Jong Sparta vs Spakenburg: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Dijkpolder (5000 seats)

Jong Sparta are up for a new challenge after their 0-2 vs Lisse in the previous game. Spakenburg are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Jong Sparta have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Spakenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Jong Sparta form and stats

Jong Sparta have played 9 Tweede Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The supporters are hoping that Jong Sparta will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Lisse (placed 8th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Kozakken Boys.

Observe: 9 of the latest 12 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.

Goals decide football matches and Sparta are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. Jong Sparta's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Spakenburg form and stats

Playing away, Spakenburg have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Tweede Divisie this season.

Two travels in a row for Spakenburg, whose boss de Graaf could celebrate last time after the KNVB Beker win against FC Groningen. Attacker der Linden got a player rating of 8.14 in the game. "Man of the match" Linden scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that, Spakenburg secured a home win against Koninklijke HFC with the score 1-0.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's last 10 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spakenburg have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Spakenburg - Sparta 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jong Sparta four wins, two draws and Spakenburg four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jong SpartaM. Tahiri
M. Tahiri
7 goals
SpakenburgF. van der Linden
F. van der Linden
7 goals
SpakenburgL. Admiraal
L. Admiraal
6 goals

Jong Sparta missing players

Spakenburg missing players

Jong Sparta Spakenburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
5 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
6 4 2 Drew D 1 3 5
7 1 0 Lost L 0 2 6
29 20 4 Scored S 5 16 25
35 13 4 Conceded C 5 12 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
67% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 39%
50% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 22%
33% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 12% 6%
61% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 50%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 28%
 
5.1 5.1 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.9 4.5
4.2 3.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 6.6 4.4
0.9 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.1 17.2 17 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10 8.4
5.8 7.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.2 4
29% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 38% 38%
 
11.6 11.8 18 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.9 10.2
5.5 5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.9 4.5
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • All of Spakenburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Jong Sparta have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Jong Sparta 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.

  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 18 12 4 2 40 16 9 8 1 0 25 8 9 4 3 2 15 8 24 40
2 HHC 18 12 3 3 43 23 8 6 1 1 14 8 10 6 2 2 29 15 20 39
3 De Treffers 18 11 3 4 32 21 8 6 1 1 18 9 10 5 2 3 14 12 11 36
4 Rijnsburgse Boys 18 10 4 4 35 18 8 5 2 1 17 4 10 5 2 3 18 14 17 34
5 Quick Boys 18 10 1 7 41 28 10 6 0 4 28 17 8 4 1 3 13 11 13 31
6 Katwijk 18 9 3 6 32 19 8 6 1 1 20 3 10 3 2 5 12 16 13 30
7 Spakenburg 18 7 5 6 25 24 10 4 2 4 9 12 8 3 3 2 16 12 1 26
8 Lisse 18 7 4 7 30 31 10 5 3 2 20 12 8 2 1 5 10 19 -1 25
9 Noordwijk 18 7 4 7 22 23 10 4 3 3 15 14 8 3 1 4 7 9 -1 25
10 Kozakken Boys 18 7 2 9 29 33 9 4 1 4 19 16 9 3 1 5 10 17 -4 23
11 Excelsior Maassluis 18 5 7 6 26 34 9 3 3 3 14 14 9 2 4 3 12 20 -8 22
12 Jong Sparta 18 5 6 7 29 35 9 4 4 1 20 13 9 1 2 6 9 22 -6 21
13 Scheveningen 18 5 5 8 19 25 10 2 3 5 8 15 8 3 2 3 11 10 -6 20
14 Koninklijke HFC 18 5 4 9 22 23 8 3 2 3 10 10 10 2 2 6 12 13 -1 19
15 TEC 18 4 6 8 21 34 8 1 4 3 10 15 10 3 2 5 11 19 -13 18
16 IJsselmeervogels 18 4 5 9 25 35 8 2 2 4 12 18 10 2 3 5 13 17 -10 17
17 Volendam II 18 4 2 12 21 42 10 2 1 7 10 19 8 2 1 5 11 23 -21 14
18 OFC Oostzaan 18 2 4 12 20 48 10 2 2 6 13 23 8 0 2 6 7 25 -28 10

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.