Match preview: Jong Sparta likely to triumph over Excelsior Maassluis at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

4th place in the Tweede Divisie table for Jong Sparta right now, a tip-top campaign. The match-going ticketholders hope for more points as 11th-placed Excelsior Maassluis visit Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.

Insights:
  • Jong Sparta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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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Jong Sparta form and stats

8 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Jong Sparta have to build on here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel in the Tweede Divisie.

The spoils were shared in Jong Sparta's previous game, also at home. Visiting Excelsior Maassluis (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Quick Boys.

Sparta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with 25 goals in 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Jong Sparta defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

5 wins, 0 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Excelsior Maassluis playing as the away team in the Tweede Divisie this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Jong Sparta (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Noordwijk.

Excelsior have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As for defending, Excelsior Maassluis rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the final score Excelsior Maassluis - Jong Sparta 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Jong Sparta three wins, three draws and Excelsior Maassluis two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpartaM. Afaker
M. Afaker
17 goals
Excelsior MaassluisV. van den Berg
V. van den Berg
8 goals
Excelsior MaassluisD. van Delft
D. van Delft
8 goals

Jong Sparta missing players

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Jong Sparta Excelsior Maassluis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
15 8 2 Won W 0 5 12
6 3 0 Drew D 0 1 6
9 4 2 Lost L 4 9 12
50 25 6 Scored S 0 16 43
43 23 10 Conceded C 9 24 47
90% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
87% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 90%
67% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 57%
33% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
20% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 20%
57% 80% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 53%
27% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 20%
27% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 47% 30%
 
5.1 4.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 3.8 4.4
4.8 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6 5.6
0.6 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.1 1.3
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 11 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6 10
5.1 4.6 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.4 3.9
36% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 47% 33%
 
9.5 9.2 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 6.5 10.7
3.9 3.7 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 4.2
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Jong Sparta have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 Katwijk 29 19 5 5 61 29 14 11 1 2 33 12 15 8 4 3 28 17 32 62
2 Koninklijke HFC 29 15 8 6 46 28 15 9 4 2 23 11 14 6 4 4 23 17 18 53
3 HHC 29 16 4 9 47 37 14 9 2 3 26 16 15 7 2 6 21 21 10 52
4 Jong Sparta 29 15 5 9 50 43 14 8 2 4 25 23 15 7 3 5 25 20 7 50
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 29 15 3 11 57 38 15 9 1 5 31 17 14 6 2 6 26 21 19 48
6 AFC 29 13 6 10 51 42 15 7 3 5 30 25 14 6 3 5 21 17 9 45
7 Noordwijk 29 13 5 11 41 39 14 10 0 4 24 13 15 3 5 7 17 26 2 44
8 Scheveningen 29 11 9 9 37 38 14 5 4 5 17 20 15 6 5 4 20 18 -1 42
9 Spakenburg 29 12 5 12 57 53 14 9 1 4 29 18 15 3 4 8 28 35 4 41
10 Quick Boys 29 11 8 10 38 41 15 7 3 5 20 18 14 4 5 5 18 23 -3 41
11 Excelsior Maassluis 29 12 5 12 43 47 15 7 5 3 27 23 14 5 0 9 16 24 -4 41
12 IJsselmeervogels 29 12 2 15 39 41 15 8 1 6 21 18 14 4 1 9 18 23 -2 38
13 De Treffers 29 11 4 14 35 41 15 7 3 5 17 19 14 4 1 9 18 22 -6 37
14 TEC 29 9 8 12 36 50 15 5 5 5 23 26 14 4 3 7 13 24 -14 35
15 Volendam II 29 10 3 16 56 61 14 5 2 7 24 27 15 5 1 9 32 34 -5 33
16 Kozakken Boys 29 6 9 14 36 56 14 3 5 6 21 25 15 3 4 8 15 31 -20 27
17 GVVV 29 6 7 16 32 48 14 3 4 7 15 26 15 3 3 9 17 22 -16 25
18 ASWH 29 5 4 20 30 60 15 3 4 8 17 32 14 2 0 12 13 28 -30 19

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.