Soccer game preview: Home supporters with big optimism before Katwijk - Koninklijke HFC

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark de Krom (6000 seats)

Katwijk have played well so far, proven by 1st position in the table. Koninklijke HFC have an outlook both up and down the table from the 7th position.

Insights:
  • Katwijk have the the best goal difference (+35) in Tweede Divisie
  • Koninklijke HFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Katwijk nor Koninklijke HFC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Katwijk form and stats

Home games in the Tweede Divisie have been a walk in the park for Katwijk so far, with 35 points won from 14 matches; 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The Katwijk crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Koninklijke HFC here at Sportpark de Krom. This club accomplished a twelve league matches long consecutive run without a defeat until that game!

Before that, Katwijk had a home game versus Excelsior Maassluis which ended with a victory 6-2.

Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.

Katwijk are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sportpark de Krom in their league games, having scored an impressive 40 goals in 14 matches. Katwijk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sportpark de Krom in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Koninklijke HFC form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Tweede Divisie. Koninklijke has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Quick Boys.

It's the second away game in a row for Koninklijke HFC, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Katwijk (placed 1st) last time out. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away team? The answer is Eddahchouri and that is quite the feat!

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against HHC.

The travelling fans enjoy Koninklijke's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. Koninklijke HFC have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Koninklijke HFC - Katwijk 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Katwijk victories, one draw and five Koninklijke HFC wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KatwijkA. El Azzouti
A. El Azzouti
17 goals
Koninklijke HFCZ. Eddahchouri
Z. Eddahchouri
13 goals
KatwijkR. Susan
R. Susan
9 goals

Katwijk missing players

Koninklijke HFC missing players

Katwijk Koninklijke HFC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 5 16 30
19 11 2 Won W 3 6 13
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
7 2 1 Lost L 1 7 11
65 40 3 Scored S 12 25 45
30 10 2 Conceded C 8 21 37
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 93%
73% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 73%
67% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 62% 57%
50% 47% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 38% 37%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 25% 13%
50% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 57%
37% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 27%
20% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 23%
 
6.3 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 4.6
3.5 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.2 5
0.7 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 5.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.4 9.4 9.2
3.3 2.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.9 4.1
65% 103% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 40% 37%
 
4.3 2.1 2.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.4 6.9 7.6
1.7 0.7 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.2 3.2
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Katwijk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Katwijk have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Tweede Divisie
  • Katwijk have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Tweede Divisie
  • Katwijk have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Tweede Divisie
  • Katwijk have the most points (35) at home in Tweede Divisie
  • Katwijk have the the best goal difference (+31) at home in Tweede Divisie
  • Katwijk have the the best goal difference (+35) in Tweede Divisie
  • Koninklijke HFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 29 19 4 6 65 30 14 11 2 1 40 9 15 8 2 5 25 20 35 61
2 AFC 29 18 6 5 55 29 14 10 2 2 31 16 15 8 4 3 24 13 26 60
3 Rijnsburgse Boys 29 17 6 6 63 34 14 8 3 3 32 15 15 9 3 3 29 19 29 57
4 HHC 30 16 5 9 63 38 15 10 1 4 31 16 15 6 4 5 32 22 25 53
5 Quick Boys 29 15 5 9 65 41 15 9 2 4 40 22 14 6 3 5 25 19 24 50
6 De Treffers 29 14 5 10 48 41 14 7 3 4 26 20 15 7 2 6 22 21 7 47
7 Koninklijke HFC 29 12 6 11 45 37 14 7 3 4 20 16 15 5 3 7 24 21 8 42
8 Spakenburg 29 11 9 9 45 43 15 6 4 5 16 16 14 5 5 4 28 25 2 42
9 Lisse 29 10 11 8 41 41 15 6 7 2 25 16 14 4 4 6 16 25 0 41
10 Kozakken Boys 29 12 4 13 46 48 15 8 2 5 31 20 14 4 2 8 15 26 -2 40
11 Noordwijk 29 11 6 12 39 38 15 6 4 5 24 23 14 5 2 7 15 15 1 39
12 Scheveningen 30 10 8 12 33 42 15 4 4 7 13 24 15 6 4 5 20 18 -9 38
13 Jong Sparta 30 10 7 13 49 53 15 6 4 5 27 26 15 4 3 8 22 27 -4 37
14 Excelsior Maassluis 29 8 8 13 43 62 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 3 5 7 20 38 -19 32
15 TEC 29 8 7 14 34 56 14 4 4 6 18 22 15 4 3 8 16 34 -22 31
16 IJsselmeervogels 29 7 5 17 42 61 14 4 2 8 20 29 15 3 3 9 20 31 -19 26
17 OFC Oostzaan 30 4 7 19 30 76 16 3 4 9 20 37 14 1 3 10 10 39 -46 19
18 Volendam II 29 5 3 21 32 68 15 3 2 10 15 29 14 2 1 11 17 39 -36 18

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.