Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Sportpark Dijkpolder clash with Scheveningen, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Tweede Divisie table.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Scheveningen have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-2-1 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
Excelsior Maassluis form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sportpark Dijkpolder as Excelsior Maassluis have scored 30 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats are 9-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Excelsior Maassluis are on a three game winning streak in their home games.Excelsior Maassluis are returning here after visiting Almere City II in a Tweede Divisie game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Lienden.
With an average of more than two goals per home game (30 in 14 games), Excelsior Maassluis's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Excelsior Maassluis have conceded only 12 goals.
Scheveningen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Tweede Divisie home defeat versus Rijnsburgse Boys with 3-4 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Jong Sparta that ended 2-2.
Scheveningen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Scheveningen have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Scheveningen - Excelsior Maassluis 0-1 earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Excelsior Maassluis won 6, Scheveningen won 0 and 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
  D. Blij 14 goals / 5 assists |  V. van den Berg 11 goals / 5 assists |   M. Aldoğan 11 goals / 7 assists |
Excelsior Maassluis missing players
Scheveningen missing players
| Excelsior Maassluis | Scheveningen | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 14 | 29 |
| 53 | 30 | Scored | 18 | 50 |
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | 25 | 53 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 86% | Over 1.5 | 79% | 83% |
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 57% | 66% |
| 38% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 43% | 52% |
| 14% | 14% | Over 4.5 | 29% | 31% |
| 52% | 36% | Both teams to score | 50% | 59% |
| 31% | 43% | Clean Sheet | 21% | 21% |
| 17% | 21% | Failed To Score | 29% | 21% |
| 2.4 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| 0.6 | 0.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- Excelsior Maassluis is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | AFC | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 37 | 62 |
| 2 | IJsselmeervogels | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 60 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 57 |
| 3 | Excelsior Maassluis | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 51 |
| 4 | Katwijk | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | Koninklijke HFC | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 50 |
| 6 | HHC | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 16 | 49 |
| 7 | Spakenburg | 29 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 48 |
| 8 | Kozakken Boys | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 47 |
| 9 | Jong Vitesse | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | GVVV | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 29 | -1 | 40 |
| 11 | De Treffers | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 59 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 34 | -8 | 38 |
| 13 | Jong Sparta | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 35 |
| 14 | Scheveningen | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | VVSB | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 74 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 39 | -28 | 23 |
| 16 | Lienden | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 78 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | -42 | 23 |
| 17 | Almere City II | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 61 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 37 | -27 | 22 |
| 18 | Barendrecht | 29 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 42 | -48 | 18 |
