Willem II favourites for feisty fight facing RKC Waalwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 23.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

Willem II are welcoming RKC Waalwijk for another important game after their 0-4 result against 8th-placed Heracles.

Insights:
  • Willem II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Eredivisie

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting RKC Waalwijk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-3-17 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.

Relegation threatens Willem who should definitely be looking for some points here. Waalwijk are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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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 4 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

Willem are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 302 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by C. Nunnely).

Willem lost their last game at Heracles (placed 8th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against AZ that was lost 0-1.

Willem II were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Willem II handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Willem II are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Willem have conceded 30 goals in these home games, a significant number. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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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 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Waalwijk has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus Ajax with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 1-3 defeat away at FC Emmen before that.

RKC Waalwijk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and seven defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Waalwijk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the RKC Waalwijk - Willem 1-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Willem won six, RKC Waalwijk won one and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
8 goals
Willem IIC. Nunnely
C. Nunnely
6 goals
WillemK. Wriedt
K. Wriedt
6 goals

Willem II missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Willem II RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
5 4 2 Won W 0 2 6
7 2 1 Drew D 2 4 8
17 8 1 Lost L 1 8 15
31 19 6 Scored S 2 9 27
61 30 5 Conceded C 4 23 44
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 97%
86% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 79%
59% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 41%
45% 57% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 21%
21% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
55% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 52%
17% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 17%
34% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 1
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.7 11.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.9 10.7
3.6 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.9
30% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 24%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Eredivisie
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Willem II have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RKC Waalwijk have scored away.
  • Willem II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eredivisie
  • Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 28 23 3 2 86 20 13 11 1 1 43 12 15 12 2 1 43 8 66 72
2 PSV 29 18 7 4 64 30 14 11 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 32 21 34 61
3 AZ 29 18 7 4 66 38 15 10 2 3 33 18 14 8 5 1 33 20 28 61
4 Vitesse 29 17 5 7 46 28 15 10 4 1 23 8 14 7 1 6 23 20 18 56
5 Feyenoord 29 15 9 5 58 29 14 8 5 1 32 10 15 7 4 4 26 19 29 54
6 FC Groningen 29 13 7 9 35 33 15 7 5 3 16 11 14 6 2 6 19 22 2 46
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 10 7 45 36 15 5 6 4 23 22 13 6 4 3 22 14 9 43
8 Heracles 29 11 6 12 35 43 15 7 3 5 24 15 14 4 3 7 11 28 -8 39
9 FC Twente 29 9 10 10 42 40 14 3 5 6 18 20 15 6 5 4 24 20 2 37
10 SC Heerenveen 29 9 10 10 39 40 14 6 4 4 21 14 15 3 6 6 18 26 -1 37
11 Sparta Rotterdam 29 9 7 13 40 46 14 4 3 7 25 27 15 5 4 6 15 19 -6 34
12 Fortuna Sittard 29 10 4 15 40 52 15 4 2 9 21 30 14 6 2 6 19 22 -12 34
13 PEC Zwolle 29 7 11 11 38 46 15 5 6 4 18 17 14 2 5 7 20 29 -8 32
14 RKC Waalwijk 29 6 8 15 27 44 15 4 4 7 18 21 14 2 4 8 9 23 -17 26
15 Willem II 29 5 7 17 31 61 14 4 2 8 19 30 15 1 5 9 12 31 -30 22
16 VVV-Venlo 29 6 4 19 39 75 15 3 3 9 17 39 14 3 1 10 22 36 -36 22
17 FC Emmen 29 4 9 16 30 58 14 2 4 8 20 35 15 2 5 8 10 23 -28 21
18 ADO Den Haag 29 2 10 17 22 64 14 0 6 8 13 29 15 2 4 9 9 35 -42 16

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 28 23 3 2 86 20 13 11 1 1 43 12 15 12 2 1 43 8 66 72
2 PSV 29 18 7 4 64 30 14 11 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 32 21 34 61
3 AZ 29 18 7 4 66 38 15 10 2 3 33 18 14 8 5 1 33 20 28 61
4 Vitesse 29 17 5 7 46 28 15 10 4 1 23 8 14 7 1 6 23 20 18 56
5 Feyenoord 29 15 9 5 58 29 14 8 5 1 32 10 15 7 4 4 26 19 29 54
6 FC Groningen 29 13 7 9 35 33 15 7 5 3 16 11 14 6 2 6 19 22 2 46
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 10 7 45 36 15 5 6 4 23 22 13 6 4 3 22 14 9 43
8 Heracles 29 11 6 12 35 43 15 7 3 5 24 15 14 4 3 7 11 28 -8 39
9 FC Twente 29 9 10 10 42 40 14 3 5 6 18 20 15 6 5 4 24 20 2 37
10 SC Heerenveen 29 9 10 10 39 40 14 6 4 4 21 14 15 3 6 6 18 26 -1 37
11 Sparta Rotterdam 29 9 7 13 40 46 14 4 3 7 25 27 15 5 4 6 15 19 -6 34
12 Fortuna Sittard 29 10 4 15 40 52 15 4 2 9 21 30 14 6 2 6 19 22 -12 34
13 PEC Zwolle 29 7 11 11 38 46 15 5 6 4 18 17 14 2 5 7 20 29 -8 32
14 RKC Waalwijk 29 6 8 15 27 44 15 4 4 7 18 21 14 2 4 8 9 23 -17 26
15 Willem II 29 5 7 17 31 61 14 4 2 8 19 30 15 1 5 9 12 31 -30 22
16 VVV-Venlo 29 6 4 19 39 75 15 3 3 9 17 39 14 3 1 10 22 36 -36 22
17 FC Emmen 29 4 9 16 30 58 14 2 4 8 20 35 15 2 5 8 10 23 -28 21
18 ADO Den Haag 29 2 10 17 22 64 14 0 6 8 13 29 15 2 4 9 9 35 -42 16

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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.