Match guide for Tweede Divisie: Excelsior Maassluis - Rijnsburgse Boys at Sportpark Dijkpolder

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Dijkpolder (5000 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Tweede Divisie and this is Excelsior Maassluis - Rijnsburgse Boys. Read our comprehensive match guide!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Maassluis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Excelsior Maassluis's stadium, Sportpark Dijkpolder, has a artifical turf surface. Rijnsburgse Boys 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 Rijnsburgse Boys when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 26 goals in these games and conceded 25.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

Excelsior Maassluis have collected 15 points from their Tweede Divisie home games so far after 4-3-2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Noordwijk last time out and are looking for a win here.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at ASWH.

A decent goal production from Excelsior in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Excelsior Maassluis have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Rijnsburgse Boys form and stats

There's been little loot from Rijnsburgse Boys's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Tweede Divisie. Rijnsburgse Boys only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Rijnsburgse Boys has drawn their two previous away games.

Rijnsburgse have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 286 minutes ago. Spruijt was the goal scorer.

Rijnsburgse Boys failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Volendam II (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Scheveningen.

Rijnsburgse Boys are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rijnsburgse Boys have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other already this season, with the result Rijnsburgse Boys - Excelsior 3-0 registered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Excelsior Maassluis won zero games, seven matches ended in a draw and Rijnsburgse Boys got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Rijnsburgse BoysJ. Spruijt
J. Spruijt
9 goals
Excelsior MaassluisB. Wennekers
B. Wennekers
5 goals
Rijnsburgse BoysF. Zeldenrust
F. Zeldenrust
5 goals

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Rijnsburgse Boys missing players

Excelsior Maassluis Rijnsburgse Boys
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 8 17
6 4 2 Won W 0 2 7
3 3 1 Drew D 1 2 2
8 2 0 Lost L 1 4 8
23 15 6 Scored S 2 13 29
26 13 4 Conceded C 4 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
53% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 65%
24% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
18% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
53% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 53%
18% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 24%
29% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 29%
 
5.2 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 10 6.8 5.6
5.8 5.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 2.5 3.3
1.5 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 0.8 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 12.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 14 8.8 7.5
3.8 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.2 3.2
38% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 58% 56%
 
11.8 17 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 5.5 6.2
4.5 6.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.7 2.4
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • All of Excelsior Maassluis's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Maassluis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior Maassluis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have won significantly more corners away than 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 16 13 1 2 37 12 8 7 0 1 19 4 8 6 1 1 18 8 25 40
2 AFC 17 9 4 4 33 18 9 6 1 2 21 11 8 3 3 2 12 7 15 31
3 HHC 17 9 4 4 24 16 8 5 2 1 14 9 9 4 2 3 10 7 8 31
4 Koninklijke HFC 17 9 4 4 25 18 9 5 3 1 14 8 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 31
5 De Treffers 17 8 3 6 21 19 9 5 2 2 10 8 8 3 1 4 11 11 2 27
6 Jong Sparta 17 8 2 7 31 32 9 5 1 3 18 18 8 3 1 4 13 14 -1 26
7 Noordwijk 17 7 3 7 22 25 8 7 0 1 14 5 9 0 3 6 8 20 -3 24
8 Rijnsburgse Boys 17 7 2 8 29 24 9 5 0 4 16 11 8 2 2 4 13 13 5 23
9 Spakenburg 17 6 4 7 35 32 8 5 1 2 17 10 9 1 3 5 18 22 3 22
10 Quick Boys 16 6 4 6 21 20 8 3 2 3 10 9 8 3 2 3 11 11 1 22
11 Volendam II 17 6 3 8 34 32 8 2 2 4 13 15 9 4 1 4 21 17 2 21
12 Excelsior Maassluis 17 6 3 8 23 26 9 4 3 2 15 13 8 2 0 6 8 13 -3 21
13 Scheveningen 16 5 6 5 18 24 7 3 2 2 8 11 9 2 4 3 10 13 -6 21
14 TEC 17 5 4 8 19 35 8 3 3 2 13 16 9 2 1 6 6 19 -16 19
15 ASWH 17 5 3 9 23 27 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 2 0 7 12 17 -4 18
16 Kozakken Boys 17 4 6 7 21 29 9 3 4 2 15 13 8 1 2 5 6 16 -8 18
17 IJsselmeervogels 17 5 2 10 21 29 9 4 1 4 12 13 8 1 1 6 9 16 -8 17
18 GVVV 16 2 4 10 10 29 8 2 1 5 6 17 8 0 3 5 4 12 -19 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.