NEC vs RKC Waalwijk Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

NEC

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NEC will be hoping for a better result following the 2-0 Eredivisie losing effort in their last game against Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, NEC managed 55% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The scorer for NEC was Robin Roefs (33' Own goal). At the other end, Sparta Rotterdam got 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (84') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

Rogier Meijer's NEC have managed to score a sum total of 6 times in their past 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 10.

Going into this one, NEC have not won at home in their last 4 league games. Fans are getting restless.

RKC Waalwijk

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In their previous fixture, RKC Waalwijk drew 0-0 in the Eredivisie tie with Heracles Almelo.

In that match, RKC Waalwijk had 48% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Heracles Almelo got 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

The attacking players from RKC Waalwijk have failed to get amongst the goals over their last six encounters, netting the disappointing return of just 3. In those fixtures, RKC have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 11. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see if that pattern might continue on here in this match.

Looking at their past form shows that RKC Waalwijk:

• haven't won against NEC when they've played them away from home in the last 7 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes dating back to 19/02/2022 shows that NEC have won 4 of these & RKC Waalwijk 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 16 of them from NEC and 5 netted by RKC. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The previous league clash between the two was Eredivisie match day 12 on 09/11/2024 which ended up with the score at RKC Waalwijk 0-3 NEC.

On that occasion, RKC Waalwijk had 40% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

For their opponents, NEC had 20 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Koki Ogawa (68'), Sami Ouaissa (74') and Iván Márquez (90') scored.

The match was refereed by Erwin Blank.

📋 Team News: NEC

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just a single fitness concern for the NEC boss Rogier Meijer to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Başar Önal (unknown injury) won’t play.

📋 Team News: RKC Waalwijk

Thanks to a mainly healthy group of players, there’s only the one fitness problem for the RKC Waalwijk manager Henk Fraser to be concerned with. Yanick van Osch (unknown injury) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that NEC look likely to get a couple of goals in this one when they meet RKC Waalwijk, who won’t find it easy finding the net themselves.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 2-0 winning margin for NEC at full-time.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds on the win-draw-win market, backing NEC can be had for 1.7, a bet on a draw is 4 & taking a punt on the winner to be RKC Waalwijk gets you 4.5. Those are the best market prices offered at this very moment.

Peter Guest, 18:05 07/04/2025