Tweede Divisie match guide and facts: Excelsior Maassluis welcome Spakenburg

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 28.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Dijkpolder (5000 seats)

Tweede Divisie: The mid-table positions highlight the path Excelsior Maassluis and Spakenburg have been on uptil now. Both participants are ready for the match; let's go!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Maassluis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spakenburg is in the best form (4-2-0) in Tweede Divisie

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 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats from five games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 17-11. You can compare this with overall results below.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

When playing at home in the Tweede Divisie, Excelsior Maassluis have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games. Two home wins in a row for Excelsior bring valid hopes of a third.

Excelsior Maassluis faced defeat in their previous match, away at AFC (1-2).

Ahead of that match, Excelsior won a home game hosting Katwijk (1-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Excelsior Maassluis have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Excelsior have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportpark Dijkpolder with 28 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Excelsior Maassluis have conceded 23 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Spakenburg form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spakenburg so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Spakenburg are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

There were no winners in Spakenburg's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Scheveningen (placed 9th).

Prior to that result Spakenburg won their away game at Koninklijke HFC. The scoreline was 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Spakenburg in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Spakenburg, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Spakenburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 31 goals in 16 league matches away. For Spakenburg, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded result involving both these squads is the Spakenburg - Excelsior 4-2 played previously this season. Excelsior Maassluis-Spakenburg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior Maassluis three wins, Spakenburg six wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SpakenburgF. van der Linden
F. van der Linden
26 goals
Excelsior MaassluisG. Urbanus
G. Urbanus
8 goals
Excelsior MaassluisV. van den Berg
V. van den Berg
8 goals

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Spakenburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior Maassluis Spakenburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
13 8 1 Won W 1 4 13
5 5 3 Drew D 0 4 7
14 3 0 Lost L 3 8 12
45 28 5 Scored S 4 31 62
52 23 4 Conceded C 7 37 57
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 91%
59% 56% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 81% 66%
25% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 75% 56%
19% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 44% 31%
53% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 62%
19% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 22%
28% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 16%
 
4.3 4.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.6 5
5.9 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.8 5
1.2 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.9 13 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11 10.4
3.9 5.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.1 5.5
33% 28% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 39%
 
11.6 14.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10.5 10.2
4.5 5.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.1 5.1
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Excelsior Maassluis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spakenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spakenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spakenburg is in the best form (4-2-0) in Tweede Divisie

  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 32 21 5 6 69 30 16 13 1 2 41 12 16 8 4 4 28 18 39 68
2 HHC 32 18 4 10 54 41 16 11 2 3 32 18 16 7 2 7 22 23 13 58
3 Koninklijke HFC 32 15 9 8 49 35 16 9 4 3 25 14 16 6 5 5 24 21 14 54
4 Jong Sparta 32 16 6 10 55 46 16 9 3 4 29 24 16 7 3 6 26 22 9 54
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 32 16 4 12 60 40 16 9 2 5 32 18 16 7 2 7 28 22 20 52
6 AFC 32 14 8 10 57 47 16 8 3 5 32 26 16 6 5 5 25 21 10 50
7 Noordwijk 32 14 6 12 44 44 16 10 1 5 25 17 16 4 5 7 19 27 0 48
8 Spakenburg 32 13 7 12 62 57 16 9 3 4 31 20 16 4 4 8 31 37 5 46
9 Scheveningen 32 12 10 10 40 42 16 6 4 6 19 23 16 6 6 4 21 19 -2 46
10 Quick Boys 32 12 8 12 41 46 16 8 3 5 22 18 16 4 5 7 19 28 -5 44
11 Excelsior Maassluis 32 13 5 14 45 52 16 8 5 3 28 23 16 5 0 11 17 29 -7 44
12 TEC 32 11 8 13 41 56 16 6 5 5 25 26 16 5 3 8 16 30 -15 41
13 De Treffers 32 12 4 16 37 47 16 8 3 5 19 20 16 4 1 11 18 27 -10 40
14 Volendam II 32 12 3 17 60 63 16 7 2 7 28 27 16 5 1 10 32 36 -3 39
15 IJsselmeervogels 32 12 3 17 41 46 16 8 1 7 22 20 16 4 2 10 19 26 -5 39
16 Kozakken Boys 32 8 10 14 42 57 16 5 5 6 26 25 16 3 5 8 16 32 -15 34
17 GVVV 32 8 7 17 40 50 16 5 4 7 23 26 16 3 3 10 17 24 -10 31
18 ASWH 32 5 5 22 34 72 16 3 5 8 20 35 16 2 0 14 14 37 -38 20

Table
  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 32 21 5 6 69 30 16 13 1 2 41 12 16 8 4 4 28 18 39 68
2 HHC 32 18 4 10 54 41 16 11 2 3 32 18 16 7 2 7 22 23 13 58
3 Koninklijke HFC 32 15 9 8 49 35 16 9 4 3 25 14 16 6 5 5 24 21 14 54
4 Jong Sparta 32 16 6 10 55 46 16 9 3 4 29 24 16 7 3 6 26 22 9 54
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 32 16 4 12 60 40 16 9 2 5 32 18 16 7 2 7 28 22 20 52
6 AFC 32 14 8 10 57 47 16 8 3 5 32 26 16 6 5 5 25 21 10 50
7 Noordwijk 32 14 6 12 44 44 16 10 1 5 25 17 16 4 5 7 19 27 0 48
8 Spakenburg 32 13 7 12 62 57 16 9 3 4 31 20 16 4 4 8 31 37 5 46
9 Scheveningen 32 12 10 10 40 42 16 6 4 6 19 23 16 6 6 4 21 19 -2 46
10 Quick Boys 32 12 8 12 41 46 16 8 3 5 22 18 16 4 5 7 19 28 -5 44
11 Excelsior Maassluis 32 13 5 14 45 52 16 8 5 3 28 23 16 5 0 11 17 29 -7 44
12 TEC 32 11 8 13 41 56 16 6 5 5 25 26 16 5 3 8 16 30 -15 41
13 De Treffers 32 12 4 16 37 47 16 8 3 5 19 20 16 4 1 11 18 27 -10 40
14 Volendam II 32 12 3 17 60 63 16 7 2 7 28 27 16 5 1 10 32 36 -3 39
15 IJsselmeervogels 32 12 3 17 41 46 16 8 1 7 22 20 16 4 2 10 19 26 -5 39
16 Kozakken Boys 32 8 10 14 42 57 16 5 5 6 26 25 16 3 5 8 16 32 -15 34
17 GVVV 32 8 7 17 40 50 16 5 4 7 23 26 16 3 3 10 17 24 -10 31
18 ASWH 32 5 5 22 34 72 16 3 5 8 20 35 16 2 0 14 14 37 -38 20

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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.