Tweede Divisie preview: Can Quick Boys edge out victory against Excelsior Maassluis?

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Nieuw Zuid (8500 seats)

Quick Boys have played great football so far this season, proven by 4th spot in the table. Excelsior Maassluis have a view both up and down the table from their 8th place.

Insights:
  • Quick Boys have the most scored goals (27) in Tweede Divisie
  • Quick Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Excelsior Maassluis have scored away.

Quick Boys's stadium, Sportpark Nieuw Zuid, has a grass surface. Excelsior Maassluis have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Excelsior Maassluis when playing on grass; 8 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 20 matches. They have scored {22 goals} in these games and conceded 36.

Quick Boys and Excelsior Maassluis should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Quick Boys form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Tweede Divisie games here at Sportpark Nieuw Zuid for Quick Boys. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

The Quick club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sportpark Nieuw Zuid: A 2-3 defeat against Scheveningen (placed 14th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Noordwijk.

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 Quick Boys have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Goal fest? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has contained three or more goals.

Goals are plentiful at Sportpark Nieuw Zuid in the league this season as Quick Boys has scored 17 goals here in 6 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Excelsior Maassluis form and stats

Playing away, Excelsior Maassluis have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Tweede Divisie this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Excelsior as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Excelsior Maassluis are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the match against Katwijk (placed 5th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Corneille when Plank scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Scheveningen.

We have checked recent matches where Excelsior have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 5 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

Excelsior Maassluis have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Quick-Excelsior Maassluis H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Quick Boys one win, Excelsior Maassluis one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Quick BoysY. El Kachati
Y. El Kachati
9 goals
Excelsior MaassluisP. Langedijk
P. Langedijk
9 goals
Quick BoysD. van den Meiracker
D. van den Meiracker
5 goals

Quick Boys missing players

Excelsior Maassluis missing players

Quick Boys Excelsior Maassluis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
27 17 7 Scored S 1 6 19
17 9 0 Conceded C 1 7 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 83%
83% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 58%
67% 83% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 42%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
58% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 58%
33% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
4.3 4.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 11 5 4.8
4.4 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 6.3
1.7 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 11.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.8 10.2
5.7 6.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.2
40% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 37%
 
10.4 9.5 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 12.8 14.2
4.8 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.5 4.9
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • All of Quick Boys's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Maassluis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Quick Boys have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Quick Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Excelsior Maassluis have scored away.
  • Quick Boys have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Quick Boys have the most scored goals (27) in Tweede Divisie
  • Quick Boys have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Tweede Divisie
  • Quick Boys 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 12 7 3 2 21 9 6 6 0 0 16 4 6 1 3 2 5 5 12 24
2 De Treffers 12 7 2 3 23 15 6 4 1 1 15 8 6 3 1 2 8 7 8 23
3 HHC 12 7 2 3 24 17 6 4 1 1 10 7 6 3 1 2 14 10 7 23
4 Quick Boys 12 7 1 4 27 17 6 4 0 2 17 9 6 3 1 2 10 8 10 22
5 Katwijk 12 6 3 3 23 11 6 5 1 0 17 1 6 1 2 3 6 10 12 21
6 Noordwijk 12 6 3 3 18 13 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 3 1 2 7 6 5 21
7 Rijnsburgse Boys 12 6 2 4 25 14 6 3 2 1 12 3 6 3 0 3 13 11 11 20
8 Excelsior Maassluis 12 5 5 2 19 16 6 3 2 1 13 9 6 2 3 1 6 7 3 20
9 Jong Sparta 12 4 5 3 22 19 6 3 3 0 15 6 6 1 2 3 7 13 3 17
10 Koninklijke HFC 12 4 3 5 17 15 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 1 3 11 9 2 15
11 Spakenburg 12 4 3 5 17 19 6 2 0 4 4 9 6 2 3 1 13 10 -2 15
12 Kozakken Boys 12 4 2 6 19 25 6 2 1 3 12 13 6 2 1 3 7 12 -6 14
13 IJsselmeervogels 12 3 4 5 19 24 6 2 2 2 11 12 6 1 2 3 8 12 -5 13
14 Scheveningen 12 3 4 5 9 15 6 1 2 3 4 10 6 2 2 2 5 5 -6 13
15 Lisse 12 3 3 6 18 24 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 1 1 4 8 15 -6 12
16 Volendam II 12 3 2 7 16 29 6 2 1 3 6 7 6 1 1 4 10 22 -13 11
17 TEC 12 1 6 5 15 24 6 0 4 2 8 12 6 1 2 3 7 12 -9 9
18 OFC Oostzaan 12 1 1 10 11 37 6 1 1 4 8 16 6 0 0 6 3 21 -26 4

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.