Waalwijk will head into the weekend with reinvigorated confidence after seeing off Vitesse in their last league outing and holding Feyenoord to a thrilling friendly draw.
While Utrecht have been inconsistent of late, they boast a significantly superior crop of players capable of coming away with the desired results. We expect the hosts to put up a fight, but we are backing Utrecht to claim maximum points in this one.
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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 FC Utrecht win with a probability of 57.11%. A draw had a probability of 22% and a win for RKC Waalwijk had a probability of 20.94%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Utrecht win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.44%) and 0-2 (9.13%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.25%), while for a RKC Waalwijk win it was 2-1 (5.57%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 10.3% likelihood.
