Jong Utrecht won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-1 Eerste Divisie losing effort in their last game against Willem II.

In that game, Jong Utrecht managed 49% possession and 14 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The only player to score for Jong Utrecht was Noa Dundas (70′). For their opponents, Willem II had 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Devin Haen (29′) and Thomas Verheydt (92′) scored for Willem II.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Jong Utrecht have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Jong Utrecht have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals in the process. We will just have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Leading up to this clash, Jong Utrecht:

• have not won against RKC Waalwijk in their previous 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

RKC Waalwijk will go into the encounter after a 2-0 Eerste Divisie win with the downing of Almere City in their last match.

In that game, RKC Waalwijk managed 41% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. For RKC Waalwijk, goals were scored by Daouda Weidmann (19′) and Roy Kuijpers (49′). For their opponents, Almere City got 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

Looking at their form, and RKC Waalwijk have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in total. At the back, RKC Waalwijk have some weaknesses to address.

 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings going back to 22/08/2016 shows that Jong Utrecht have won 2 of these games & RKC Waalwijk 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 26 overall at an average of 4.33 goals per match.

The last league encounter between the two was Eerste Divisie match day 22 on 28/01/2019 when it finished Jong Utrecht 1-2 RKC Waalwijk.

The match was refereed by Luca Cantineau.

 Team News: RKC Waalwijk

Out of a mainly healthy group, there is just the lone fitness problem for the RKC Waalwijk manager Sander Duits to be concerned about. Tim van de Loo (Knee injury) won’t be in action.

 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Jong Utrecht should be able to put one past this RKC Waalwijk lineup, although one goal may not quite be enough.

We therefore reckon that it will be a narrow 1-2 win for RKC Waalwijk after the 90. It really should be an interesting one.

Bayer Leverkusen will return from the international break seeking a first win of the Bundesliga season as they host Eintracht Frankfurt. A poor start has the home team in 12th spot going into this game, while Frankfurt are second. We have a prediction for this match below.

Leverkusen have a new manager, Kasper Hjulmand, following the sacking of Erik ten Hag after just two games in charge. It has been a crazy summer for Leverkusen, who went to the FIFA break off a 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen.

Leverkusen’s form against Frankfurt will offer something to look forward to. The former champions are on a run of five straight wins against their visitors. In four of those five meetings, Leverkusen scored at least three goals.

Frankfurt are enjoying a flying start to the season, posting six points from a possible six. Their 2025/26 campaign started off with a 5-0 win at Engers in the DFB Pokal.

It means they’ve scored at least three goals in their three matches so far. Focusing on the Bundesliga, Frankfurt are up there, joint with Bayern Munich and Koln, as the only sides with perfect records.

The visitors’ only concern is in defence, having conceded in both league matches. Before the international break, they allowed a late goal in a 3-1 win at Hoffenheim, having beaten Werder to start off the league season.