Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Heerenveen
Match Time & Date:
21/08/2021
18:45
Prediction: 1-1
Waalwijk
Heerenveen will look to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over G.A. Eagles when they take on RKC Waalwijk on day 2 of the new Eredivisie campaign. Johnny Jansen’s troops aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, but this game will be anything but a walk in the park for the hosts. Poland defender Pawel Bochniewicz has been struggling with injury of late, and he is unlikely to feature in Saturday’s clash.
RKC, on the other hand, did well to beat AZ Alkmaar in the opening match of the season. The Yellow-Blues are high on confidence ahead of the trip to Heerenveen, and we are positive that they are going to grab something from the Abe Lenstra Stadion clash. Summer signing Michiel Kramer, who scored the winner against AZ, is widely expected to lead the line for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Erwin Mulder):
Erwin Mulder is an experienced Dutch footballer who plays for Heerenveen as a goalkeeper. Mulder spent his youth career at R.K.P.S.C, Vitesse Arnhem, and Feyenoord, and he continued playing for the Rotterdam club at senior level.
After making 120 appearances in the Eredivisie with Feyenoord, the 193-cm-tall shot-stopper signed for Heerenveen as a free agent in the summer of 2015. It has to be noted, though, that Erwin Mulder was loaned to Excelsior during his spell with Feyenoord. His next stop was Swansea City where he made 29 league appearances before returning to Heerenveen in 2020.
Erwin Mulder was born in Pannerden on March 3, 1989, and he has three caps with the Netherlands U20 team. He has yet to earn a call-up with the Oranje senior team. The Heerenveen goalkeeper was named in the Netherlands Euro 2012 provisional squad, but after the training with the national team, he failed to make the cut.
Highlighted Team (Waalwijk):
RKC Waalwijk is a Dutch club that competes in the Eredivisie. RKC returned to the Dutch top flight in the 2019/20 season, and they were more than fortunate not to suffer relegation back to Eerste Divisie. Fred Grim’s men were stuck at the bottom of the table when the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As a result, they did not drop to the Dutch second tier. RKC play home games at Mandemakers Stadion, the venue which can hold only 7,500 spectators. RKC Waalwijk are well known for their yellow shirts with blue strips, but their away kit is mainly black. The Mandemakers Stadion outfit have never won the national championship.
RKC, though, represented the Netherlands in European competitions in the past, with team taking part in Intertoto Cup on four occasions. Willem II are seen as one of the club’s main rivals, with the two teams facing each other in the Brabantse derby.
