With the volatile opening match out of the way it’s time for the second Derde Divisie: Zondag duel of the season. Meerssen are ready to confront Sportlust '46 in front of their stadium regulars.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Meerssen form and stats
In the previous season, Meerssen's league statistics were 21 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, results that produced 1st spot in the Hoofdklasse - Zondag. During these 30 matches they scored {61 goals} and gave away 26. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Meerssen produced 11-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with {36 goals} and 12 conceded.
The followers are hoping that Meerssen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against UNA (placed 3rd).
Before that one, a nice away victory at Avanti '31. A KNVB Beker match.
Sportlust '46 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sportlust '46 performed last season in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 1 and lost 7 with 26/28 goals scored/conceded.
Sportlust '46's last game was the home draw against SteDoCo (2-2).
Before that, the KNVB Beker victory away at Purmersteijn.
Head 2 Head
Meerssen missing players
Sportlust '46 missing players
| Meerssen | Sportlust '46 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meerssen | Last season | Sportlust '46 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 61 | 36 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 28 | 50 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 68% | ||
| 43% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 47% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.6 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 100% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HSV Hoek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Blauw Geel '38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | UNA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Groene Ster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Gemert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Baronie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | OJC Rosmalen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | AWC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | SteDoCo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sportlust '46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | GVV Unitas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | TOGB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Barendrecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kloetinge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Meerssen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | OSS '20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | TEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | HV & CV Quick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Meerssen | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Kampong | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 29 | 54 |
| 3 | Juliana '31 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Hoogland | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 48 |
| 5 | LONGA '30 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Venray | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 58 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 38 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Halsteren | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 45 |
| 8 | RKSV Nuenen | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 45 |
| 9 | AWC | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 45 |
| 10 | Orion | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | -3 | 44 |
| 11 | HVCH | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 26 | -3 | 44 |
| 12 | Unitas 30 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 57 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -7 | 39 |
| 13 | EVV | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -2 | 37 |
| 14 | Silvolde | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -19 | 26 |
| 15 | Moerse Boys | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 47 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 45 | -25 | 24 |
| 16 | RKZVC | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 85 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 41 | -61 | 10 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ACV | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 71 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 38 | 75 |
| 2 | GVVV | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 77 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 37 | 69 |
| 3 | SteDoCo | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 58 |
| 4 | Rijnvogels | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 64 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 56 |
| 5 | Barendrecht | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 71 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 55 |
| 6 | Sportlust '46 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 2 | 53 |
| 7 | DVS '33 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 52 |
| 8 | Sparta Nijkerk | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 9 | HSV Hoek | 34 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 71 | 72 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 37 | -1 | 50 |
| 10 | DOVO | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 51 | 56 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | -5 | 48 |
| 11 | Staphorst | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 45 |
| 12 | Urk | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 62 | 76 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 41 | -14 | 42 |
| 13 | Harkemase Boys | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 32 | -4 | 38 |
| 14 | RKAV Volendam | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 72 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 43 | -20 | 36 |
| 15 | VVOG | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 49 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -22 | 35 |
| 16 | Excelsior '31 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 33 |
| 17 | Ter Leede | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 65 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 37 | -15 | 33 |
| 18 | ASWH | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 61 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | -36 | 27 |