Excelsior Maassluis look to Sportpark Dijkpolder supporters for inspiration before Volendam II match

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Dijkpolder (5000 seats)

Excelsior Maassluis are hosting Volendam II for another important fixture after their 1-2 result versus 14th-placed TEC.

Insights:
  • Volendam II have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Tweede Divisie

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

3-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Tweede Divisie numbers at home for Excelsior Maassluis so far this season. When Excelsior Maassluis hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like TEC, Scheveningen, Excelsior Maassluis, OFC Oostzaan and IJsselmeervogels), they have won 1 of 2 matches! It's been an uphill battle for Excelsior Maassluis in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Koninklijke HFC game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Excelsior Maassluis faced defeat in their previous match, away at TEC (1-2).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Spakenburg (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Excelsior handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Excelsior Maassluis has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Excelsior defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Volendam II form and stats

There's been little loot from Volendam II's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Tweede Divisie. Volendam II only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Volendam II as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the IJsselmeervogels match.

There might be some fixture complaints from Volendam as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Spakenburg.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Lisse.

We have checked recent matches where Volendam II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Volendam are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Volendam II's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 30 goals in 11 travels.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Volendam II - Excelsior Maassluis 2-2. Head to head statistics (for the previous six meetings): Excelsior Maassluis won two games, one match ended with a draw and Volendam II managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / zero.

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorP. Langedijk
P. Langedijk
13 goals
Volendam IIJ. Antonioli
J. Antonioli
5 goals
Volendam IIM. de Haan
M. de Haan
5 goals

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Volendam II missing players

Excelsior Maassluis Volendam II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 1 11 23
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 5
8 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
9 5 0 Lost L 0 8 15
31 14 5 Scored S 1 13 27
42 17 2 Conceded C 0 30 52
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 82% 74%
57% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 64% 61%
43% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 55% 48%
22% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 45% 26%
61% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 64% 61%
17% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 9% 13%
26% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 26%
 
3.9 3.7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.4 3.8
5.3 6.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.7
1.4 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1 1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 7.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5 8.6
3.6 3.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 4.1
40% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 48% 30%
 
12.5 13.8 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8 9.5
5 5.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 5.1
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Volendam II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Volendam II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Volendam II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Volendam II have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Tweede Divisie
  • Volendam II have the most conceded goals (30) away in Tweede Divisie
  • Volendam II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Volendam II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 15 5 3 48 21 11 9 2 0 28 10 12 6 3 3 20 11 27 50
2 HHC 23 14 5 4 51 29 11 8 1 2 20 12 12 6 4 2 31 17 22 47
3 Katwijk 23 14 3 6 46 23 11 9 1 1 28 5 12 5 2 5 18 18 23 45
4 Rijnsburgse Boys 23 13 5 5 47 27 11 6 3 2 24 10 12 7 2 3 23 17 20 44
5 De Treffers 23 13 4 6 39 29 11 7 2 2 22 13 12 6 2 4 17 16 10 43
6 Quick Boys 23 10 4 9 46 37 12 6 2 4 30 19 11 4 2 5 16 18 9 34
7 Spakenburg 23 9 7 7 34 31 12 5 3 4 13 14 11 4 4 3 21 17 3 34
8 Lisse 23 9 7 7 37 36 12 5 5 2 22 14 11 4 2 5 15 22 1 34
9 Noordwijk 23 9 5 9 29 29 12 5 3 4 18 18 11 4 2 5 11 11 0 32
10 Kozakken Boys 23 9 4 10 36 37 12 5 2 5 22 18 11 4 2 5 14 19 -1 31
11 Koninklijke HFC 23 8 5 10 31 27 11 6 2 3 17 11 12 2 3 7 14 16 4 29
12 Jong Sparta 23 7 7 9 34 41 12 6 4 2 24 17 11 1 3 7 10 24 -7 28
13 Excelsior Maassluis 23 6 8 9 31 42 11 3 3 5 14 17 12 3 5 4 17 25 -11 26
14 TEC 22 6 6 10 27 40 10 2 4 4 13 18 12 4 2 6 14 22 -13 24
15 Scheveningen 23 5 7 11 21 32 12 2 4 6 9 18 11 3 3 5 12 14 -11 22
16 Volendam II 23 5 3 15 27 52 12 3 2 7 14 22 11 2 1 8 13 30 -25 18
17 IJsselmeervogels 23 4 5 14 30 48 11 2 2 7 15 25 12 2 3 7 15 23 -18 17
18 OFC Oostzaan 22 3 4 15 25 58 12 2 2 8 16 29 10 1 2 7 9 29 -33 13

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.