Week 14 brings us a match on Nov 13th where NEC hosts RKC Waalwijk in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. NEC sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against SC Cambuur. Lasse Schöne struck first for NEC in the 44th minute on a feed from Magnus Elkjaer Mattsson, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, SC Cambuur couldn’t muster any offence and NEC ran away with the shutout win. NEC looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while in their last match, 9th placed RKC Waalwijk, recorded a 3-1 win against AZ Alkmaar. Jesper Karlsson struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 9th minute on a feed from Yukinari Sugawara, then in the 32nd minute, Julian Lelieveld sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Iliass Bel Hassani Finally they completed the comback in the 87th minute on a goal by Zakaria Bakkali to cap off a wild match. RKC Waalwijk is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season RKC Waalwijk won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Zakaria Bakkali has been the most prolific scorer on RKC Waalwijk in the last five matches with two goals. NEC’s top weapon lately has been Philippe Sandler, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.