Waalwijk are fighting tooth and nail to remain in the Eredivisie, whereas Heerenveen have less obvious matters to play for.
As such, we can envisage the hosts avoiding defeat at least on Saturday, but the visitors have plenty of firepower and will fancy their chances of scoring some goals.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Heerenveen win with a probability of 42.73%. A win for RKC Waalwijk had a probability of 33.64% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Heerenveen win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.35%) and 0-2 (6.12%). The likeliest RKC Waalwijk win was 2-1 (7.78%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.69%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a draw in this match.