Soccer betting preview: Volendam II welcomes IJsselmeervogels in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kras Stadion (7384 seats)

Tweede Divisie: We're previewing an interesting and highly important battle featuring Volendam II and IJsselmeervogels at Kras Stadion. Both need the points!

Insights:
  • Volendam II have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Tweede Divisie
  • All of IJsselmeervogels's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike IJsselmeervogels's home arena. The former six games by the guests on artifical turf have produced 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Volendam II form and stats

Volendam II's results here at Kras Stadion in the Tweede Divisie have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats. When Volendam II hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like TEC, Jong Sparta, Excelsior Maassluis, OFC Oostzaan and Volendam II), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Problems are piling up for Volendam as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of eight games. This streak could be one for the history books.

In their previous game, the manager Musampa led his Volendam II to a defeat away at De Treffers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kras Stadion. As you see from the result above, Volendam II suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the home loss against AFC with the scoreline 0-1.

Some goal stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them had goals from both teams.

Volendam have conceded 29 from these games.

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IJsselmeervogels form and stats

There's been little loot from IJsselmeervogels's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Tweede Divisie. IJsselmeervogels only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Impressive finishing from Haddouti (2), der Velden and de Laar secured the home win 4-1 against Spakenburg in their previous game.

Prior to that match, the IJsselmeervogels manager Karsten faced defeat when travelling to Lisse and losing 2-3.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this side's 11 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.

IJsselmeervogels have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. For IJsselmeervogels, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When IJsselmeervogels is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against TEC, Jong Sparta, Excelsior Maassluis, OFC Oostzaan and IJsselmeervogels.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled before this season: IJsselmeervogels - Volendam II 0-1. Volendam II-IJsselmeervogels H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Volendam II one win, IJsselmeervogels five wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VolendamT. Wouter
T. Wouter
7 goals
IJsselmeervogelsS. Sánchez Angulo
S. Sánchez Angulo
7 goals
IJsselmeervogelsM. El Haddouti
M. El Haddouti
6 goals

Volendam II missing players

IJsselmeervogels missing players

Volendam II IJsselmeervogels
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
5 3 2 Won W 2 3 8
3 2 1 Drew D 2 3 5
22 10 1 Lost L 0 9 17
33 15 7 Scored S 10 20 44
74 29 5 Conceded C 5 31 61
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
77% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
63% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 73%
50% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 47% 50%
30% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 33%
63% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 63%
10% 13% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 7% 10%
27% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 30%
 
3.6 4.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 4.2
5.1 5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5 4.6
1 0.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
7.5 10.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.8 6.4
3.3 4.6 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.9 2.9
34% 23% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 47% 51%
 
8.7 9.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 4.5 6.7 7.3
4.3 4.7 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.5
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • All of IJsselmeervogels's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • IJsselmeervogels haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Volendam II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Volendam II have the fewest points (11) at home in Tweede Divisie
  • Volendam II have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Tweede Divisie
  • Volendam II have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Tweede Divisie
  • Volendam II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Volendam II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Volendam II is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Katwijk 30 19 5 6 66 30 15 11 3 1 41 10 15 8 2 5 25 20 36 62
2 AFC 30 18 7 5 56 30 15 10 3 2 32 17 15 8 4 3 24 13 26 61
3 Rijnsburgse Boys 30 18 6 6 63 34 15 9 3 3 34 15 15 9 3 3 29 19 29 60
4 Quick Boys 30 16 5 9 67 41 15 9 2 4 40 22 15 7 3 5 27 19 26 53
5 HHC 30 16 5 9 63 38 15 10 1 4 31 16 15 6 4 5 32 22 25 53
6 De Treffers 30 15 5 10 54 42 15 8 3 4 32 21 15 7 2 6 22 21 12 50
7 Koninklijke HFC 30 12 7 11 45 38 14 7 3 4 20 16 16 5 4 7 25 22 7 43
8 Spakenburg 30 11 9 10 45 45 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 5 5 5 29 29 0 42
9 Lisse 30 10 12 8 41 41 15 6 7 2 25 16 15 4 5 6 16 25 0 42
10 Noordwijk 30 11 7 12 40 39 15 6 4 5 24 23 15 5 3 7 16 16 1 40
11 Kozakken Boys 30 12 4 14 46 48 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 4 2 9 15 28 -2 40
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 30 8 8 14 43 64 15 5 3 7 23 26 15 3 5 7 20 38 -21 32
15 TEC 30 8 8 14 34 56 15 4 5 6 18 22 15 4 3 8 16 34 -22 32
16 IJsselmeervogels 30 8 5 17 44 61 15 5 2 8 24 30 15 3 3 9 20 31 -17 29
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 30 5 3 22 33 74 15 3 2 10 15 29 15 2 1 12 18 45 -41 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.