Koning Willem II Stadion: Willem II vs RKC Waalwijk Eredivisie preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

Here's the whole lot you need to be aware of, and even more, before the Willem II - RKC Waalwijk game!

Insights:
  • Willem II is in the worst form (0-0-6)

4-6-16 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for RKC Waalwijk when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 26 matches are 32-54 (scored/conceded).

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.

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Willem II form and stats

Willem II's results here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts.

Willem II are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 324 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Kabangu).

The Willem II crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to FC Twente here at Koning Willem II Stadion. Midfield player Saddiki got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Saddiki dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting PEC Zwolle (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Willem II perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Willem II as a small favourite), we find six games. Willem II has won two of these, drawn zero and lost four.

Willem II aren't scoring a lot here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. Willem II have conceded 16 from these games.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

There's been little loot from RKC Waalwijk's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 6 draws.

Impressive finishing from Gaari and Kramer secured the home win 2-1 against Fortuna Sittard in their previous game. Midfielder Büttner was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Büttner hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A new game in only three days for Waalwijk, the KNVB Beker home match versus AZ. Busy days.

RKC Waalwijk find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, RKC Waalwijk have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the result RKC Waalwijk - Willem II 1-2 written in the official records. Willem II-RKC Waalwijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Willem II seven wins, RKC Waalwijk one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
7 goals
RKC WaalwijkJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
7 goals
Willem IIC. Nunnely
C. Nunnely
4 goals

Willem II missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Willem II RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 5 10 20
5 3 1 Won W 1 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 3 6 7
12 6 2 Lost L 1 3 8
18 7 3 Scored S 5 13 23
39 16 5 Conceded C 4 14 31
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 95%
75% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 75%
60% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 55%
30% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 40% 30%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 15%
50% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 70% 65%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 20% 20%
40% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 20% 20%
 
4.5 5.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.7 4
4.8 4.3 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.8 5.1
1.4 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.8
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 10.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.9 10.4
3 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.4 3.1
31% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 54% 37%
 
13.9 13.2 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.4 14.8
5.6 5.9 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.5 5.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Willem II is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 20 15 3 2 61 5 10 7 1 2 38 3 10 8 2 0 23 2 56 48
2 PSV 20 15 1 4 48 26 10 8 0 2 28 14 10 7 1 2 20 12 22 46
3 Feyenoord 20 13 3 4 46 19 10 7 1 2 24 10 10 6 2 2 22 9 27 42
4 FC Twente 20 11 5 4 31 22 9 5 3 1 12 6 11 6 2 3 19 16 9 38
5 AZ 20 11 3 6 37 24 10 7 2 1 24 10 10 4 1 5 13 14 13 36
6 Vitesse 20 11 3 6 27 28 10 4 2 4 11 16 10 7 1 2 16 12 -1 36
7 FC Utrecht 20 9 5 6 36 26 10 6 3 1 23 10 10 3 2 5 13 16 10 32
8 SC Cambuur 20 9 3 8 33 40 10 4 1 5 18 21 10 5 2 3 15 19 -7 30
9 NEC 20 7 5 8 25 30 10 2 3 5 10 14 10 5 2 3 15 16 -5 26
10 SC Heerenveen 20 7 4 9 20 28 11 3 2 6 11 18 9 4 2 3 9 10 -8 25
11 FC Groningen 20 5 7 8 23 29 9 1 6 2 7 7 11 4 1 6 16 22 -6 22
12 RKC Waalwijk 20 5 7 8 23 31 10 4 1 5 10 17 10 1 6 3 13 14 -8 22
13 Go Ahead Eagles 20 6 4 10 20 32 10 4 0 6 13 15 10 2 4 4 7 17 -12 22
14 Heracles Almelo 20 5 5 10 22 27 11 5 3 3 16 13 9 0 2 7 6 14 -5 20
15 Willem II 20 5 3 12 18 39 10 3 1 6 7 16 10 2 2 6 11 23 -21 18
16 Sparta Rotterdam 20 2 8 10 16 31 11 1 5 5 9 17 9 1 3 5 7 14 -15 14
17 Fortuna Sittard 20 3 4 13 21 50 9 2 2 5 11 23 11 1 2 8 10 27 -29 13
18 PEC Zwolle 20 3 3 14 12 32 10 2 2 6 6 11 10 1 1 8 6 21 -20 12

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.