National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Harkemase Boys or RKC Waalwijk that keep their silverware dream alive.
RKC Waalwijk could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eredivisie game only three sleeps ago. That game, against FC Twente, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for RKC Waalwijk.
3-6-16 (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 25 matches are 30-58 (scored/conceded).
Harkemase Boys form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the KNVB Beker for Harkemase, as the manager Piet Bosma led his troops to eliminate Katwijk and DOVO, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Harkemase's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 2nd preliminary round.Harkemase's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Sparta Nijkerk.
Prior to that, an away loss at Excelsior '31 in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag.RKC Waalwijk form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Willem II in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 1st round.There's been little loot from RKC Waalwijk's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Waalwijk have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 20 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the FC Twente game.
Waalwijk play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to FC Twente. It is a bit troubling for Waalwijk that their goalkeeper Vaessen managed seven saves in the FC Twente match, but still could not stop a beating. Attacker Jens Odgaard got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Odgaard scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against NEC in the Eredivisie.After this away game Waalwijk return home for a Eredivisie game against PSV. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Waalwijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Waalwijk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kramer 5 goals |  J. Odgaard 5 goals |  A. Büttner 2 goals |
Harkemase Boys missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| Harkemase Boys | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 58 | 42 | Scored | S | 19 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 7.2 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 47% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 46 | 36 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | PSV | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | AZ | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | NEC | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Willem II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 12 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 6 |