Jong Sparta favourites for feisty fight facing Noordwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

The hosting team, Jong Sparta, should be front runners in this match, but Noordwijk have shown both competence and bravery. Learn more about the match!

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

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Jong Sparta form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel as Jong Sparta have scored 24 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Tweede Divisie are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Sparta enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at ASWH's place. The match ended 4-0 with Afaker and Tahiri (3) scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Jong Sparta played a great game against ASWH and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Tahiri when beating ASWH, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

Before that, Jong Sparta had a home game versus Volendam II which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 Sparta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost four.

Jong Sparta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel with 24 goals in 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Noordwijk form and stats

There's been little loot from Noordwijk's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Tweede Divisie. Noordwijk only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

Noordwijk had fun at their own home (Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel) last time out, beating Katwijk 2-0. Staveren scored.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Koninklijke HFC wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Noordwijk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of six matches.

Noordwijk find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Noordwijk's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent game: Noordwijk - Jong Sparta 2-0. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Sparta victory, zero draws and one Noordwijk win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jong SpartaM. Afaker
M. Afaker
17 goals
NoordwijkE. Wendt
E. Wendt
8 goals
Jong SpartaM. Tahiri
M. Tahiri
7 goals

Jong Sparta missing players

Noordwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Jong Sparta Noordwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 14 27
14 8 2 Won W 0 2 12
5 2 1 Drew D 1 5 5
8 3 1 Lost L 4 7 10
48 24 6 Scored S 5 15 38
41 21 9 Conceded C 12 25 36
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
93% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 81%
70% 85% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 44%
37% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 36% 30%
22% 23% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 19%
59% 85% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 64% 52%
22% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 33%
26% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 19%
 
5.2 5 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5.7 4.9
5.2 5.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.2 6.8
0.7 0.6 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.1 1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.7 10.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9 7.6
5.1 4.4 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.5
39% 39% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 43%
 
9.8 9.6 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11.1 9.4
3.8 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Jong Sparta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Noordwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 27 17 5 5 54 27 13 10 1 2 29 11 14 7 4 3 25 16 27 56
2 Koninklijke HFC 27 15 7 5 46 27 13 9 3 1 23 10 14 6 4 4 23 17 19 52
3 HHC 27 15 4 8 45 35 13 9 2 2 26 14 14 6 2 6 19 21 10 49
4 Jong Sparta 27 14 5 8 48 41 13 8 2 3 24 21 14 6 3 5 24 20 7 47
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 27 14 3 10 55 34 14 9 1 4 30 13 13 5 2 6 25 21 21 45
6 AFC 27 12 6 9 49 38 14 7 3 4 30 22 13 5 3 5 19 16 11 42
7 Noordwijk 27 12 5 10 38 36 13 10 0 3 23 11 14 2 5 7 15 25 2 41
8 Quick Boys 27 11 8 8 37 36 14 7 3 4 20 17 13 4 5 4 17 19 1 41
9 Scheveningen 27 10 9 8 34 35 13 5 4 4 16 18 14 5 5 4 18 17 -1 39
10 De Treffers 27 11 3 13 31 34 14 7 2 5 15 17 13 4 1 8 16 17 -3 36
11 Spakenburg 27 10 5 12 47 49 13 8 1 4 24 16 14 2 4 8 23 33 -2 35
12 IJsselmeervogels 27 11 2 14 36 39 14 8 1 5 20 16 13 3 1 9 16 23 -3 35
13 Excelsior Maassluis 27 10 5 12 38 46 14 6 5 3 24 23 13 4 0 9 14 23 -8 35
14 TEC 27 9 7 11 36 48 14 5 5 4 23 24 13 4 2 7 13 24 -12 34
15 Volendam II 27 9 3 15 49 53 13 5 2 6 22 22 14 4 1 9 27 31 -4 30
16 Kozakken Boys 27 6 8 13 31 49 13 3 5 5 18 20 14 3 3 8 13 29 -18 26
17 GVVV 27 4 7 16 25 47 14 3 4 7 15 26 13 1 3 9 10 21 -22 19
18 ASWH 27 5 4 18 29 54 14 3 4 7 16 29 13 2 0 11 13 25 -25 19

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 27 17 5 5 54 27 13 10 1 2 29 11 14 7 4 3 25 16 27 56
2 Koninklijke HFC 27 15 7 5 46 27 13 9 3 1 23 10 14 6 4 4 23 17 19 52
3 HHC 27 15 4 8 45 35 13 9 2 2 26 14 14 6 2 6 19 21 10 49
4 Jong Sparta 27 14 5 8 48 41 13 8 2 3 24 21 14 6 3 5 24 20 7 47
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 27 14 3 10 55 34 14 9 1 4 30 13 13 5 2 6 25 21 21 45
6 AFC 27 12 6 9 49 38 14 7 3 4 30 22 13 5 3 5 19 16 11 42
7 Noordwijk 27 12 5 10 38 36 13 10 0 3 23 11 14 2 5 7 15 25 2 41
8 Quick Boys 27 11 8 8 37 36 14 7 3 4 20 17 13 4 5 4 17 19 1 41
9 Scheveningen 27 10 9 8 34 35 13 5 4 4 16 18 14 5 5 4 18 17 -1 39
10 De Treffers 27 11 3 13 31 34 14 7 2 5 15 17 13 4 1 8 16 17 -3 36
11 Spakenburg 27 10 5 12 47 49 13 8 1 4 24 16 14 2 4 8 23 33 -2 35
12 IJsselmeervogels 27 11 2 14 36 39 14 8 1 5 20 16 13 3 1 9 16 23 -3 35
13 Excelsior Maassluis 27 10 5 12 38 46 14 6 5 3 24 23 13 4 0 9 14 23 -8 35
14 TEC 27 9 7 11 36 48 14 5 5 4 23 24 13 4 2 7 13 24 -12 34
15 Volendam II 27 9 3 15 49 53 13 5 2 6 22 22 14 4 1 9 27 31 -4 30
16 Kozakken Boys 27 6 8 13 31 49 13 3 5 5 18 20 14 3 3 8 13 29 -18 26
17 GVVV 27 4 7 16 25 47 14 3 4 7 15 26 13 1 3 9 10 21 -22 19
18 ASWH 27 5 4 18 29 54 14 3 4 7 16 29 13 2 0 11 13 25 -25 19

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