Tweede Divisie preview: Can Rijnsburgse Boys edge out victory against Noordwijk?

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Middelmors (6100 seats)

Rijnsburgse Boys have played better than Noordwijk so far, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you require ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Rijnsburgse Boys is in the best form (5-0-1) in Tweede Divisie
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Noordwijk have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rijnsburgse Boys form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 12 Tweede Divisie games here at Sportpark Middelmors for Rijnsburgse Boys. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

A good away victory last time out for Rijnsburgse Boys, who won 3-1 against ASWH (placed 17th).

Ahead of that match, Rijnsburgse Boys won a home game hosting HHC (5-0).

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

Rijnsburgse Boys can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Rijnsburgse Boys are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sportpark Middelmors in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Noordwijk form and stats

Noordwijk have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Tweede Divisie, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

Noordwijk are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the fixture against Volendam II (placed 10th). Staveren certainly enjoyed Noordwijk's last game versus Volendam II, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.

Before that, Noordwijk travelled to GVVV and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

Noordwijk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Noordwijk - Rijnsburgse 2-0 was the outcome when this pair of contenders formerly played each other, earlier this season. Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Rijnsburgse Boys, four draws and three wins for Noordwijk. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Rijnsburgse BoysJ. Spruijt
J. Spruijt
12 goals
Rijnsburgse BoysD. van der Moot
D. van der Moot
8 goals
RijnsburgseF. Zeldenrust
F. Zeldenrust
6 goals

Rijnsburgse Boys missing players

Noordwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rijnsburgse Boys Noordwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 4 12 23
12 8 3 Won W 0 2 11
2 0 0 Drew D 0 4 4
9 4 1 Lost L 4 6 8
46 25 10 Scored S 4 12 33
29 11 3 Conceded C 12 21 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
87% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 78%
70% 58% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 42% 43%
43% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 30%
22% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 22%
52% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 52%
30% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 35%
22% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 17%
 
5.9 5 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 4.9
3.9 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.2 7.2 7.1
0.6 0.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 0.7 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 5.8 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.5 7.6
3.7 3.1 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.7
54% 60% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 40%
 
6.9 6.2 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 11.6 10
3 1.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Noordwijk have scored away.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Tweede Divisie
  • Rijnsburgse Boys have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Tweede Divisie
  • Rijnsburgse Boys haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rijnsburgse Boys is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 23 14 5 4 47 24 11 8 1 2 25 11 12 6 4 2 22 13 23 47
2 Koninklijke HFC 23 12 6 5 34 22 11 7 3 1 18 8 12 5 3 4 16 14 12 42
3 Rijnsburgse Boys 23 12 2 9 46 29 12 8 0 4 25 11 11 4 2 5 21 18 17 38
4 AFC 22 11 5 6 41 26 12 7 2 3 26 16 10 4 3 3 15 10 15 38
5 Quick Boys 23 10 7 6 36 29 12 6 3 3 19 13 11 4 4 3 17 16 7 37
6 HHC 23 11 4 8 33 30 11 7 2 2 20 12 12 4 2 6 13 18 3 37
7 Noordwijk 23 11 4 8 33 30 11 9 0 2 21 9 12 2 4 6 12 21 3 37
8 Jong Sparta 23 11 4 8 39 40 12 7 2 3 22 20 11 4 2 5 17 20 -1 37
9 Excelsior Maassluis 23 9 4 10 35 40 12 6 4 2 23 19 11 3 0 8 12 21 -5 31
10 Volendam II 23 9 3 11 44 42 11 5 2 4 19 16 12 4 1 7 25 26 2 30
11 Spakenburg 21 8 5 8 42 40 9 6 1 2 19 10 12 2 4 6 23 30 2 29
12 De Treffers 23 8 3 12 22 30 12 5 2 5 11 16 11 3 1 7 11 14 -8 27
13 TEC 23 7 6 10 28 43 11 3 5 3 16 20 12 4 1 7 12 23 -15 27
14 IJsselmeervogels 23 8 2 13 26 35 12 7 1 4 16 14 11 1 1 9 10 21 -9 26
15 Scheveningen 22 6 8 8 25 34 10 3 3 4 11 17 12 3 5 4 14 17 -9 26
16 Kozakken Boys 23 6 7 10 30 40 12 3 4 5 18 20 11 3 3 5 12 20 -10 25
17 ASWH 22 5 4 13 29 39 11 3 4 4 16 18 11 2 0 9 13 21 -10 19
18 GVVV 22 3 7 12 20 37 12 3 4 5 14 21 10 0 3 7 6 16 -17 16

Table
  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 23 14 5 4 47 24 11 8 1 2 25 11 12 6 4 2 22 13 23 47
2 Koninklijke HFC 23 12 6 5 34 22 11 7 3 1 18 8 12 5 3 4 16 14 12 42
3 Rijnsburgse Boys 23 12 2 9 46 29 12 8 0 4 25 11 11 4 2 5 21 18 17 38
4 AFC 22 11 5 6 41 26 12 7 2 3 26 16 10 4 3 3 15 10 15 38
5 Quick Boys 23 10 7 6 36 29 12 6 3 3 19 13 11 4 4 3 17 16 7 37
6 HHC 23 11 4 8 33 30 11 7 2 2 20 12 12 4 2 6 13 18 3 37
7 Noordwijk 23 11 4 8 33 30 11 9 0 2 21 9 12 2 4 6 12 21 3 37
8 Jong Sparta 23 11 4 8 39 40 12 7 2 3 22 20 11 4 2 5 17 20 -1 37
9 Excelsior Maassluis 23 9 4 10 35 40 12 6 4 2 23 19 11 3 0 8 12 21 -5 31
10 Volendam II 23 9 3 11 44 42 11 5 2 4 19 16 12 4 1 7 25 26 2 30
11 Spakenburg 21 8 5 8 42 40 9 6 1 2 19 10 12 2 4 6 23 30 2 29
12 De Treffers 23 8 3 12 22 30 12 5 2 5 11 16 11 3 1 7 11 14 -8 27
13 TEC 23 7 6 10 28 43 11 3 5 3 16 20 12 4 1 7 12 23 -15 27
14 IJsselmeervogels 23 8 2 13 26 35 12 7 1 4 16 14 11 1 1 9 10 21 -9 26
15 Scheveningen 22 6 8 8 25 34 10 3 3 4 11 17 12 3 5 4 14 17 -9 26
16 Kozakken Boys 23 6 7 10 30 40 12 3 4 5 18 20 11 3 3 5 12 20 -10 25
17 ASWH 22 5 4 13 29 39 11 3 4 4 16 18 11 2 0 9 13 21 -10 19
18 GVVV 22 3 7 12 20 37 12 3 4 5 14 21 10 0 3 7 6 16 -17 16

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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.