Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Excelsior Maassluis & USV Hercules face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
3-3-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for USV Hercules when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 13-12 (scored/conceded).
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Excelsior and USV Hercules.
Excelsior Maassluis form and stats
Last season, Excelsior Maassluis's KNVB Beker journey ended in the round of 16.All-inclusive Tweede Divisie stats at home this season for Excelsior Maassluis are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Sportpark Dijkpolder after drawing with Volendam II on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Volendam II as Noordanus's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The hometeam coach Corneille made a successful contribution in the game against Volendam II, bringing on Noordanus who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus IJsselmeervogels that ended 2-2.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Tweede Divisie game versus Rijnsburgse Boys in only three days. This game is also played here at Sportpark Dijkpolder.
A decent goal production from Excelsior in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Excelsior Maassluis have conceded 4 in these home matches.
USV Hercules form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Ter Leede in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of KNVB Beker. Hercules was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 2nd preliminary round last season.USV Hercules won their last game, 4-1 versus Gemert played at home. USV Hercules delivered their win in the match against Gemert already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Prior to that match, the Hercules manager der Kooij faced defeat when travelling to TOGB and losing 1-2.USV Hercules have another match that requires travelling in just four nights, a Derde Divisie: Zondag game vs Baronie. A rough calendar for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Langedijk 3 goals | D. van Delft 2 goals | G. da Fonseca 1 goals |
Excelsior Maassluis missing players
USV Hercules missing players
| Excelsior Maassluis | USV Hercules | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 65 | ||
| 40 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 7 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 15.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 32% | ||
| 12.3 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | De Treffers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | HHC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Quick Boys | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Katwijk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 5 | AFC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Spakenburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Lisse | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Jong Sparta | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Koninklijke HFC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Noordwijk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Kozakken Boys | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Excelsior Maassluis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | TEC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Scheveningen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Volendam II | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 17 | IJsselmeervogels | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | OFC Oostzaan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
