Willem II vs RKC Waalwijk betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Willem II Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

With their 15 point advantage in the league table, Willem II fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against RKC Waalwijk.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has grass, which is not RKC Waalwijk's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass RKC Waalwijk have performed like this: Played 21 matches resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 16 defeats with the goal stats 25-51 (scored/conceded).

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Willem II form and stats

Willem II have collected 7 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 2-1-2.

Happy days for Willem II in their previous game, a Eredivisie match away at FC Twente (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the match before that, Willem II hosted AZ and drew the game 1-1.

Willem II are traveling soon after this match as the KNVB Beker match at HV & CV Quick awaits in four days.

Willem II have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Willem II's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of RKC Waalwijk, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Eredivisie, playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for RKC Waalwijk, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Go Ahead Eagles game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on F. Grim, the RKC Waalwijk manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The manager F. Grim was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Willem II Stadion. RKC Waalwijk suffered a 1-2 loss to Ajax (placed 1st). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FC Groningen wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

RKC Waalwijk has another fixture away, a KNVB Beker game, against Heracles in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

RKC Waalwijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). The RKC Waalwijk defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 5 Willem II victories, 2 draws and 2 RKC Waalwijk wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
6 goals
Willem IIM. Köhlert
M. Köhlert
3 goals
Willem IIM. Vrousai
M. Vrousai
2 goals / 2 assists

Willem II missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Willem II RKC Waalwijk
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 10
5 2 2 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
4 2 0 Lost L 2 4 9
12 4 3 Scored S 3 6 9
14 5 1 Conceded C 10 19 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 90%
30% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 80% 50%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 20%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 60%
20% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 40%
 
5.1 5.2 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 5.2
4.6 5.2 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 4.6 4.9
2.1 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of RKC Waalwijk's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • RKC Waalwijk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RKC Waalwijk have yet to win a game.
  • RKC Waalwijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Willem II
15-09-19 ER Heracles 4 - 1 Willem II
21-09-19 ER Willem II 1 - 0 VVV-Venlo
29-09-19 ER FC Utrecht 2 - 0 Willem II
06-10-19 ER Willem II 1 - 1 AZ
19-10-19 ER FC Twente 0 - 1 Willem II
26-10-19 ER Willem II 18:30 RKC Waalwijk
30-10-19 KB HV & CV Quick 19:45 Willem II
03-11-19 ER FC Groningen 14:30 Willem II
10-11-19 ER Willem II 14:30 PSV
23-11-19 ER ADO Den Haag 20:45 Willem II
RKC Waalwijk
15-09-19 ER PEC Zwolle 6 - 2 RKC Waalwijk
21-09-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 4 - 0 RKC Waalwijk
29-09-19 ER RKC Waalwijk 1 - 2 Vitesse
04-10-19 ER FC Groningen 3 - 0 RKC Waalwijk
19-10-19 ER RKC Waalwijk 1 - 2 Ajax
26-10-19 ER Willem II 18:30 RKC Waalwijk
30-10-19 KB Heracles 18:30 RKC Waalwijk
02-11-19 ER RKC Waalwijk 18:30 Heracles
10-11-19 ER Feyenoord 16:45 RKC Waalwijk
24-11-19 ER RKC Waalwijk 14:30 FC Emmen

  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 10 8 2 0 31 7 4 4 0 0 16 1 6 4 2 0 15 6 24 26
2 PSV 10 7 2 1 26 9 5 4 1 0 16 4 5 3 1 1 10 5 17 23
3 Vitesse 10 7 2 1 22 13 5 4 1 0 13 6 5 3 1 1 9 7 9 23
4 AZ 10 6 2 2 21 8 5 3 1 1 13 5 5 3 1 1 8 3 13 20
5 FC Utrecht 10 5 2 3 20 13 5 4 0 1 12 4 5 1 2 2 8 9 7 17
6 SC Heerenveen 10 4 4 2 16 11 5 1 4 0 4 3 5 3 0 2 12 8 5 16
7 Willem II 10 5 1 4 12 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 3 0 2 8 9 -2 16
8 Sparta Rotterdam 9 4 3 2 18 16 4 3 0 1 11 6 5 1 3 1 7 10 2 15
9 Heracles 9 4 2 3 13 14 5 2 1 2 7 8 4 2 1 1 6 6 -1 14
10 Feyenoord 9 3 4 2 18 17 5 2 2 1 11 9 4 1 2 1 7 8 1 13
11 FC Twente 10 3 3 4 17 19 5 1 2 2 9 9 5 2 1 2 8 10 -2 12
12 FC Groningen 9 3 1 5 10 12 4 2 0 2 7 5 5 1 1 3 3 7 -2 10
13 VVV-Venlo 10 3 0 7 10 24 5 2 0 3 6 13 5 1 0 4 4 11 -14 9
14 PEC Zwolle 9 2 1 6 13 21 4 1 1 2 9 11 5 1 0 4 4 10 -8 7
15 FC Emmen 9 2 1 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 0 0 4 2 12 -8 7
16 ADO Den Haag 9 2 0 7 10 18 5 1 0 4 4 9 4 1 0 3 6 9 -8 6
17 Fortuna Sittard 9 1 3 5 12 23 5 1 2 2 9 9 4 0 1 3 3 14 -11 6
18 RKC Waalwijk 10 0 1 9 9 31 5 0 0 5 3 12 5 0 1 4 6 19 -22 1