Tweede Divisie fixture preview and facts: Excelsior Maassluis fight HHC

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Dijkpolder (5000 seats)

HHC travel to Excelsior Maassluis and Sportpark Dijkpolder brimming with happy thoughts, but the home side is not easy meat. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Maassluis have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Tweede Divisie
  • HHC have the most clean sheets (5) away in Tweede Divisie

It should be mentioned that HHC play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for HHC on artifical turf are 5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-8. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's no vacation for neither Excelsior Maassluis nor HHC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Tweede Divisie numbers at home for Excelsior Maassluis so far this season.

Excelsior are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Koninklijke HFC.

Heartbreak before that as Excelsior Maassluis lost 1-3 at Quick Boys's place.

The Excelsior Maassluis fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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HHC form and stats

As the visiting team in Tweede Divisie matches, HHC have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.

HHC lost away at Spakenburg (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Katwijk.

HHC are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: HHC - Excelsior 1-0. Excelsior Maassluis-HHC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior Maassluis five wins, HHC four wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HHCJ. Drost
J. Drost
8 goals
HHCR. van der Leij
R. van der Leij
7 goals
ExcelsiorG. Urbanus
G. Urbanus
5 goals

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

HHC missing players

Excelsior Maassluis HHC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 2 10 20
7 5 1 Won W 1 4 10
3 3 2 Drew D 0 2 4
10 2 1 Lost L 1 4 6
27 18 5 Scored S 3 10 27
34 15 6 Conceded C 2 9 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
60% 60% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 40%
30% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 15%
20% 30% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
55% 80% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 45%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 35%
30% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 25%
 
4.9 5.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 6.7
5.9 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 5.5
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 12.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.5 11.1
3.5 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.9
38% 32% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 30%
 
11.7 17 23.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 10.8 7.8
4.4 6.2 7.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.8 2.7
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • All of Excelsior Maassluis's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Maassluis have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Tweede Divisie
  • Excelsior Maassluis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • HHC have the most clean sheets (5) away in Tweede Divisie
  • HHC have won significantly less corners away then 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 Katwijk 19 14 2 3 42 17 9 8 0 1 22 6 10 6 2 2 20 11 25 44
2 Koninklijke HFC 20 11 5 4 31 20 11 7 3 1 18 8 9 4 2 3 13 12 11 38
3 AFC 19 10 5 4 38 21 10 6 2 2 23 13 9 4 3 2 15 8 17 35
4 HHC 20 10 4 6 27 21 10 6 2 2 17 12 10 4 2 4 10 9 6 34
5 Jong Sparta 20 10 3 7 36 35 11 7 1 3 22 20 9 3 2 4 14 15 1 33
6 Noordwijk 20 10 3 7 26 25 9 8 0 1 15 5 11 2 3 6 11 20 1 33
7 Rijnsburgse Boys 20 9 2 9 35 27 11 7 0 4 20 11 9 2 2 5 15 16 8 29
8 Volendam II 20 8 3 9 40 36 10 4 2 4 17 16 10 4 1 5 23 20 4 27
9 Quick Boys 19 7 6 6 28 25 10 4 3 3 15 12 9 3 3 3 13 13 3 27
10 De Treffers 19 8 3 8 21 22 10 5 2 3 10 10 9 3 1 5 11 12 -1 27
11 Spakenburg 18 7 4 7 37 32 9 6 1 2 19 10 9 1 3 5 18 22 5 25
12 Excelsior Maassluis 20 7 3 10 27 34 10 5 3 2 18 15 10 2 0 8 9 19 -7 24
13 TEC 20 6 5 9 22 40 9 3 4 2 14 17 11 3 1 7 8 23 -18 23
14 Scheveningen 18 5 6 7 19 27 8 3 2 3 9 13 10 2 4 4 10 14 -8 21
15 Kozakken Boys 20 5 6 9 25 35 11 3 4 4 16 17 9 2 2 5 9 18 -10 21
16 ASWH 19 5 4 10 25 31 9 3 4 2 13 12 10 2 0 8 12 19 -6 19
17 IJsselmeervogels 19 5 2 12 22 32 9 4 1 4 12 13 10 1 1 8 10 19 -10 17
18 GVVV 18 2 4 12 12 33 8 2 1 5 6 17 10 0 3 7 6 16 -21 10

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.