Only a win will satisfy the Vitesse supporters in this GelreDome clash with RKC Waalwijk, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eredivisie table.
- Vitesse has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (15) in Eredivisie
It's no vacation for neither Vitesse nor RKC Waalwijk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vitesse's stadium, GelreDome, 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, 2 draws and 19 losses from 27 matches. They have scored 31 goals in these games and conceded 59.
Vitesse form and stats
This stadium, GelreDome, has been a fortress for Vitesse in the Eredivisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-1-0. Vitesse are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Vitesse lost their last game at VVV-Venlo (placed 14th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against FC Groningen.
Vitesse are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew zero and lost one.
A decent goal production from Vitesse in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Vitesse have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
There's been little loot from RKC Waalwijk's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Eredivisie, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Waalwijk's last game was the home draw against Fortuna Sittard (0-0). Prior to that match, the Waalwijk manager F. Grim faced defeat when travelling to PSV and losing 0-2.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Waalwijk played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Waalwijk as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Waalwijk have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: RKC Waalwijk - Vitesse 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Vitesse, one draw and three wins for RKC Waalwijk. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  O. Darfalou 6 goals |  L. Openda 6 goals |  A. Broja 6 goals |
Vitesse missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| Vitesse | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 21% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 47% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 13.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.6 | 11.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 20% |
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals (15) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vitesse has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eredivisie
- Vitesse has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Eredivisie
- Vitesse has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Eredivisie
- Vitesse has the most clean sheets (9) in Eredivisie
- Vitesse has the most points (25) at home in Eredivisie
- Vitesse have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vitesse have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vitesse have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Vitesse have scored more than double the goals of RKC Waalwijk.
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vitesse is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 46 | 44 |
| 2 | PSV | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | AZ | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 37 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Heracles | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 11 |
| 17 | Willem II | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -30 | 6 |