Week 17 features a match on Sun Dec 19th, where RKC Waalwijk hosts PSV in a Eredivisie match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. RKC Waalwijk is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Harkemase Boys. Yassin Oukili struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 41st minute, then Finn Stokkers added another in the 43rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Harkemase Boys couldn’t manage to score, and RKC Waalwijk took the shutout win. RKC Waalwijk is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while pSV sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Fortuna Sittard. Ritsu Doan struck first for PSV in the 28th minute, then Ritsu Doan added another in the 62nd minute on a feed from Vertessen In the end, Fortuna Sittard was frustrated by PSV’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. PSV ended the match with the shutout victory. PSV is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season PSV won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
PSV’s most prolific scorer has been Ritsu Doan. The Japaneese midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. RKC Waalwijk is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jens Odgaard and Finn Stokkers each having 2 goals in their last five
RKC Waalwijk will be without Richard van der Venne, Alexander Büttner and David Min, while Cody Gakpo, Philipp Max, Ryan Thomas, Noni Madueke, Jordan Teze, Ledezma, Eran Zahavi and Maximiliano Romero are unavailable to play for PSV.