NEC Nijmegen 2-1 RKC Waalwijk: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 11 April 2025

Result

NEC Nijmegen 2-1 RKC Waalwijk

Eredivisie · Friday 11 April 2025, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

NEC Nijmegen · RKC Waalwijk · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 2-1 RKC Waalwijk: match report

NEC Nijmegen beat RKC Waalwijk 2-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 11 April 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Kodai Sano opened the scoring in the 46th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Kodai Sano (46') and Bryan Linssen (90+2'). RKC Waalwijk scored through Michiel Kramer (79').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards; RKC Waalwijk received no yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 13th on 30 points from 28 and RKC Waalwijk 17th on 19 points from 28. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 8th with 44 points, and RKC Waalwijk 17th with 25.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 4-3-3 and RKC Waalwijk in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Calvin Verdonk of NEC Nijmegen (8.4), ahead of Mohamed Ihattaren (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 NEC Nijmegen wins, 2 draws and 3 for RKC Waalwijk.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Goal · Kodai SanoNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Sami OuaissaNEC Nijmegen
  • 79'Goal · Michiel KramerRKC Waalwijk · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Philippe SandlerNEC Nijmegen
  • 90+2'Goal · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 5, draws 2, RKC Waalwijk 3.

Team news

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NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Robin Roefs, Lefteris Lyratzis, Philippe Sandler, Bram Nuytinck, Calvin Verdonk, Sami Ouaissa, Dirk Proper, Kodai Sano, Sontje Hansen, Kento Shiogai, Thomas Ouwejan

RKC Waalwijk line-up (4-3-3)

Jeroen Houwen, Faissal Al Mazyani, Julian Lelieveld, Liam van Gelderen, Juan Familia-Castillo, Mohamed Ihattaren, Tim van de Loo, Yassin Oukili, Chris Lokesa, Michiel Kramer, Richonell Margaret