Delightful dogfight as daring Koninklijke HFC duel with determined Excelsior Maassluis

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Wed 23.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Spanjaardslaan (1000 seats)

The home team, Koninklijke HFC, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Excelsior Maassluis have proven both flair and heroism. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Koninklijke HFC have the most points from losing position (15) in Tweede Divisie
  • Excelsior Maassluis have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Tweede Divisie

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Koninklijke HFC and Excelsior Maassluis.

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Koninklijke HFC form and stats

Koninklijke HFC are steadily winning Tweede Divisie games and points here at Sportpark Spanjaardslaan. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Koninklijke here at Sportpark Spanjaardslaan, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Koninklijke HFC's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus De Treffers (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Preceding that game was the away draw at ASWH that finished 2-2.

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 Koninklijke have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Koninklijke HFC after this match as they are travelling to GVVV for a Tweede Divisie game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Koninklijke HFC in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Koninklijke HFC have conceded only 8 goals.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

Excelsior Maassluis have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Tweede Divisie, after 2-0-7 (9 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Excelsior in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus GVVV.

Excelsior Maassluis lost away at Quick Boys (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Rijnsburgse Boys.

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

A quick return to home after this game, as Excelsior Maassluis are hosting HHC in the Tweede Divisie only three days away.

As for defending, Excelsior rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H match ended Excelsior Maassluis - Koninklijke HFC 3-2, earlier this season. Previous eight meetings between these sides: Koninklijke HFC won one, Excelsior Maassluis triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Koninklijke HFCS. Brandsma
S. Brandsma
10 goals
KoninklijkeR. Castien
R. Castien
6 goals
Excelsior MaassluisG. Urbanus
G. Urbanus
5 goals

Koninklijke HFC missing players

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Koninklijke HFC Excelsior Maassluis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 9 19
10 6 2 Won W 0 2 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 3
4 1 0 Lost L 2 7 9
28 15 3 Scored S 0 9 27
20 8 1 Conceded C 3 16 31
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 89%
42% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 58%
26% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 32%
21% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 21%
58% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 58%
32% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 16%
16% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 44% 26%
 
5.2 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5 5.2
3.8 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.4 5.8
1.2 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 14 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 5.8 9.4
3.3 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.8 3.8
40% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 38%
 
8.8 9.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 5.6 11.8
4.1 4.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.4 4.5
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Excelsior Maassluis have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Tweede Divisie
  • Excelsior Maassluis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Koninklijke HFC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Tweede Divisie
  • Koninklijke HFC have the most points from losing position (15) 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 19 14 2 3 42 17 9 8 0 1 22 6 10 6 2 2 20 11 25 44
2 Koninklijke HFC 19 10 5 4 28 20 10 6 3 1 15 8 9 4 2 3 13 12 8 35
3 HHC 19 10 4 5 27 19 10 6 2 2 17 12 9 4 2 3 10 7 8 34
4 AFC 18 9 5 4 35 20 10 6 2 2 23 13 8 3 3 2 12 7 15 32
5 Jong Sparta 19 9 3 7 34 34 10 6 1 3 20 19 9 3 2 4 14 15 0 30
6 Noordwijk 19 9 3 7 24 25 9 8 0 1 15 5 10 1 3 6 9 20 -1 30
7 Quick Boys 19 7 6 6 28 25 10 4 3 3 15 12 9 3 3 3 13 13 3 27
8 De Treffers 18 8 3 7 21 20 9 5 2 2 10 8 9 3 1 5 11 12 1 27
9 Rijnsburgse Boys 19 8 2 9 32 27 10 6 0 4 17 11 9 2 2 5 15 16 5 26
10 Volendam II 19 7 3 9 38 35 9 3 2 4 15 15 10 4 1 5 23 20 3 24
11 Excelsior Maassluis 19 7 3 9 27 31 10 5 3 2 18 15 9 2 0 7 9 16 -4 24
12 TEC 19 6 5 8 22 37 9 3 4 2 14 17 10 3 1 6 8 20 -15 23
13 Spakenburg 17 6 4 7 35 32 8 5 1 2 17 10 9 1 3 5 18 22 3 22
14 Kozakken Boys 19 5 6 8 24 32 10 3 4 3 15 14 9 2 2 5 9 18 -8 21
15 Scheveningen 18 5 6 7 19 27 8 3 2 3 9 13 10 2 4 4 10 14 -8 21
16 ASWH 19 5 4 10 25 31 9 3 4 2 13 12 10 2 0 8 12 19 -6 19
17 IJsselmeervogels 18 5 2 11 21 30 9 4 1 4 12 13 9 1 1 7 9 17 -9 17
18 GVVV 17 2 4 11 11 31 8 2 1 5 6 17 9 0 3 6 5 14 -20 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.