RKC Waalwijk vs Go Ahead Eagles Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📊 Form Guide

RKC Waalwijk

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RKC Waalwijk will be wanting a better result here following a 2-0 Eredivisie defeat last time out to Feyenoord.

In that match, RKC Waalwijk had 46% possession and 6 shots at goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Feyenoord got 22 shots on goal with 5 on target. Igor Paixão (45') and Ayase Ueda (69') scored for Feyenoord.

It has been all too rare in recent games where RKC Waalwijk have shown defensive steel. In fact, RKC Waalwijk have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 15 goals on the way. That aside, time will tell whether such a trend shall be sustained in this upcoming game or not.

Going into this encounter, RKC Waalwijk are winless against Go Ahead Eagles in their previous 4 matches in the league.

Go Ahead Eagles

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Go Ahead Eagles come into this meeting following a 1-0 Eredivisie win over SC Heerenveen in their last match.

In that match, Go Ahead Eagles managed 50% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Go Ahead Eagles was Mathis Suray (89'). For their opponents, SC Heerenveen got 20 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

In 5 of the previous six games involving Go Ahead Eagles, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game in that period comes to just 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Trots aan de IJssel equalling 0.67.

Analysis of their past results shows that Go Ahead Eagles:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 15/01/2022 shows that RKC Waalwijk have won 2 of them & Go Ahead Eagles 4, with the number of drawn games being 0.

A sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from RKC and 8 netted by Trots aan de IJssel. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 3 on 25/08/2024 and the score finished Go Ahead Eagles 2-0 RKC Waalwijk.

That day, Go Ahead Eagles had 67% possession and 20 shots at goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Bobby Adekanye (3') and Finn Stokkers (60').

RKC Waalwijk got 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Joey Kooij.

🗞️ Team News: RKC Waalwijk

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the RKC Waalwijk manager Henk Fraser to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Yanick van Osch (unknown injury) is sidelined.

In our view, RKC Waalwijk look set to opt for a 5-3-2 formation this time, utilising Mark Spenkelink, Julian Lelieveld, Faissal Al Mazyani, Roshon van Eijma, Liam Van Gelderen, J. Familia-Castillo, Tim van de Loo, Mohammed Ihattaren, Yassin Oukili, Oskar Zawada and Richonell Margaret.

📋 Team News: Go Ahead Eagles

Go Ahead Eagles boss Paul Simonis has not got a full squad to pick from. Dean James (Hamstring injury), Søren Tengstedt (Broken foot) and Jakob Breum (Foot injury) are not able to play.

We are inclined to think that Trots aan de IJssel might make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Jari De Busser, Mats Deijl, Gerrit Nauber, Joris Kramer, Aske Adelgaard, Robbin Weijenberg, Evert Linthorst, Oliver Antman, Mathis Suray, Oskar Sivertsen and Victor Edvardsen.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that RKC Waalwijk have the capability to find the back of the net against this Go Ahead Eagles side, although one goal might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

Therefore, we’re predicting both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for Go Ahead Eagles at the end of this one. Looking forward to this.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the WDW market, staking on RKC Waalwijk is available for 2.8, betting on a drawn result is 4 & staking on the winning team to be Go Ahead Eagles is 2.2. They’re the most competitive bets being offered right now.

Victor Martins, 12:05 15/05/2025