RKC Waalwijk vs Heracles Almelo Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

RKC Waalwijk

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RKC Waalwijk prepare for this game following on from a 2-2 Eredivisie stalemate versus AZ.

In that game, RKC Waalwijk managed 38% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. For RKC Waalwijk, the scorers were Michiel Kramer (62') and Chris Lokesa (82'). On the other side, AZ got 23 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Troy Parrott (13') and Mexx Meerdink (84') scored for AZ.

It’s been seldom in recent times where RKC Waalwijk haven’t conceded. The reality is that RKC Waalwijk have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 11 goals along the way. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

Pre-game facts show that RKC Waalwijk:

• have not been beaten in the league by Heracles Almelo in their previous 2 games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Heracles Almelo

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Heracles Almelo will go into this game after a 2-1 Eredivisie win to defeat FC Twente in their last game.

In that game, Heracles Almelo managed 42% possession and 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Heracles Almelo was Jizz Hornkamp (9', 76'). FC Twente got 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Sayfallah Ltaief (90') scored for FC Twente.

The stats don’t lie, and Heracles Almelo have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 11 goals in all. Defensively, Heracles Almelo seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Heading into this fixture, Heracles Almelo are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 21/02/2021 tells us that RKC Waalwijk have won 3 of these and Heracles Almelo 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 13 for RKC and 5 being from Heraclieden. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The previous league match between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 13 on 23/11/2024 and the score finished Heracles Almelo 2-2 RKC Waalwijk.

In that match, Heracles Almelo managed 64% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Luka Kulenović (29') and Jizz Hornkamp (80').

At the other end, RKC Waalwijk got 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Richard van der Venne (57') and Oskar Zawada (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Sander van der Eijk.

🗞️ Team News: RKC Waalwijk

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just a single fitness concern for the RKC Waalwijk gaffer Henk Fraser to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Yanick van Osch (unknown injury) will miss out.

🗞️ Team News: Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo boss Erwin van de Looi has a number of players out of action. Nikolai Laursen (Cruciate ligament tear) and Sava-Arangel Cestic (Broken ankle) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Heracles Almelo will need to put in a solid display to get anything against this RKC Waalwijk lineup who we think might well gain the upper hand.

That’s why we have predicted a good tussle with a 1-0 victory for RKC Waalwijk at the end of the 90 minutes.

Should be a close one.

Renata Leite, 06:07 04/04/2025