Willem II sunk by 6 as losing run reaches 5

Willem II lost again. The 1-6 defeat to Cambuur at home on Saturday 24 October was their fifth consecutive loss in the Eredivisie, and it leaves them rooted to 18th with 2 points from 10 games.

The shape of the season is grim and simple. No wins. 2 draws. 8 defeats. 10 goals scored, 32 conceded, a goal difference of -22. The home record reads 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses; away it is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. The form column says LLLLL, and the current run stands at 5L.

Conceding 6 in a single match at home is the sort of scoreline that does not need explaining. It is the eighth defeat of the campaign, and it arrived on matchday 10 in front of their own supporters.

Now look at what comes next. On Saturday 31 October, Willem II travel to PSV for matchday 11. The hosts sit in the top three of the Eredivisie table with 20 points and a goal difference of +15. A team with 2 points and a goal difference of -22 going to that ground is not a fair fight on paper.

Where else can this go? Willem II have taken two points from a possible 10-match stretch that is now ten games long, and the gap to safety already looks like a problem of arithmetic rather than form. At the top, Feyenoord lead on 24 points, with Ajax on 21 and PSV on 20. That is the division Willem II are trying to survive in.

Ten matches, no wins, 32 goals against. The table does not lie, and it does not soften anything either.