Victory to the hosting team is anticipated from this match if the league table is a way to look into the future. The AFC fans are hoping that the mismatch between 2nd and Excelsior Maassluis's 15th position in the table will be visible on the arena.
- AFC have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Tweede Divisie
- Excelsior Maassluis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It should be mentioned that Excelsior Maassluis play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Excelsior Maassluis on grass are 9 victories, 3 draws and 14 defeats from 26 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 31-59. You can compare this with overall results below.
AFC and Excelsior Maassluis should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
AFC form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sportpark Goed Genoeg as AFC have scored 33 goals to get 36 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Tweede Divisie are 11-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Sportpark Goed Genoeg after drawing with OFC Oostzaan (placed 18th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Nihom made a successful contribution in the game against OFC Oostzaan, bringing on Hetli who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Quick Boys.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AFC home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
Sports bettors who like betting for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).
The AFC manager Nihom has got the team scoring with 33 from 16 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. AFC have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Excelsior Maassluis form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Excelsior Maassluis so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Excelsior Maassluis, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Excelsior go into this game after a win, the home game against Jong Sparta that ended 3-2.
Before that, Excelsior Maassluis secured a home win against OFC Oostzaan with the score 3-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Excelsior Maassluis played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this side's 11 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visiting Excelsior Maassluis have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 16 games. The Excelsior manager Jacobs has some worries about the defense as 40 goals have been conceded in these travels. Excelsior Maassluis has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
AFC have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (4-1-0) versus Excelsior Maassluis.Excelsior Maassluis - AFC 1-4 was the output when these two teams previously did battle, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Langedijk 17 goals |   M. Platje 11 goals | R. Ignacio 10 goals |
AFC missing players
Excelsior Maassluis missing players
| AFC | Excelsior Maassluis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 60 | 33 | 14 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 50 |
| 31 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | 69 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 76% | 81% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 85% |
| 48% | 56% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 69% | 67% |
| 33% | 31% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 44% | 48% |
| 21% | 31% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 31% | 30% |
| 55% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 75% | 67% |
| 42% | 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | 24% |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 11.8 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8 | 8.9 |
| 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 49% | 43% |
| 7 | 8.4 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
- AFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AFC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- AFC have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Tweede Divisie
- AFC have the most clean sheets (14) in Tweede Divisie
- AFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Excelsior Maassluis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Excelsior Maassluis haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Katwijk | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 37 | 68 |
| 2 | AFC | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 68 |
| 3 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 70 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 30 | 66 |
| 4 | HHC | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 75 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 30 | 60 |
| 5 | De Treffers | 33 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 57 |
| 6 | Quick Boys | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 56 |
| 7 | Koninklijke HFC | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 52 |
| 8 | Noordwijk | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 43 |
| 9 | Spakenburg | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 30 | -4 | 43 |
| 10 | Lisse | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -5 | 42 |
| 11 | Scheveningen | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | -9 | 42 |
| 12 | Jong Sparta | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 60 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 31 | -4 | 40 |
| 13 | Kozakken Boys | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -7 | 40 |
| 14 | TEC | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 34 | -18 | 39 |
| 15 | Excelsior Maassluis | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 40 | -19 | 38 |
| 16 | IJsselmeervogels | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 68 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | -21 | 30 |
| 17 | Volendam II | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 82 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 47 | -40 | 23 |
| 18 | OFC Oostzaan | 33 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 44 | -50 | 20 |
