Aiming to avoid a fourth consecutive league defeat, Cambuur make the journey to the Mandemakers Stadion to face off against RKC Waalwijk on Sunday.
On the other hand, the home side are looking to pick up back to back victories in the Eredivisie for the first time this term.
Match preview
RKC Waalwijk recorded their first victory since the opening weekend courtesy of a 1-0 win over Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday.
Michiel Kramer broke the deadlock in the penultimate minute of regulation time to hand Joseph Oosting's men a much-needed three points.
Having amassed five of the last nine points available, RKC have now moved up to 13th place on the log and things are beginning to look up.
Awaiting them next is the visit of a Cambuur side who have not lost any of the last nine meetings between the teams dating back to 2013.
Sunday's hosts, who have recorded both of their league wins this term on home turf, will be poised to claim all three points in front of their fans once again.
Cambuur suffered a third straight defeat following a 3-2 loss to Feyenoord at the Cambuur-Stadion on Sunday.
David Sambissa's brace was cancelled out by goals from Fredrik Aursnes and Bryan Linssen, before Tyrell Malacia settled the game three minutes shy of the hour mark.
Despite picking up one none of the last nine points, the Yellow-Blues are two points and one place ahead of their next opponents ahead of this weekend's clash.
Sunday's visitors eased past Ajax amateurs on Thursday in a comfortable 5-0 KNVB-Beker triumph but will be going up against sterner opposition this time around.
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Team News
Portuguese goalkeeper Joel Pereira is unavailable due to a hernia problem, while David Min continues to nurse a knee injury.
Richard van der Venne was hauled off with an ankle injury earlier in the month and has not featured since then.
Michael Breij has sat out the visitors' last two games through illness, and the 24-year-old is not expected to be back in time for this weekend's clash.
With a two-goal haul, David Sambissa made the most of what was only his second starting appearance of the season, and the Gabonese is set to get the nod right from the off.
RKC Waalwijk possible starting lineup:
Vaessen; Touba, Meulensteen, Gaari, Buttner; Anita, Azhil, Bel Hassani; Odgaard, Bakari, Kramer
Cambuur possible starting lineup:
Stevens; Schmidt, Mac-Intosch, Schouten, Bangura; Hoedemakers, Jacobs, Sambissa, Maulun, Kallon; Boere
We say: RKC Waalwijk 1-1 Cambuur
Both sides have had inconsistent starts to the season and either could come out on top in this one. However, we are backing a share of the spoils with the teams settling for a point apiece in the end.
Top tip
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 Cambuur win with a probability of 46.57%. A win for RKC Waalwijk had a probability of 28.16% and a draw had a probability of 25.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Cambuur win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.28%) and 0-2 (8.11%). The likeliest RKC Waalwijk win was 1-0 (7.77%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Cambuur in this match.
