Points have been hard to come by for Excelsior '31 so far, and that also applies to Sparta Nijkerk. These weathered teams hope for some crucial points here.
- Excelsior '31 have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
- Sparta Nijkerk have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
This field has grass, which is not Sparta Nijkerk's usual surface at their own football pitch. When playing on grass Sparta Nijkerk have performed like this: Played 22 matches yielding 6 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats with the goal production 33-39 (scored/conceded).
This should be an exciting game with lots of action and energy as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!
Excelsior '31 form and stats
Excelsior '31's struggle is real here at Sportpark De Koerbelt with only 10 points collected from 11 Derde Divisie: Zaterdag games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-7. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Excelsior, their manager Wouda and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Excelsior '31 are returning here after visiting SteDoCo and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. At last, a league victory after four matches without one.
Ahead of that match, Excelsior '31 lost 3-5 at home to HSV Hoek.Excelsior '31 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportpark De Koerbelt with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Excelsior have allowed the opposition to score 28 goals here at Sportpark De Koerbelt.
Sparta Nijkerk form and stats
There's been little loot from Sparta Nijkerk's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag. Sparta Nijkerk only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Sparta Nijkerk delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against GVVV (placed 1st) in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Sparta Nijkerk manager Speelziek faced defeat when travelling to Barendrecht and losing 0-1.The attacking power of Nijkerk when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. When Sparta Nijkerk is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Urk, VVOG, ASWH, Sparta Nijkerk and RKAV Volendam.
Head 2 Head
Sparta Nijkerk have avoided defeat in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) against Excelsior '31.The most up to date past history involving both these participants is the Sparta Nijkerk - Excelsior '31 1-1 played earlier this season.
Excelsior '31 missing players
Sparta Nijkerk missing players
| Excelsior '31 | Sparta Nijkerk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 28 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 45 | 28 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | 35 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 82% |
| 59% | 82% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 59% |
| 36% | 45% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 30% | 23% |
| 23% | 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 9% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 64% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 23% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
- All of Excelsior '31's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Excelsior '31 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Excelsior '31 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Excelsior '31 have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
- Excelsior '31 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sparta Nijkerk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sparta Nijkerk have created more than twice as many corners as Excelsior '31.
- Sparta Nijkerk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sparta Nijkerk have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
- Sparta Nijkerk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | GVVV | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 43 |
| 2 | Sportlust '46 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 3 | ACV | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 41 |
| 4 | Barendrecht | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | SteDoCo | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | DOVO | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Rijnvogels | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | HSV Hoek | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | DVS '33 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Staphorst | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 11 | Harkemase Boys | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 26 |
| 12 | Ter Leede | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | RKAV Volendam | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Sparta Nijkerk | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | Urk | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 38 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 30 | -15 | 25 |
| 16 | VVOG | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 22 |
| 17 | ASWH | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Excelsior '31 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
