WAALWIJK. RKC Waalwijk and SC Heerenveen didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. SC Heerenveen was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Mandemakers Stadion stadium in Waalwijk on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf who had the assistance of Patrick Inia and Maarten Ketting. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 6 Total 18
- 2 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 11
- 2 Shots blocked 6
- 103 Attack 98
- 44 Dangerous attack 54
- 85 Ball safe 114
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 7
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
SC Heerenveen had a strong ball possession 60% while RKC Waalwijk was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SC Heerenveen was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough SC Heerenveen to win the encounter.
RKC Waalwijk shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, SC Heerenveen shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
RKC Waalwijk received 1 yellow card (Shawn Adewoye). On the other side, SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (Thom Haye).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, RKC Waalwijk will have 18 points like Go Ahead Eagles to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, SC Heerenveen will have 24 points like FC Utrecht to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, RKC Waalwijk will host FC Emmen on the 28th of January with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of FC Emmen (4 draws).
SC Heerenveen will host AZ on the 14th of January with a 22-12 head to head in favor of AZ (6 draws).
RKC Waalwijk – Formation
RKC Waalwijk
69'
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RKC Waalwijk started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Joseph Oosting decided to play with the following team: Etienne Vaessen , Julian Lelieveld , Shawn Adewoye , Dario Van Den Buijs , Lars Nieuwpoort , Thierry Lutonda , Yassin Oukili , Vurnon Anita , Pelle Clement , Mika Biereth and Mats Seuntjens .
The home team had on the bench: Roy Kuijpers, Sebbe Augustijns, Chris Lokesa, Florian Jozefzoon, Zakaria Bakkali , Hans Mulder, Luuk Wouters, Saïd Bakari , Kevin Felida, Mark Spenkelink and Joel Pereira.
Substitutions
RKC Waalwijk made 6 changes: Julian Lelieveld for Saïd Bakari (69′), Mika Biereth for Zakaria Bakkali (70′), Mats Seuntjens for Sebbe Augustijns (79′), Yassin Oukili for Kevin Felida (87′), Pelle Clement for Roy Kuijpers (87′) and Pelle Clement for Joost van Aken (88′).
Best player: Etienne Vaessen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for RKC Waalwijk was the goalkeeper: Etienne Vaessen. His rating is 9.15. He performed 9 saves.
SC Heerenveen – Formation
SC Heerenveen
SC Heerenveen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Kees van Wonderen played with: Andries Noppert , Milan van Ewijk , Sven van Beek , Paweł Bochniewicz , Mats Köhlert , Thom Haye , Anas Tahiri , Simon Olsson , Rami Al Hajj , Amin Sarr and Sydney van Hooijdonk .
These were the players on the bench: Joost van Aken, Hussein Ali, Alex Timossi Andersson, Tibor Halilović, Jan Bekkema, Syb van Ottele, Xavier Mous, Rami Kaib, Pelle van Amersfoort , Timo Zaal and Antoine Colassin.
Substitutions
SC Heerenveen made 3 changes: Rami Al Hajj for Pelle van Amersfoort (70′), Simon Olsson for Tibor Halilovic (88′) and Sydney van Hooijdonk for Antoine Colassin (88′).
Best player: Sven van Beek
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Heerenveen was Sven van Beek.
His rating is with 71 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- PSV – Sparta Rotterdam – 0-0
- Fortuna Sittard – Go Ahead Eagles – 0-2
- AZ – Vitesse – 1-1
- RKC Waalwijk – SC Heerenveen – 0-0
