Excelsior Maassluis vs Jong Sparta preview

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Dijkpolder (5000 seats)

Tweede Divisie: Excelsior Maassluis are 5 points behind Jong Sparta, but are set to go full throttle. Get this show on the road!

Excelsior Maassluis and Jong Sparta 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.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

6-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Tweede Divisie numbers at home for Excelsior Maassluis so far this season.

The Excelsior Maassluis followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host OFC Oostzaan and win 3-1. Finally, a league win after five games without.

Heartbreak before that as Excelsior Maassluis lost 1-2 at Koninklijke HFC's place.

Betting people might want to know that 8 of the latest 10 league matches from these players have had goals from both teams.

A decent goal production from Excelsior in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Jong Sparta form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong Sparta so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

There might be some fixture complaints from Jong Sparta as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Koninklijke HFC.

A home win before that, celebrating 5-3 vs Katwijk.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 22 of this team's 29 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

The visiting Jong Sparta have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 16 games. Jong Sparta struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Jong Sparta have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Excelsior.

The most up to date reported meeting featuring both these squads is the Jong Sparta - Excelsior Maassluis 3-3 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorP. Langedijk
P. Langedijk
16 goals
Jong SpartaM. Tahiri
M. Tahiri
10 goals
Jong SpartaM. Yuksel
M. Yuksel
8 goals

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Jong Sparta missing players

Excelsior Maassluis Jong Sparta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
9 6 1 Won W 1 4 11
8 3 1 Drew D 2 3 7
15 7 3 Lost L 2 9 14
47 26 2 Scored S 10 22 54
67 27 5 Conceded C 6 28 57
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
84% 81% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 78%
66% 62% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 69%
47% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 44% 50%
28% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 19% 28%
66% 56% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 56%
12% 12% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 22%
25% 38% 80% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 25%
 
4.1 4.2 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.4
5.4 5.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 1.8 4.3 3.6
1.3 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.8 1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 9.7 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.2 10.7
3.7 4.6 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4 4.8
42% 38% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 35% 36%
 
11.1 12.3 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.6 9.7
4.3 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC 32 20 7 5 59 30 16 11 3 2 33 17 16 9 4 3 26 13 29 67
2 Rijnsburgse Boys 32 20 6 6 67 36 16 10 3 3 35 15 16 10 3 3 32 21 31 66
3 Katwijk 32 20 5 7 70 35 16 12 3 1 42 10 16 8 2 6 28 25 35 65
4 HHC 32 18 5 9 71 41 16 11 1 4 35 18 16 7 4 5 36 23 30 59
5 Quick Boys 32 17 5 10 69 42 16 10 2 4 42 22 16 7 3 6 27 20 27 56
6 De Treffers 32 16 6 10 57 44 16 8 4 4 33 22 16 8 2 6 24 22 13 54
7 Koninklijke HFC 32 14 7 11 48 39 16 9 3 4 23 17 16 5 4 7 25 22 9 49
8 Noordwijk 32 12 7 13 43 41 16 6 4 6 25 25 16 6 3 7 18 16 2 43
9 Lisse 32 10 12 10 45 48 16 6 7 3 27 19 16 4 5 7 18 29 -3 42
10 Spakenburg 32 11 9 12 45 49 16 6 4 6 16 19 16 5 5 6 29 30 -4 42
11 Jong Sparta 32 11 7 14 54 57 16 7 4 5 32 29 16 4 3 9 22 28 -3 40
12 Kozakken Boys 32 12 4 16 47 53 16 8 2 6 32 24 16 4 2 10 15 29 -6 40
13 Scheveningen 32 10 9 13 34 45 16 4 4 8 13 26 16 6 5 5 21 19 -11 39
14 TEC 32 9 9 14 39 58 16 4 6 6 20 24 16 5 3 8 19 34 -19 36
15 Excelsior Maassluis 32 9 8 15 47 67 16 6 3 7 26 27 16 3 5 8 21 40 -20 35
16 IJsselmeervogels 32 8 6 18 47 66 16 5 2 9 24 32 16 3 4 9 23 34 -19 30
17 Volendam II 32 5 5 22 38 79 16 3 3 10 18 32 16 2 2 12 20 47 -41 20
18 OFC Oostzaan 32 4 7 21 31 81 16 3 4 9 20 37 16 1 3 12 11 44 -50 19

Read more about Tweede Divisie

The Tweede Divisie in the Netherlands, meaning “Second Division”, is the third highest division in Dutch football. It is a semi-professional league which consists of 18 teams. These teams meet each other twice for a total of 306 fixtures deciding the final league table.