In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 15th, in week 19, RKC Waalwijk will travel to Deventer to battle Go Ahead Eagles in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Go Ahead Eagles sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against PSV. Phillipp Mwene struck first for PSV in the 9th minute on a feed from Érick Gutiérrez, then Cody Gakpo added another in the 78th minute on a feed from Maximiliano Romero In the end, Go Ahead Eagles couldn’t muster any offence and PSV ran away with the shutout win. Go Ahead Eagles is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed RKC Waalwijk is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sparta Rotterdam. Jens Odgaard struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 27th minute, but Vito van Crooy got the equalizer for Sparta Rotterdam in the 39th minute earning Sparta Rotterdam at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Oct 2nd, RKC Waalwijk hosted Go Ahead Eagles in their last match together. RKC Waalwijk and Go Ahead Eagles battled to a 1-1 draw in front of just over six thousand. Íñigo Córdoba scored the first goal for Go Ahead Eagles in the 15th minute, but Alexander Büttner got the equalizer for RKC Waalwijk in the 60th minute earning RKC Waalwijk a comeback draw.
Jens Odgaard has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for RKC Waalwijk. Go Ahead Eagles’s most prolific scorer has been Isac Lidberg. The Swedish attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Sam Crowther is unavailable to play for Go Ahead Eagles, while RKC Waalwijk will be without Richard van der Venne, Augustijns and David Min.