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- Excelsior Maassluis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AFC have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Tweede Divisie
This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Excelsior Maassluis form and stats
Excelsior Maassluis have played 7 Tweede Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Excelsior manager Corneille and his crew return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Jong Sparta (placed 9th). Trouble was brewing at the score 1-3 against Jong Sparta last time out, but a goal from Langedijk completed a comeback to a draw result for Excelsior Maassluis.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting OFC Oostzaan (1-3).Take note that 9 of the latest 12 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
A decent goal production from Excelsior Maassluis in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Excelsior have conceded 9 goals.
AFC form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Tweede Divisie travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for AFC on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
AFC's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus OFC Oostzaan that finished 3-3. It looked so good for AFC vs OFC Oostzaan, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. As mentioned above, AFC drew the match against OFC Oostzaan. Manager Nihom brought on Benninga to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Quick Boys at their stadium, the result 3-1.Goal alert! This club have played 5 consecutive league games all featuring three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
AFC find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
AFC have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Excelsior Maassluis.Top Goalscorers
  P. Langedijk 11 goals |  R. Ignacio 8 goals |  M. Platje 8 goals |
Excelsior Maassluis missing players
AFC missing players
| Excelsior Maassluis | AFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | 13 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 34 |
| 29 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 88% |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 75% |
| 62% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 57% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 62% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 8.7 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 37% | 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 28% | 37% |
| 13.9 | 15.1 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
- AFC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AFC have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Tweede Divisie
- AFC have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Tweede Divisie
- AFC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Tweede Divisie
- AFC have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Tweede Divisie
- AFC have the the best goal difference (+19) in Tweede Divisie
- Excelsior Maassluis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | AFC | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 34 |
| 3 | HHC | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 30 |
| 5 | Quick Boys | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 28 |
| 6 | Katwijk | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | Noordwijk | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Excelsior Maassluis | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 22 |
| 9 | Jong Sparta | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Spakenburg | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Koninklijke HFC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Lisse | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Scheveningen | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Kozakken Boys | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | TEC | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 15 |
| 16 | IJsselmeervogels | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Volendam II | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 18 | OFC Oostzaan | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | -25 | 9 |
