Week 15 brings us a match on Jan 7th where RKC Waalwijk hosts SC Heerenveen in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 10th placed RKC Waalwijk, recorded a 1-6 blowout loss against NEC. Dario Van Den Buijs scored the first goal for RKC Waalwijk in the 4th minute on a penalty, then Landry Dimata tied it up for NEC in the 38th minute on a penalty Finally they completed the comback victory in the 50th minute on a goal by Elkarouani to cap off a wild match. RKC Waalwijk is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while sC Heerenveen is fresh off their 2-1 win against SC Cambuur. Jamie Jacobs scored the first goal for SC Cambuur in the 10th minute, then A. Sarr tied it up for SC Heerenveen in the 36th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 82nd minute on a goal by Anas Tahiri. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season SC Heerenveen won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Sydney van Hooijdonk and A. Sarr have been the hottest scorers for SC Heerenveen in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Zakaria Bakkali has been the most prolific scorer on RKC Waalwijk in his last five matches with 2 goals.