Excelsior vs RKC Waalwijk Betting Tips & Match Predictions

Excelsior vs RKC Waalwijk Intro

Excelsior and RKC Waalwijk find themselves in huge trouble at the foot of the Eredivisie table. The two are amongst the worst performing teams in the league so far and games are running out fast. If either could get the three points here, it could prove pivotal come the season end. They meet at Van Donge and De Roo Stadion on Saturday Octber 13th at 7:00 PM. Eredivisie enters matchweek 26 with Marinus Dijkhuizen’s hosts in the last position and 21 points. The away side have taken 21 points so far and take up the 16th place with Henk Fraser at the helm. It’s very close in the Eredivisie table between Excelsior and RKC Waalwijk. There’s only one place between the sides, earning the same amount of points so far.

Excelsior vs RKC Waalwijk Form

It has been a season to forget so far for Excelsior. The defeat to AZ Alkmaar meant that they are still without a win – or even a draw – in five games. In the meantime, RKC Waalwijk have just beaten Vitesse to make it 6 points from a possible 15. Excelsior have had mixed results at home recently, winning 5 points in their last five matches at their Van Donge and De Roo Stadion. RKC Waalwijk have only managed to take 1 points from their five games on the road.

Excelsior vs RKC Waalwijk H2H

The visitors for this upcoming match RKC Waalwijk have dominated the 18 meetings between the two clubs, winning a total of 7 matches to the hosts Excelsior total of 4 victories. The teams have drawn 7 times. There have not been that many fixtures between these two in the past, but RKC Waalwijk has a slight advantage recently, winning one more than Excelsior in the last six meetings.

Excelsior vs RKC Waalwijk Analysis

Excelsior’s last match suffer a defeat. AZ Alkmaar was their last opponnent. When the referee blew fulltime, the score was 0-4. With that game now a memory, Marinus Dijkhuizen’s men will narrow their focus to this week’s challenge : RKC Waalwijk in Eredivisie. Against AZ Alkmaar, Excelsior claimed 42% of the ball. Looking at shots on goal, Excelsior, in its previous game, shot 4 times on target and in the same game, Marinus Dijkhuizen’s men gave up 17 shots. Meanwhile, RKC Waalwijk won its previous game. Henk Fraser’s men were facing Vitesse. The game ended with a score of 3-1. During their latest meetup with Vitesse, RKC Waalwijk took 43% possession. Often punters look to shots on goal as a true guide of how a team performed. For RKC Waalwijk, a total of 17 shots were taken in attack with 20 shots conceded in the last game.

Excelsior vs RKC Waalwijk Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Excelsior and RKC Waalwijk we see that the bookmakers have Excelsior as favourites to get the win.