Heracles Almelo vs RKC Waalwijk Prediction & Betting Tips

📏 Form Guide

Heracles Almelo

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Heracles Almelo will be hoping for a better result following a 3-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of Vitesse.

Loïs Openda (34'), Oussama Darfalou (37') and Oussama Tannane (63') scored for Vitesse.

Frank Wormuth's Heracles Almelo have managed to score 7 times over their prior 6 outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in that time stands at 10.

Going into this contest, Heracles Almelo have not been beaten in their last 5 home league matches.

RKC Waalwijk

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Since a losing effort in their last game against FC Utrecht in Eredivisie action, RKC Waalwijk will be aiming to make amends here.

The only name on the scoresheet from RKC Waalwijk was Vitalie Damaşcan (59'). Mimoun Mahi (40'), Gyrano Kerk (74') and Sander van de Streek (85') scored for FC Utrecht.

Looking at their form, and RKC Waalwijk have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 13 goals in total. In defence, RKC could really do with shoring things up.

Looking at the pre-match facts, RKC Waalwijk:

• have not won against Heracles Almelo in away games against them for the last 6 league games. Not the best of away records.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 7 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 20/04/2013 shows that Heracles Almelo have won 5 of these & RKC Waalwijk 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 27 in total which averages out at 4.5 goals per match.

ℹ️ Team News: Heracles Almelo

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Heracles Almelo manager Frank Wormuth to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Navajo Bakboord (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) misses out.

📋 Team News: RKC Waalwijk

In an otherwise available group, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the RKC Waalwijk manager Fred Grim to contend with. Richard van der Venne (Back trouble) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that RKC Waalwijk will likely create enough chances to get a goal against this Heracles Almelo lineup, but that possibly won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Heracles Almelo when the full-time whistle blows. Looking forward to this.

Lucas Pereira, 23:31 13/10/2020