In a weekend match on Sat Aug 27th, in week 4, Vitesse will play host to RKC Waalwijk in a clash of the Eredivisie. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. 18th placed Vitesse is fresh off their 0-4 loss against SC Heerenveen. Sydney van Hooijdonk scored the first goal for SC Heerenveen in the 5th minute, then A. Sarr added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vitesse couldn’t manage to score, and SC Heerenveen took the shutout win. Vitesse looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed RKC Waalwijk is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Feyenoord. Danilo struck first for Feyenoord in the 68th minute on a penalty, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, RKC Waalwijk couldn’t muster any offence and Feyenoord ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Lennerd Daneels and Michiel Kramer are the top scorers for RKC Waalwijk in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Vitesse’s top weapon lately has been Nikolai Frederiksen, who has three goals in the last five matches
Sondre Tronstad is unavailable to play for Thomas Letsch’s team, while Pelle Clement is unavailable to play for RKC Waalwijk.