RKC Waalwijk vs Heracles Almelo Live Stream, Predictions

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RKC Waalwijk

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RKC Waalwijk prepare for this game following a 2-2 Eredivisie drawn game versus AZ.

In that match, RKC Waalwijk had 38% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For RKC Waalwijk, goals were scored by Michiel Kramer (62') and Chris Lokesa (82'). For their opponents, AZ had 23 shots at goal with 6 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 the game after a 2-1 Eredivisie win vs FC Twente in their last game.

In that match, Heracles Almelo managed 42% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Heracles Almelo was Jizz Hornkamp (9', 76'). FC Twente had 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Sayfallah Ltaief (90') was the scorer 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

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 21/02/2021 shows that RKC Waalwijk have won 3 of them and Heracles Almelo 2, with the tally of draws being 1.

18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 13 of them for RKC and 5 being from Heraclieden. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 13 on 23/11/2024 when it finished Heracles Almelo 2-2 RKC Waalwijk.

That time, Heracles Almelo had 64% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Luka Kulenović (29') and Jizz Hornkamp (80').

RKC Waalwijk had 14 shots at 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

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the RKC Waalwijk boss Henk Fraser to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Yanick van Osch (unknown injury) is sidelined.

ℹ️ Team News: Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo boss Erwin van de Looi has to currently contend with reduced team options. 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, 11:02 03/04/2025