RKC Waalwijk recovers a 0-1 deficit to overcome Vitesse 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

ARNHEM. RKC Waalwijk found a way to reverse the scoreline against Vitesse to win 2-1.

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RKC Waalwijk recovers a 0-1 deficit to overcome Vitesse 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

ARNHEM. RKC Waalwijk was able to reverse the scoreline against Vitesse to win 2-1. It was Vitesse to strike first with an early goal of L. Openda at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 15′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Buttner gave the win to RKC Waalwijk in the 51′ minute. Vitesse was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the GelreDome stadium in Arnhem on Sunday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Joey Kooij assisted by Freek Vandeursen and Mark Janssen. The 4th official was Sam Dröge. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Vitesse

1 - 2

Team 1

RKC Waalwijk

  • ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
  • 23 Total 9
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 20 Off Target 4
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 130 Attack 74
  • 59 Dangerous attack 39
  • 131 Ball safe 91
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Vitesse had a strong ball possession 62% while RKC Waalwijk was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vitesse had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, RKC Waalwijk succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Vitesse shot 23 times, 3 on target, 20 off target. On the opposite side, RKC Waalwijk shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Vitesse received 1 yellow card (M. Wittek). Regarding the opposition, RKC Waalwijk received 1 yellow card (J. Odgaard).

Match Timeline

6'
Melle Meulensteen(goal)
15'
51'
59'
Thomas Buitink- sub ->Y. Gboho
61'
E. Cornelisse- sub ->D. Oroz
61'
61'
68'
74'
79'
Y. Oukili- sub ->F. Stokkers
88'
88'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ajax
83
34
PSV
81
34
Feyenoord
71
34
FC Twente
68
34
AZ
61
34
Vitesse
51
34
FC Utrecht
47
34
SC Heerenveen
41
34
SC Cambuur
39
34
RKC Waalwijk
38
34
NEC
38
34
FC Groningen
36
34
Go Ahead Eagles
36
34
Sparta Rotterdam
35
34
Fortuna Sittard
35
34
Heracles Almelo
34
34
Willem II
33
34
PEC Zwolle
27
34

After playing this contest, Vitesse will stay with 41 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, RKC Waalwijk will have 27 points like Heracles Almelo to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Vitesse will play away with AZ on the 2nd of April with a 17-8 head to head statistic in favor of AZ (9 draws).

RKC Waalwijk will host FC Utrecht on the 2nd of April with a 12-4 head to head statistic in favor of FC Utrecht (2 draws).

Vitesse – Formation

Vitesse
G
Jeroen Houwen 24.Netherlands
6.4
D
Eli Dasa  2.Israel
6.9
D
Maximilian Wittek 32.Germany
7.4
74'
D
Danilho Doekhi 3.Netherlands
7.4
D
Dominik Oroz 16.Croatia
6.4
61'
M
Riechedly Bazoer 10.Netherlands
7.3
M
S. Tronstad 8.Norway
7.6
M
Toni Domgjoni 22.Kosovo
6.8
61'
M
Yann Gboho 20.France
6.6
61'
F
Loïs Openda 7.Belgium
7.8
Goals6'
F
Nikolai Baden Frederiksen 11.Denmark
6.6
Substitutes
G
Daan Reiziger 33.Netherlands
G
Markus Schubert 1.Germany
D
M. Manhoef 42.Netherlands
D
Romaric Yapi 27.France
D
E. Cornelisse 39.Netherlands
7.1
61'
M
Patrick Vroegh 36.Netherlands
M
Daan Huisman 40.Netherlands
F
Thomas Buitink 29.Netherlands
6.8
61'
F
Adrian Grbic 9.Austria
7.1
61'

Vitesse started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

The manager Thomas Letsch decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Vitesse made 3 changes: Y. Gboho for T. Buitink (61′), D. Oroz for E. Cornelisse (61′) and T. Domgjoni for A. Grbic (61′).

RKC Waalwijk – Formation

RKC Waalwijk
G
Etienne Vaessen 1.Netherlands
6.6
D
Ahmed Touba 59.Algeria
7.3
D
Melle Meulensteen 3.Netherlands
7.4
Goals15'
D
Shawn Adewoye 4.Belgium
7.4
M
Alexander Büttner 28.Netherlands
7.4
88' Goals51'
M
V. Anita 6.Netherlands
6.8
M
Saïd Bakari 22.Comoros
6.6
M
Ayman Azhil 8.Morocco
6.5
88'
F
Michiel Kramer  29.Netherlands
6.4
68'
F
Finn Stokkers 9.Netherlands
6.8
79'
F
Jens Odgaard 7.Denmark
6.4
90'
Substitutes
G
Joel Pereira 21.Portugal
G
Issam El Maach 31.Morocco
D
Hans Mulder 12.Netherlands
6.6
88'
D
Lars Nieuwpoort 15.Netherlands
D
Dario Van den Buijs 24.Belgium
D
Luuk Wouters 34.Netherlands
6.4
88'
D
Thierry Lutonda 5.Belgium
M
Richard van der Venne 10.Netherlands
6.7
68'
M
Y. Oukili 33.Morocco
6.4
79'
M
Achraf El Bouchataoui 14.Netherlands
F
Lennerd Daneels 20.Belgium
F
Roy Kuijpers 17.Netherlands

RKC Waalwijk started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Joseph Oosting played with: .

Substitutions

RKC Waalwijk made 4 changes: M. Kramer for R. van der Venne (68′), F. Stokkers for Y. Oukili (79′), A. Azhil for H. Mulder (88′) and A. Buttner for L. Wouters (88′).

Results of the day

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