RKC Waalwijk
- RKC Waalwijk sit 8th in the Eerste Divisie 2025/2026 with 44 points from 30 games.
- The hosts have won their last two games, beating 8640 2-0 at home and then recording a 3-0 away win at VVV-Venlo.
- The hosts have split their two previous home games, winning one and losing the other.
- Sander Duits has done a decent job at RKC since being appointed in July 2025, quickly implementing a 4-3-3 system where the team keeps the ball well but are pragmatic and defend compactly.
- Duits’s men are good on the break.
AZ Alkmaar Reserves
- AZ Alkmaar Reserves have had a miserable campaign and sit 18th in the Eerste Divisie 2025/2026 with 30 points from 30 matches.
- Peereboom’s men have won seven, drawn two and lost six of their 15 away games.
- The Reserves have conceded 27 goals in 15 away league games, suggesting they will be vulnerable to RKC’s quick-strike forwards.
RKC Waalwijk
Jesper Uneken leads the line with 10 goals in 28 league appearances in 2025/2026.
AZ Alkmaar Reserves
Bendeguz Kovacs has been in red-hot form for AZ Alkmaar Reserves with four goals in his last five appearances .
Betting Insights
- Peereboom’s Alkmaar side like to play a high-tempo, possession-first game, pressing hard when they lose it and playing quick vertical passes.
- This clash of styles should be interesting to watch with the hosts’ measured style likely to frustrate Jong AZ, while RKC’s forward players can run at them on the counter.
- The odds are in favour of RKC to win, 1.68.
- RKC have conceded 23 times in 15 home league fixtures, so expect a contest rather than a shutout.
Prediction
- We’re taking RKC to get all three points in a close game.
- Expect RKC to concede at least once.
