Football insights: Sparta Nijkerk vs Ajax Amateurs - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Ebbenhorst (5350 seats)

Derde Divisie: Zaterdag: First-class versus subpar, at least based on the points won so far. Sparta Nijkerk - Ajax Amateurs. Home victory or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Sparta Nijkerk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ajax Amateurs have the fewest scored goals (9) in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag

Sparta Nijkerk and Ajax Amateurs 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.

Sparta Nijkerk's stadium, Sportpark De Ebbenhorst, has a artifical turf surface. Ajax Amateurs have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ajax Amateurs when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 19 goals in these games and conceded 37.

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Sparta Nijkerk form and stats

When playing at home in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag, Sparta Nijkerk have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

No payout for Nijkerk in their previous match, an away game at DVS '33 that ended in defeat 1-2.

Preceding that match was a KNVB Beker defeat to ADO Den Haag (0-2).

A decent goal production from Nijkerk in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Nijkerk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sportpark De Ebbenhorst in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Ajax Amateurs form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Ajax Amateurs playing as the away team in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag this season. Bitter travels for Amateurs as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the GOES match.

Amateurs are looking to quickly end their 300 minutes long goal drought in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag.

Amateurs's previous game was their home loss versus SC Cambuur (0-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against SC Cambuur was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Lars Middelwijk, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.65. Middelwijk won 7 of 7 duels.

A 0-9 defeat away at Sportlust '46 before that.

Goals are few and far between in Amateurs's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Amateurs's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 14 goals in 5 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the prior three meetings): Nijkerk won one game, one match ended with a draw and Ajax Amateurs got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

Sparta Nijkerk missing players

Ajax Amateurs missing players

Sparta Nijkerk Ajax Amateurs
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
6 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
18 9 4 Scored S 0 1 9
9 4 0 Conceded C 11 14 20
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 60%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 50%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 20%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 30%
50% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 60%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag this season:
  • Ajax Amateurs have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ajax Amateurs have the fewest points (1) away in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
  • Ajax Amateurs have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
  • Ajax Amateurs have the fewest scored goals (9) in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
  • Ajax Amateurs have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Derde Divisie: Zaterdag
  • Ajax Amateurs have yet to win a game away.
  • Sparta Nijkerk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sparta Nijkerk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ajax Amateurs have scored away.
  • Sparta Nijkerk have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sparta Nijkerk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Sportlust '46 10 6 2 2 23 13 5 4 1 0 19 5 5 2 1 2 4 8 10 20
2 Lisse 10 6 2 2 20 10 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 3 1 1 8 4 10 20
3 Sparta Nijkerk 10 6 2 2 18 9 5 4 0 1 9 4 5 2 2 1 9 5 9 20
4 Harkemase Boys 10 5 3 2 21 17 5 3 1 1 15 10 5 2 2 1 6 7 4 18
5 DVS '33 10 5 2 3 17 9 5 2 1 2 9 5 5 3 1 1 8 4 8 17
6 Excelsior '31 10 5 2 3 20 13 5 3 0 2 11 7 5 2 2 1 9 6 7 17
7 Staphorst 10 4 4 2 14 7 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 6 2 7 16
8 ACV 10 4 2 4 17 14 5 0 2 3 4 7 5 4 0 1 13 7 3 14
9 SteDoCo 10 4 2 4 14 12 5 2 2 1 5 3 5 2 0 3 9 9 2 14
10 Barendrecht 10 3 4 3 19 16 5 2 1 2 10 8 5 1 3 1 9 8 3 13
11 Ter Leede 10 4 1 5 11 18 5 2 1 2 5 8 5 2 0 3 6 10 -7 13
12 HSV Hoek 10 3 3 4 16 17 5 1 2 2 8 9 5 2 1 2 8 8 -1 12
13 VVOG 10 2 4 4 15 25 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 0 3 2 5 14 -10 10
14 Ajax Amateurs 10 3 1 6 9 20 5 3 0 2 8 6 5 0 1 4 1 14 -11 10
15 DOVO 10 2 3 5 10 17 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 7 12 -7 9
16 VVSB 10 2 3 5 11 19 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 1 1 3 5 10 -8 9
17 ODIN '59 10 2 2 6 10 21 5 1 2 2 8 9 5 1 0 4 2 12 -11 8
18 GOES 10 0 6 4 13 21 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 0 3 2 9 14 -8 6

Read more about Derde Divisie: Zaterdag

The Derde Divisie (meaning the Third Division in English) is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands. It was formerly known as Topklasse. Derde Divisie is divided in two divisions each holding 18 teams. The top team of each league table is promoted while the bottom two are relegated.