Delightful dogfight as daring Rijnsburgse Boys duel with determined Jong Sparta

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Middelmors (6100 seats)

Rijnsburgse Boys reset their brains and bodies for this game after their 1-3 result versus De Graafschap, a game that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Jong Sparta?

Insights:
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Tweede Divisie
  • Jong Sparta have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Tweede Divisie

This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Rijnsburgse Boys form and stats

The Tweede Divisie results playing at home this season for Rijnsburgse Boys are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Rijnsburgse has won their last four matches.

Rijnsburgse Boys's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 1-3 against De Graafschap (in KNVB Beker).

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Koninklijke HFC.

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 Rijnsburgse Boys have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league games with this club has had three goals or more.

Rijnsburgse Boys have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Jong Sparta form and stats

Playing away, Jong Sparta have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Tweede Divisie this season.

Sparta's last game was the home draw against TEC (3-3). Jong Sparta's last match (vs TEC) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Yuksel.

Before that, Jong Sparta travelled to IJsselmeervogels and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

Sparta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The Jong Sparta manager Roorda has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Rijnsburgse Boys victories, zero draws and two Jong Sparta wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RijnsburgseD. van der Moot
D. van der Moot
8 goals
Rijnsburgse BoysF. Zeldenrust
F. Zeldenrust
8 goals
Jong SpartaM. Tahiri
M. Tahiri
7 goals

Rijnsburgse Boys missing players

Jong Sparta missing players

Rijnsburgse Boys Jong Sparta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 2 5 11
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 1 0 Lost L 2 3 3
23 10 0 Scored S 1 5 20
12 1 0 Conceded C 5 11 17
91% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
73% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 64%
45% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 27%
27% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 55%
45% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 18%
 
5.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 6 6.2
4.2 3.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.8 3.1
0.8 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 11.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 16.3
4.8 5.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 7.3
43% 37% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 22% 27%
 
8.5 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.8 10.4
3.4 1.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 6.5 5.6
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Jong Sparta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Jong Sparta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Sparta have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Tweede Divisie
  • Jong Sparta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Tweede Divisie
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have won significantly more 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 Quick Boys 11 7 1 3 25 14 5 4 0 1 15 6 6 3 1 2 10 8 11 22
2 De Treffers 11 7 1 3 22 14 5 4 0 1 14 7 6 3 1 2 8 7 8 22
3 Katwijk 11 6 3 2 21 8 6 5 1 0 17 1 5 1 2 2 4 7 13 21
4 AFC 11 6 3 2 16 8 5 5 0 0 11 3 6 1 3 2 5 5 8 21
5 HHC 11 6 2 3 22 16 5 3 1 1 8 6 6 3 1 2 14 10 6 20
6 Rijnsburgse Boys 11 6 1 4 23 12 5 3 1 1 10 1 6 3 0 3 13 11 11 19
7 Noordwijk 11 5 3 3 16 12 6 3 2 1 11 7 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 18
8 Excelsior Maassluis 11 4 5 2 16 14 5 2 2 1 10 7 6 2 3 1 6 7 2 17
9 Jong Sparta 11 4 4 3 20 17 6 3 3 0 15 6 5 1 1 3 5 11 3 16
10 Koninklijke HFC 11 4 3 4 16 13 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 2 1 2 10 7 3 15
11 Spakenburg 11 4 2 5 16 18 6 2 0 4 4 9 5 2 2 1 12 9 -2 14
12 Kozakken Boys 11 4 1 6 18 24 6 2 1 3 12 13 5 2 0 3 6 11 -6 13
13 Lisse 11 3 3 5 17 20 6 2 2 2 10 9 5 1 1 3 7 11 -3 12
14 Volendam II 11 3 2 6 15 24 6 2 1 3 6 7 5 1 1 3 9 17 -9 11
15 Scheveningen 11 2 4 5 6 13 6 1 2 3 4 10 5 1 2 2 2 3 -7 10
16 IJsselmeervogels 11 2 4 5 15 23 5 1 2 2 7 11 6 1 2 3 8 12 -8 10
17 TEC 11 1 5 5 14 23 5 0 3 2 7 11 6 1 2 3 7 12 -9 8
18 OFC Oostzaan 11 1 1 9 10 35 5 1 1 3 7 14 6 0 0 6 3 21 -25 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.