper Pereira stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Waalwijk manager J. Oosting faced defeat when travelling to Feyenoord and losing 0-3.

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 Waalwijk playing away, we found six games. Results were one away win, two draws and three home wins.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heerenveen six wins, three draws and RKC Waalwijk one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HeerenveenT. Halilović
T. Halilović
1 goals
RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
1 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
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%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
11 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
SC Heerenveen Last season RKC Waalwijk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 6   Won W   2 7
12 5   Drew D   5 9
13 6   Lost L   10 18
43 22   Scored S   12 33
49 18   Conceded C   30 55
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
82% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 79%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 47%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 24%
9% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
59% 41%   BTTS BTTS   41% 53%
29% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 15%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   47% 35%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.5
6.6 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5
1.2 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1
5 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 10.1
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.7
31% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 26%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 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 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 AZ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 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 Ajax 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 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 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 AZ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 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.