De Graafschap vs Waalwijk Prediction & Betting Tips

Waalwijk unbeaten, De Graafschap struggling

Waalwijk's last seven Eerste Divisie games have gone three wins and four draws, with no defeats at all. They've scored 18 goals in that spell against just 9 conceded, which is a really solid return.

De Graafschap: 20 completed matches; Waalwijk: 20 completed matches.

De Graafschap

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

55

Difference

-18

Waalwijk

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

55% 11 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

24

Difference

+7

De Graafschap's last seven have gone the other way entirely: one win, one draw and five losses, shipping 20 goals while scoring only 8. It's been a genuinely rough patch for them.

Waalwijk are clearly the team in form here, and by some distance.

Comparative Team Statistics: De Graafschap vs Waalwijk

Recent head-to-head has favoured Waalwijk

The two most recent meetings both went Waalwijk's way by big margins: a 4-2 win at De Graafschap back in January, and a 4-1 home win over them in November. Older meetings going back over a decade are far more mixed, but those are from a different era for both clubs and don't tell us much about the sides as they are now.

The freshest evidence between these two lines up with the current form gap.

A big gap in the table

Waalwijk sit 4th with 13 points from seven games. De Graafschap are down in 20th with just 4 points from the same number of matches. We're only seeing these two clubs in the table data, so we can't say for certain De Graafschap are bottom overall, but a 9-point gap after seven games says plenty about where each side is at.

Names worth knowing

J. Kania has been De Graafschap's main source of goals, with four in seven appearances, which stands out given how few his side have scored overall. For Waalwijk, the creative side has been shared, with Familia-Castillo and J. Nap both on three assists apiece.

De Graafschap:

Best scorers:

J. Kania - 4

Penalty cards:

T. Kok x 1 x 3

D. Warmerdam x 3

Waalwijk:

Best assist providers:

Juan Carlos Familia-Castillo - 3

J. Nap - 3

There's also a discipline note on De Graafschap's side: T. Kok has already picked up a red card and three yellows in just four matches, and D. Warmerdam has three yellows in seven. That's not proof of anything for this specific game, but it does fit the picture of a team that's had a difficult time getting matches under control.