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Willem II

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Willem II will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 1-2 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Sparta Rotterdam.

The only name on the scoresheet from Willem II was Cisse Sandra (84'). Pelle Clement (48') and Camiel Neghli (89') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

It has been seldom in recent games that Willem II have shown defensive steel. In fact, Willem II have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 7 goals during that time.

Heading into this fixture, Willem II have not lost a league tie with RKC Waalwijk in their last 11 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.

RKC Waalwijk

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against AZ in Eredivisie action, RKC Waalwijk and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, RKC Waalwijk had 39% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, AZ had 22 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Ruben van Bommel (31', 36') and Mexx Meerdink (87') scored for AZ.

It is worth noting that RKC Waalwijk have been starved of goals over their previous six encounters, recording the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, RKC have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 16. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if the trend might be sustained in this game.

Their previous form shows that RKC Waalwijk:

• have not won against Willem II when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. Not the best of away records.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 26/10/2019 shows us that Willem II have won 4 of these games & RKC Waalwijk 1, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 for Tricolores and 7 for RKC. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Eredivisie match day 21 on 06/02/2022 when it finished Willem II 3-1 RKC Waalwijk.

On that occasion, Willem II had 49% possession and 6 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Thijs Oosting (8', 13') and Jizz Hornkamp (43').

RKC Waalwijk had 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Michiel Kramer (71') scored.

The referee was Bas Nijhuis.

ℹ️ Team News: Willem II

Dani Mathieu (Knock), Niels van Berkel (Knee surgery) and Erik Schouten (unknown injury) aren’t available for Willem II boss Peter Maes.

It seems likely that Tricolores could opt for a 5-3-2 system for this one featuring Thomas Didillon, Mickael Tirpan, Raffael Behounek, Tommy St. Jago, Nick Doodeman, R. T. Sigurgeirsson, Jesse Bosch, Amine Lachkar, Ringo Meerveld, Cisse Sandra and Kyan Vaesen.

📰 Team News: RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk manager Henk Fraser has to currently contend with reduced team options. Richard van der Venne (unknown injury), Luuk Wouters (unknown injury) and Nouri El Harmazi (Shoulder injury) can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that RKC Waalwijk seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Jeroen Houwen, Julian Lelieveld, Roshon van Eijma, Dario van den Buijs, Aaron Meijers, Godfried Roemeratoe, Yassin Oukili, Denilho Cleonise, Oskar Zawada, Chris Lokesa and Richonell Margaret.

💡 Prediction

In this game, RKC Waalwijk should get enough chances to breach the defence of this Willem II side, but that probably won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Willem II by the conclusion of the game. Should be a good one.

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

Peter Guest, 12:08 15/09/2024