Home advantage could prove decisive in Koninklijke HFC - Jong Sparta battle

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Spanjaardslaan (1000 seats)

A story of ups and downs for these teams this season, sitting in positions near the center of the Tweede Divisie table. Here's the Koninklijke HFC - Jong Sparta latest:

Insights:
  • Jong Sparta have the most matches over the total-line (22) in Tweede Divisie

This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Koninklijke HFC form and stats

8-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Tweede Divisie numbers at home for Koninklijke HFC so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Koninklijke after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Koninklijke HFC's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Excelsior Maassluis (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Katwijk the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Koninklijke HFC handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Koninklijke HFC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. 17 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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Jong Sparta form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong Sparta so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

Sparta are travelling after their nice 5-3 home win in the fixture against Katwijk (placed 3rd). As you can tell from the result, the match against Katwijk was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

Ahead of that match was the victory versus HHC at their stadium, the result 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Jong Sparta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 22 of this club's 28 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Sparta are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As for defending, Jong Sparta rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Jong Sparta - Koninklijke HFC 1-0. Koninklijke-Jong Sparta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Koninklijke HFC four wins, Jong Sparta three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Koninklijke HFCZ. Eddahchouri
Z. Eddahchouri
14 goals
Koninklijke HFCS. Brandsma
S. Brandsma
10 goals
Jong SpartaM. Tahiri
M. Tahiri
10 goals

Koninklijke HFC missing players

Jong Sparta missing players

Koninklijke HFC Jong Sparta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 4 15 31
13 8 2 Won W 1 4 11
7 3 0 Drew D 0 3 7
11 4 1 Lost L 3 8 13
47 22 5 Scored S 2 22 54
39 17 3 Conceded C 9 27 56
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
77% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 81%
58% 53% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 71%
35% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 47% 52%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 29%
61% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 53% 58%
23% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 23%
23% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 23%
 
4.7 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.4 4.3
4.9 4.5 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.3 3.6
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.7 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 8.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 4.7 9.1 10.8
4 4 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.9 4.8
39% 38% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 39% 37%
 
7.4 7.9 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 9.5 9.6
3.1 2.9 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.6
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Jong Sparta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Sparta have the most matches over the total-line (22) 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.