Ahead of the new season, RKC Waalwijk have signed two players on loan including Mika Biereth from Arsenal's U-21 side. Patrick Vroegh, Julian Lelieveld, Kevin Felida and Joey Kesting have all joined as free agents. Elsewhere the likes of Ahmed Touba, Melle Meulensteen, Alexander Büttner, Finn Stokkers and Richard van der Venne have departed the club. Head coach Joseph Oosting has no major concerns ahead of the opening weekend and could hand Lelieveld and Vroegh their RKC debuts. No fewer than seven players have joined Utrecht this summer. Among them are former Dutch internationals Bas Dost and Nick Viergever as free agents. Newly-appointed head coach Henk Fraser comes into this weekend's game missing centre-backs Tommy St. Jago and Ramon Hendriks through injury and they're joined in the physioroom by Bart Ramselaar.
RKC Waalwijk host Utrecht in an Eredivisie opening round fixture at Mandemakers Stadion on Saturday evening. Last time out, RKC Waalwijk and Utrecht played out a 1-1 draw. Quinten Timber put the visitors in front before Michiel Kramer registered a late equaliser. Of late, Utrecht have got the better of Waalwijk. They're unbeaten in their last four Eredivisie matches. RKC are looking for their first league win over Utrecht since March 2020. The aforementioned Kramer led the way for Waalwijk in last season's Eredivisie with 11 goals. As for Utrecht, their most productive players were Anastasios Douvikas and Bart Ramselaar both of whom scored nine goals each. Across their 17 home matches in the Eredivisie last term, Waalwijk picked up six wins, three draws while suffering eight losses. Utrecht, meanwhile, claimed four wins in their 18 road games. Elsewhere they drew five times while losing on nine occasions. 2:2
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