Eredivisie: Vitesse thought to overcome RKC Waalwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

Welcome to GelreDome and this match starring Vitesse & RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie. Tipsway has everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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, 6 draws and 18 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-58. You can compare this with overall results below.

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!

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Vitesse form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Vitesse have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.

Vitesse are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Buitink).

The Vitesse crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Sparta Rotterdam here at GelreDome.

The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Vitesse have conceded 22 from these games.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for RKC Waalwijk so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-5 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Waalwijk's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs SC Heerenveen (placed 12th). Meulensteen, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.73. Meulensteen won 5 of 6 duels.

Prior to that match, the RKC Waalwijk manager Oosting faced defeat when travelling to Ajax and losing 2-3.

The visiting RKC Waalwijk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Waalwijk have conceded 21 goals in their away games. RKC Waalwijk has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the teams faced each other earlier this season; RKC Waalwijk - Vitesse 1-2. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Vitesse won six games, two matches ended with a draw and RKC Waalwijk managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
11 goals
RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
9 goals
RKC WaalwijkJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
8 goals

Vitesse missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Vitesse RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 3 13 26
12 5 1 Won W 0 1 5
5 2 1 Drew D 1 7 9
9 6 3 Lost L 2 5 12
32 15 3 Scored S 5 17 28
39 23 7 Conceded C 7 21 42
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
69% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 77%
58% 69% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 54% 54%
27% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 46% 31%
19% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 15%
50% 62% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 65%
27% 15% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 19%
31% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 23%
 
4.8 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.8 4.4
3.8 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.8 5.4
2.1 2.5 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.8
6 4 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.6 15.9 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.2 10.3
4.7 5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.7 3.2
27% 25% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 49% 34%
 
12.2 11.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 27.7 17.2 16
4.4 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 6 5.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 26 20 3 3 77 11 13 10 1 2 49 5 13 10 2 1 28 6 66 63
2 PSV 26 20 1 5 63 31 13 10 0 3 35 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 32 61
3 Feyenoord 26 17 4 5 59 24 13 9 2 2 32 12 13 8 2 3 27 12 35 55
4 AZ 26 16 3 7 50 30 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 7 1 5 22 17 20 51
5 FC Twente 26 15 6 5 40 30 12 7 4 1 18 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 10 51
6 Vitesse 25 12 5 8 32 38 12 5 2 5 15 22 13 7 3 3 17 16 -6 41
7 FC Utrecht 26 11 7 8 43 33 13 7 4 2 27 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 10 40
8 FC Groningen 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 4 6 3 14 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 -4 33
9 SC Cambuur 26 10 3 13 43 55 13 5 1 7 25 29 13 5 2 6 18 26 -12 33
10 NEC 26 8 7 11 33 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 31
11 Heracles 26 7 6 13 27 35 14 7 4 3 19 13 12 0 2 10 8 22 -8 27
12 SC Heerenveen 26 7 6 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -14 27
13 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 6 13 27 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -16 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 26 5 9 12 28 42 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 1 7 5 17 21 -14 24
15 Willem II 26 6 4 16 21 44 13 4 2 7 10 18 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 22
16 Fortuna Sittard 25 6 4 15 26 53 12 4 2 6 14 24 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 24 4 8 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 10 1 3 6 7 18 -18 20
18 PEC Zwolle 26 5 5 16 20 41 13 2 4 7 9 15 13 3 1 9 11 26 -21 20

Read more about Eredivisie

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.