WAALWIJK. Feyenoord had a surprising win over RKC Waalwijk with a 2-0 win with a goal from O. Kokcu (45′) and a goal from J. Hendrix (89′). Feyenoord was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Mandemakers Stadion stadium in Waalwijk on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Jeroen Manschot who was helped by Charl Schaap and Marco Ribbink. The 4th official was Jesse Rozendal. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Feyenoord was in firm control of the ball 62% while RKC Waalwijk was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

RKC Waalwijk was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Feyenoord managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

RKC Waalwijk shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Feyenoord shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this encounter, RKC Waalwijk will stay with 22 points like Go Ahead Eagles to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Feyenoord will have 48 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, RKC Waalwijk will play away against NEC on the 19th of February with a 14-7 head to head record in favor of NEC (2 draws).

Feyenoord will host SC Cambuur on the 20th of February with a 8-0 head to head record in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).

RKC Waalwijk – Formation

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 (6.4), Jurien Gaari (7.4), Shawn Adewoye (6.8), Melle Meulensteen (6.8), Ahmed Touba (6.5), Luuk Wouters (6.1), Yassin Oukili (6.7), Vurnon Anita (6.2), Saïd Bakari (7.1), Jens Odgaard (7.1) and Michiel Kramer (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Finn Stokkers (7.0), Mark Spenkelink, Lennerd Daneels, Roy Kuijpers, Thierry Lutonda, Ayman Azhil (6.4), Dario Van Den Buijs, Richard van der Venne (6.2), Lars Nieuwpoort, Achraf El Bouchataoui, Iliass Bel Hassani (6.1) and Issam El Maach.

Substitutions

RKC Waalwijk made 4 changes: S. Bakari for R. van der Venne (62′), M. Kramer for F. Stokkers (72′), Y. Oukili for I. Bel Hassani (81′) and V. Anita for A. Azhil (81′).

Best player: Jurien Gaari​

The most impressive player for RKC Waalwijk was Jurien Gaari.

His rating is (7.4) with 23 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Feyenoord – Formation

Feyenoord started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Arne Slot played with: Justin Bijlow (8.3), Lutsharel Geertruida (6.8), Gernot Trauner (7.7), Marcos Senesi (7.1), Tyrell Malacia (7.4), Fredrik Aursnes (7.5), Orkun Kökçü (8.7), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (6.8), Guus Til (7.1), Luis Sinisterra (6.8) and Bryan Linssen (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Thijs Jansen, Cyriel Dessers (6.6), Patrick Wålemark, Marcus Pedersen (6.2), Jorrit Hendrix (7.7), Ramon Hendriks, Ofir Marciano, Cole Bassett, Reiss Nelson and Jens Toornstra (6.8).

Feyenoord could not rely on the presence of M. Pedersen (injured).

Substitutions

Feyenoord made 4 changes: G. Til for J. Toornstra (67′), B. Linssen for C. Dessers (67′), L. Sinisterra for J. Hendrix (81′) and L. Geertruida for M. Pedersen (85′).

Best player: Orkun Kökçü​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Feyenoord was Orkun Kökçü.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 76 passes (86% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• Go Ahead Eagles – AZ – 1-4
• RKC Waalwijk – Feyenoord – 0-2
• SC Heerenveen – NEC – 0-1
• Ajax – FC Twente – 5-0
• Sparta Rotterdam – Willem II – 1-0