RKC Waalwijk vs Almere City FC
Match details. Eerste Divisie, Regular Season - 13. Kick-off is Fri 30 Oct, 20:00 Lagos time. It is played at Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk.
What's at stake. RKC Waalwijk are 12th on 0 points after 0 games, level on points with FC Volendam, level on points with NAC Breda. A win would take them above FC Volendam. Almere City FC are 9th on 0 points after 0 games, level on points with MVV, level on points with FC OSS. A win would take them above MVV.
Form. RKC Waalwijk have won three, drawn five and lost two of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D D D L D. Almere City FC have won six, drawn none and lost four of their last ten, 1.8 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L W W.
The numbers. RKC Waalwijk score 2.8 and concede 1.4 a game in their last five at home, with no clean sheets. RKC Waalwijk average 15.1 shots (4.6 on target), 5.2 corners and 1.5 cards a game, with 50% of the ball. Almere City FC score 2.6 and concede 1.2 a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets. Almere City FC average 16.5 shots (6.0 on target), 4.6 corners and 0.9 cards a game, with 46% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last seven meetings RKC Waalwijk have won three, drawn two and lost two. Two of the seven went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. In the last four, RKC Waalwijk won three and one was drawn. The last time they met, on 17 Mar 2026, it finished RKC Waalwijk 2-2 Almere City FC: RKC Waalwijk had 10 shots to 6, 52% of the ball, five yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. Almere City FC are the form side, but the meetings favour RKC Waalwijk: in the last seven meetings, RKC Waalwijk won three, Almere City FC won two and two were drawn. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 54%; five of the last seven meetings went under 2.5, and the meetings settle it.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 54%.
The read. No side to back. A tight game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Five of the last seven meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Almere City FC or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Almere City FC or Draw (1UP) (no result call). Predicted score: RKC Waalwijk 1-1 Almere City FC (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).