📏 Form Guide

FC Volendam

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FC Volendam go into this game after a 0-0 Eredivisie tied result vs Feyenoord.

In that match, FC Volendam managed 23% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Feyenoord got 23 shots on goal with 10 on target.

It has been all too rare in recent times that FC Volendam have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that FC Volendam have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 15 goals during that time. We shall soon see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, FC Volendam:

• have not beaten RKC Waalwijk in their last 2 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 9 league games. No joy for the home fans.

RKC Waalwijk

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Previously, RKC Waalwijk drew 0-0 in the Eredivisie match with Almere City.

In that match, RKC Waalwijk had 54% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Almere City got 9 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

The stats don’t lie, and RKC Waalwijk have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 5 goals overall. At the back, RKC Waalwijk could really do with shoring things up.

Their past results show that RKC Waalwijk:

• have not registered a win against FC Volendam in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes dating back to 13/04/2018 shows that FC Volendam have won 2 of these and RKC Waalwijk 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 from Het Andere Oranje and 11 for RKC. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league game featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 13 on 21/10/2023 when the final score was RKC Waalwijk 2-1 FC Volendam.

The referee was Edwin van de Graaf.

📰 Team News: FC Volendam

Diego Gustavo (unknown injury), Xavier Mbuyamba (unknown injury), Luke Le Roux (unknown injury), Joey Antonioli (unknown injury) and Calvin Twigt (unknown injury) won’t be available for FC Volendam boss Regillio Simons.

It looks as if Het Andere Oranje could employ a 4-2-3-1 system this time with Mio Backhaus, Oskar Buur, Benaissa Benamar, Josh Flint, Brian Plat, Damon Mirani, George Cox, Zach Booth, Robin Maulun, Garang Kuol and Robert Muehren.

📰 Team News: RKC Waalwijk

We believe RKC Waalwijk could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Etienne Vaessen, Julian Lelieveld, Jurien Gaari, Dario van den Buijs, Aaron Meijers, Godfried Roemeratoe, Yassin Oukili, Richonell Margaret, Mats Seuntjens, David Min and Michiel Kramer.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that FC Volendam will have their work cut out to register a score against this RKC Waalwijk side who we reckon will get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

That’s why we have predicted a highly competitive game with a 0-1 win for RKC Waalwijk at the end of this game.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 14:01 07/04/2024