Tweede Divisie preview: Can IJsselmeervogels edge out victory against Noordwijk?

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Westmaat (8000 seats)

Club members at Sportpark De Westmaat haven’t seen many victories this season, with IJsselmeervogels lying uncomfortably in the 16th spot. The opposing Noordwijk will attempt to shield their higher league spot in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Noordwijk have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Tweede Divisie

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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IJsselmeervogels form and stats

IJsselmeervogels have played 15 Tweede Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-8 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sportpark De Westmaat.

IJsselmeervogels shared the glory with Volendam II in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The hometeam coach Karsten made a successful contribution in the game against Volendam II, bringing on Blel who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.

Before that, IJsselmeervogels had a home game versus Spakenburg which ended with a victory 4-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how IJsselmeervogels have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 6.

Observe: 10 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from IJsselmeervogels in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches.

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Noordwijk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Tweede Divisie travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Noordwijk in their previous game as they lost hosting De Treffers, 1-2. Noordwijk were so close to getting something from the game against De Treffers, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.

Before that, Noordwijk travelled to AFC and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Noordwijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 5 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

Noordwijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Noordwijk in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Noordwijk - IJsselmeervogels 2-0. Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for IJsselmeervogels, three draws and five wins for Noordwijk. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

NoordwijkE. Wendt
E. Wendt
14 goals
IJsselmeervogelsS. Sánchez Angulo
S. Sánchez Angulo
7 goals
NoordwijkJ. de Vré
J. de Vré
7 goals

IJsselmeervogels missing players

Noordwijk missing players

IJsselmeervogels Noordwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
8 5 3 Won W 2 5 11
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
17 8 1 Lost L 2 7 13
47 24 15 Scored S 6 16 41
64 30 9 Conceded C 6 16 41
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 84%
74% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 55%
52% 53% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 16%
35% 47% 80% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
65% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 58%
10% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 23%
29% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 23%
 
4.3 4.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 6.6 5.9
4.6 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4.7 5.6
1.6 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.3 1.2
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.2 5.9 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 7.5 6.1
2.8 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 2.8 2.6
55% 56% 79% Goal Efficiency G E 86% 38% 51%
 
7 7.9 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 4.6 8.7 6.9
3.4 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.9 2.8
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Noordwijk have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) 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 AFC 31 19 7 5 58 30 15 10 3 2 32 17 16 9 4 3 26 13 28 64
2 Rijnsburgse Boys 31 19 6 6 66 36 15 9 3 3 34 15 16 10 3 3 32 21 30 63
3 Katwijk 31 19 5 7 69 35 15 11 3 1 41 10 16 8 2 6 28 25 34 62
4 Quick Boys 31 17 5 9 69 41 16 10 2 4 42 22 15 7 3 5 27 19 28 56
5 HHC 31 17 5 9 67 39 15 10 1 4 31 16 16 7 4 5 36 23 28 56
6 De Treffers 31 16 5 10 56 43 15 8 3 4 32 21 16 8 2 6 24 22 13 53
7 Koninklijke HFC 31 13 7 11 47 39 15 8 3 4 22 17 16 5 4 7 25 22 8 46
8 Lisse 31 10 12 9 43 44 16 6 7 3 27 19 15 4 5 6 16 25 -1 42
9 Spakenburg 31 11 9 11 45 48 16 6 4 6 16 19 15 5 5 5 29 29 -3 42
10 Noordwijk 31 11 7 13 41 41 16 6 4 6 25 25 15 5 3 7 16 16 0 40
11 Jong Sparta 31 11 7 13 54 56 16 7 4 5 32 29 15 4 3 8 22 27 -2 40
12 Kozakken Boys 31 12 4 15 47 52 16 8 2 6 32 24 15 4 2 9 15 28 -5 40
13 Scheveningen 31 10 8 13 33 44 16 4 4 8 13 26 15 6 4 5 20 18 -11 38
14 TEC 31 9 8 14 37 56 15 4 5 6 18 22 16 5 3 8 19 34 -19 35
15 Excelsior Maassluis 31 8 8 15 44 66 15 5 3 7 23 26 16 3 5 8 21 40 -22 32
16 IJsselmeervogels 31 8 5 17 44 61 15 5 2 8 24 30 16 3 3 9 20 31 -17 29
17 OFC Oostzaan 31 4 7 20 30 78 16 3 4 9 20 37 15 1 3 11 10 41 -48 19
18 Volendam II 31 5 3 22 33 74 16 3 2 10 15 29 15 2 1 12 18 45 -41 18

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.