Excelsior Maassluis vs Spakenburg preview

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Dijkpolder (5000 seats)

This is match day, this is Tweede Divisie and this is Excelsior Maassluis - Spakenburg. Check out our complete match preview!

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

It should be mentioned that Spakenburg 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 Spakenburg on artifical turf are 4 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 19-19. You can compare this with overall results below.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the KNVB Beker.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

All-inclusive Tweede Divisie results playing at home this season for Excelsior Maassluis are 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). With Excelsior having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Corneille.

It's back home for Excelsior Maassluis, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating IJsselmeervogels away with the result 3-2. Langedijk, van Delft and Wennekers found the net in that victory. A big relief, as that was the first league victory after failing to win eight games in a row. Manager Corneille felt very clever after van Delft scored the winning goal against IJsselmeervogels, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 75th minute.

Before that game, the home loss against Lisse with the scoreline 0-1.

Excelsior Maassluis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Excelsior have conceded 15 from these games.

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Spakenburg form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Spakenburg playing as the away team in the Tweede Divisie this season.

Spakenburg delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Katwijk in their previous game; a KNVB Beker duel. der Linden, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Linden scored one goal and hit four key passes.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Lisse.

Spakenburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spakenburg have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H encounter ended Spakenburg - Excelsior 0-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Excelsior Maassluis four wins, one draw and Spakenburg five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorP. Langedijk
P. Langedijk
13 goals
SpakenburgF. van der Linden
F. van der Linden
8 goals
SpakenburgL. Admiraal
L. Admiraal
6 goals

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Spakenburg missing players

Excelsior Maassluis Spakenburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
6 3 0 Won W 0 3 7
8 3 1 Drew D 2 4 7
7 4 2 Lost L 1 3 7
30 14 0 Scored S 8 19 29
38 15 2 Conceded C 9 17 30
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 70% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
57% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 43%
48% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 29%
24% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
62% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 57%
19% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 19%
24% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 24%
 
4.3 4.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 4.3
5.5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6 3.9
1.5 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 8.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.6 8.3
3.8 4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.2 3.8
40% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 36% 38%
 
13.4 15.3 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.7 9.7
5.4 5.7 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.7 4.2
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • All of Spakenburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Maassluis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spakenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spakenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC 21 15 4 2 46 17 10 9 1 0 27 9 11 6 3 2 19 8 29 49
2 HHC 21 13 4 4 47 27 10 7 1 2 17 11 11 6 3 2 30 16 20 43
3 De Treffers 20 12 4 4 35 23 10 7 2 1 21 11 10 5 2 3 14 12 12 40
4 Katwijk 21 12 3 6 40 21 10 8 1 1 25 4 11 4 2 5 15 17 19 39
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 21 11 5 5 41 25 10 5 3 2 20 9 11 6 2 3 21 16 16 38
6 Quick Boys 21 10 3 8 45 35 11 6 1 4 29 18 10 4 2 4 16 17 10 33
7 Noordwijk 21 9 4 8 28 26 11 5 3 3 17 15 10 4 1 5 11 11 2 31
8 Lisse 20 8 5 7 33 33 11 5 4 2 22 14 9 3 1 5 11 19 0 29
9 Spakenburg 21 7 7 7 29 30 11 4 3 4 10 13 10 3 4 3 19 17 -1 28
10 Kozakken Boys 20 8 3 9 32 34 10 5 1 4 21 16 10 3 2 5 11 18 -2 27
11 Excelsior Maassluis 21 6 8 7 30 38 10 3 3 4 14 15 11 3 5 3 16 23 -8 26
12 Koninklijke HFC 21 7 4 10 26 26 10 5 2 3 13 11 11 2 2 7 13 15 0 25
13 Jong Sparta 21 6 6 9 33 41 11 5 4 2 23 17 10 1 2 7 10 24 -8 24
14 Scheveningen 21 5 5 11 21 32 11 2 3 6 9 18 10 3 2 5 12 14 -11 20
15 TEC 19 4 6 9 22 36 8 1 4 3 10 15 11 3 2 6 12 21 -14 18
16 IJsselmeervogels 21 4 5 12 28 42 10 2 2 6 14 23 11 2 3 6 14 19 -14 17
17 Volendam II 21 5 2 14 24 47 11 3 1 7 12 20 10 2 1 7 12 27 -23 17
18 OFC Oostzaan 20 3 4 13 24 51 11 2 2 7 15 26 9 1 2 6 9 25 -27 13

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.