Quick Boys vs Jong Sparta match preview: Even contest expected at Sportpark Nieuw Zuid

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Nieuw Zuid (8500 seats)

Tweede Divisie: Two squads in reasonable form get together for this fixture. Jong Sparta with a slight advantage with their 4th position in the league table?

Insights:
  • Quick Boys have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Quick Boys form and stats

Quick Boys have collected 24 points from their Tweede Divisie home games so far after 7-3-4. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Quick Boys to get some points in this home game.

Quick Boys lost their last game at Katwijk (placed 1st) after a 1-4 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Koninklijke HFC (0-4).

This is expected to be a close game, with Quick Boys perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Quick as a small favourite), we find seven games. Quick Boys has won two of these, drawn one and lost four.

Quick Boys are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Quick Boys have conceded 17 goals.

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Jong Sparta form and stats

As the visiting team in Tweede Divisie matches, Jong Sparta have produced an overall stat of 6-3-5 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Noordwijk with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that result Jong Sparta won their away game at ASWH. The scoreline was 4-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sparta playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Jong Sparta wins, two draws and two defeats.

Jong Sparta has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 14 games. 20 goals have been conceded by Jong Sparta in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H match ended Jong Sparta - Quick Boys 3-1, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the former four meetings): Quick won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Jong Sparta have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one

Top Goalscorers

Jong SpartaM. Afaker
M. Afaker
17 goals
Quick BoysD. Maatsen
D. Maatsen
8 goals
Quick BoysN. Runderkamp
N. Runderkamp
7 goals

Quick Boys missing players

Jong Sparta missing players

Quick Boys Jong Sparta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
11 7 0 Won W 2 6 14
8 3 3 Drew D 1 3 5
9 4 2 Lost L 2 5 9
38 20 4 Scored S 6 24 49
40 17 11 Conceded C 5 20 43
93% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
79% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 93%
61% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 57% 71%
36% 36% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 36%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 21%
57% 36% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 61%
25% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 21%
25% 36% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 25%
 
4.2 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.4 5.1
4.1 2.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 5
0.9 0.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.8 0.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
8.5 6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 13.3 12
3.8 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5.9 5.2
36% 73% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 40% 38%
 
7.8 5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 5.7 10 9.7
4.2 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.1 3.9
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Quick Boys have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 28 18 5 5 58 28 14 11 1 2 33 12 14 7 4 3 25 16 30 59
2 Koninklijke HFC 28 15 8 5 46 27 14 9 4 1 23 10 14 6 4 4 23 17 19 53
3 HHC 28 15 4 9 45 37 14 9 2 3 26 16 14 6 2 6 19 21 8 49
4 Jong Sparta 28 14 5 9 49 43 14 8 2 4 25 23 14 6 3 5 24 20 6 47
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 28 14 3 11 56 38 15 9 1 5 31 17 13 5 2 6 25 21 18 45
6 AFC 28 13 6 9 51 39 14 7 3 4 30 22 14 6 3 5 21 17 12 45
7 Noordwijk 28 13 5 10 40 37 13 10 0 3 23 11 15 3 5 7 17 26 3 44
8 Quick Boys 28 11 8 9 38 40 14 7 3 4 20 17 14 4 5 5 18 23 -2 41
9 Scheveningen 28 10 9 9 35 37 14 5 4 5 17 20 14 5 5 4 18 17 -2 39
10 Spakenburg 28 11 5 12 52 51 14 9 1 4 29 18 14 2 4 8 23 33 1 38
11 IJsselmeervogels 28 12 2 14 38 39 14 8 1 5 20 16 14 4 1 9 18 23 -1 38
12 Excelsior Maassluis 28 11 5 12 41 46 15 7 5 3 27 23 13 4 0 9 14 23 -5 38
13 De Treffers 28 11 3 14 33 39 14 7 2 5 15 17 14 4 1 9 18 22 -6 36
14 TEC 28 9 8 11 36 48 14 5 5 4 23 24 14 4 3 7 13 24 -12 35
15 Volendam II 28 10 3 15 54 56 13 5 2 6 22 22 15 5 1 9 32 34 -2 33
16 Kozakken Boys 28 6 8 14 34 54 14 3 5 6 21 25 14 3 3 8 13 29 -20 26
17 GVVV 28 5 7 16 29 48 14 3 4 7 15 26 14 2 3 9 14 22 -19 22
18 ASWH 28 5 4 19 29 57 14 3 4 7 16 29 14 2 0 12 13 28 -28 19

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.