RKC Waalwijk - Almere City predictions

RKC Waalwijk are easily the favourites in the match this Thursday, but we wouldn’t call a Home Win bet at the odds of 2.26 safe, exactly. They are more likely to win than not, but Almere City may have a few tricks up their sleeve yet.

Out of their home field and heading into this match as underdogs, Almere City would need to play their best to have a hope of winning. That said, even a draw would be a positive outcome, and all three results are quite possible.

RKC Waalwijk’s showdown against SC Heerenveen in the last round ended in a 1:1 stalemate. The teams spent the whole game neck-to-neck with neither side managing to gain the upper hand.

A stalemate at the halftime break became a disappointing 1:1 draw in the end for Almere City last time out. It was a match versus FC Volendam they were widely expected to win. After all, even the bookies had them at 1.42 betting odds to do so.

Almere City seem to have issues when it comes to scoring that deciding goal. All 4 of their previous games ended in a draw.

Surprisingly enough, the hosts already lost to Almere City once this season. This came as a bit of an upset, to say the least, considering they are widely believed to be the stronger team.

The visitors have to contend with several injuries. Stijn Keller, Danny Post, Faiz Mattoir, Yann Kitala are the players that will be missing, which makes the Almere City lineup somewhat weaker than usual. This is made far worse because they were considered undergods going in either way.

Our advice is to go for an Under 2.5 Goals market, though it was likely not your first instinct. While the probability is rather low compared to what you’re used to from Under 2.5 bets, it compares favourably to the 2.08 odds offered by 888Sport.