RKC Waalwijk vs FC Utrecht Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

RKC Waalwijk

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RKC Waalwijk won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 3-2 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against AZ.

In that match, RKC Waalwijk managed 29% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for RKC Waalwijk was David Min (3', 42'). On the other side, AZ got 21 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Yukinari Sugawara (66'), Ibrahim Sadiq (75') and Vangelis Pavlidis (77') scored for AZ.

RKC Waalwijk have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, RKC Waalwijk have conceded in 5 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Leading up to this clash, RKC Waalwijk:

• haven't won against FC Utrecht in their previous 7 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

FC Utrecht

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FC Utrecht will go into the game after a 2-1 Eredivisie win to beat Go Ahead Eagles in their last fixture.

In that game, FC Utrecht had 50% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For FC Utrecht, goals were scored by Sam Lammers (4') and Can Bozdoğan (93'). For their opponents, Go Ahead Eagles had 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Gerrit Nauber (42') scored for Go Ahead Eagles.

The stats tell the story, and FC Utrecht have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. In defence, FC Utrecht have seen their frailties exposed. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

A look at their previous results shows us that FC Utrecht:

• have not beaten RKC Waalwijk in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• remain undefeated by RKC Waalwijk in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 18/09/2021 shows that RKC Waalwijk have won 0 of these games and FC Utrecht 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 4.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from RKC and 11 coming from Utreg. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 23 on 16/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of FC Utrecht 1-1 RKC Waalwijk.

The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük.

📋 Team News: RKC Waalwijk

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the RKC Waalwijk boss Henk Fraser to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Nouri El Harmazi (Shoulder injury) is out of contention.

In all likelihood, RKC Waalwijk may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Etienne Vaessen, Juriën Gaari, Shawn Adewoye, Dario Van Den Buijs, Thierry Lutonda, Yassin Oukili, Godfried Roemeratoe, Chris Lokesa, Reuven Niemeijer, Mats Seuntjens and David Min.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Utrecht

FC Utrecht manager Ron Jans has a number of players out of action. Jeppe Okkels (Knee injury), Mike van der Hoorn (unknown injury), Taylor Booth (Knee injury), Marouan Azarkan (Muscle injury), Tim Handwerker (Cruciate ligament tear) and Niklas Vesterlund (unknown injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

It’s our belief that Utreg could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Vasilios Barkas, Marc van de Maarel, Ryan Flamingo, Nick Viergever, Souffian El Karouani, Zidane Iqbal, Oscar Fraulo, Jens Toornstra, Victor Jensen, Isac Lidberg and Sam Lammers.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that RKC Waalwijk may not find it easy to hit the back of the net against this FC Utrecht outfit who should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore anticipating a good tussle with a 0-1 winning margin for FC Utrecht at the end of the 90 minutes.

Should be an interesting one.

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Peter Guest, 11:11 24/04/2024