Possible nail-biting contest in Spakenburg - AFC game

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Tue 12.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Westmaat (8000 seats)

Spakenburg will aim to employ their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosting team are currently 9 points behind AFC.

Insights:
  • All of Spakenburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • AFC have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Spakenburg and AFC.

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Spakenburg form and stats

Spakenburg have collected 19 points from their Tweede Divisie home games so far after 6-1-3.

Spakenburg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Jong Sparta (placed 4th).

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Katwijk the opponent.

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

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Spakenburg as they are travelling to their away game against Quick Boys in the Tweede Divisie. That match is four days after this one.

Spakenburg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportpark De Westmaat with 19 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Spakenburg have conceded 13 goals.

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AFC form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of AFC playing as the away team in the Tweede Divisie this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, AFC are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for AFC, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus HHC.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs De Treffers.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by AFC in our archives, and the results are: six wins for AFC, zero draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as AFC are hosting Koninklijke HFC in the Tweede Divisie only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy AFC's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by AFC in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head match ended AFC - Spakenburg 5-1, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior eight meetings): Spakenburg won zero games, zero matches ended with a tie and AFC got eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three

Top Goalscorers

SpakenburgF. van der Linden
F. van der Linden
16 goals
AFCR. Ignacio
R. Ignacio
13 goals
AFCS. de Mooij
S. de Mooij
8 goals

Spakenburg missing players

AFC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spakenburg AFC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 4 11 23
8 6 2 Won W 0 4 11
5 1 0 Drew D 3 3 5
9 3 2 Lost L 1 4 7
42 19 6 Scored S 2 17 43
43 13 6 Conceded C 4 13 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 91%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 78%
73% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 57%
64% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 48%
32% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 35%
59% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 61%
27% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 26%
14% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 22%
 
5.4 5.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 6.3
5.4 6.2 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.5 4.3
1.2 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 0.8 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 9 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.1 12.6
4.9 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.6 5.5
42% 52% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 41% 39%
 
10 10.2 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 7.9 9.5
4.8 5 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 4.4
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • AFC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • All of Spakenburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Spakenburg 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 Katwijk 24 15 5 4 49 24 12 9 1 2 27 11 12 6 4 2 22 13 25 50
2 Koninklijke HFC 24 13 6 5 37 23 12 8 3 1 21 9 12 5 3 4 16 14 14 45
3 HHC 24 12 4 8 36 32 12 8 2 2 23 14 12 4 2 6 13 18 4 40
4 Jong Sparta 24 12 4 8 42 40 12 7 2 3 22 20 12 5 2 5 20 20 2 40
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 24 12 3 9 48 31 13 8 1 4 27 13 11 4 2 5 21 18 17 39
6 AFC 23 11 5 7 43 29 12 7 2 3 26 16 11 4 3 4 17 13 14 38
7 Quick Boys 24 10 8 6 36 29 12 6 3 3 19 13 12 4 5 3 17 16 7 38
8 Noordwijk 24 11 5 8 35 32 11 9 0 2 21 9 13 2 5 6 14 23 3 38
9 Excelsior Maassluis 24 9 4 11 35 43 13 6 4 3 23 22 11 3 0 8 12 21 -8 31
10 Volendam II 24 9 3 12 45 45 11 5 2 4 19 16 13 4 1 8 26 29 0 30
11 De Treffers 24 9 3 12 27 30 12 5 2 5 11 16 12 4 1 7 16 14 -3 30
12 Spakenburg 22 8 5 9 42 43 10 6 1 3 19 13 12 2 4 6 23 30 -1 29
13 IJsselmeervogels 24 9 2 13 30 37 12 7 1 4 16 14 12 2 1 9 14 23 -7 29
14 Scheveningen 23 6 9 8 25 34 11 3 4 4 11 17 12 3 5 4 14 17 -9 27
15 TEC 24 7 6 11 30 47 12 3 5 4 18 24 12 4 1 7 12 23 -17 27
16 Kozakken Boys 24 6 7 11 30 42 12 3 4 5 18 20 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 25
17 GVVV 23 4 7 12 23 37 12 3 4 5 14 21 11 1 3 7 9 16 -14 19
18 ASWH 23 5 4 14 29 44 12 3 4 5 16 23 11 2 0 9 13 21 -15 19

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 24 15 5 4 49 24 12 9 1 2 27 11 12 6 4 2 22 13 25 50
2 Koninklijke HFC 24 13 6 5 37 23 12 8 3 1 21 9 12 5 3 4 16 14 14 45
3 HHC 24 12 4 8 36 32 12 8 2 2 23 14 12 4 2 6 13 18 4 40
4 Jong Sparta 24 12 4 8 42 40 12 7 2 3 22 20 12 5 2 5 20 20 2 40
5 Rijnsburgse Boys 24 12 3 9 48 31 13 8 1 4 27 13 11 4 2 5 21 18 17 39
6 AFC 23 11 5 7 43 29 12 7 2 3 26 16 11 4 3 4 17 13 14 38
7 Quick Boys 24 10 8 6 36 29 12 6 3 3 19 13 12 4 5 3 17 16 7 38
8 Noordwijk 24 11 5 8 35 32 11 9 0 2 21 9 13 2 5 6 14 23 3 38
9 Excelsior Maassluis 24 9 4 11 35 43 13 6 4 3 23 22 11 3 0 8 12 21 -8 31
10 Volendam II 24 9 3 12 45 45 11 5 2 4 19 16 13 4 1 8 26 29 0 30
11 De Treffers 24 9 3 12 27 30 12 5 2 5 11 16 12 4 1 7 16 14 -3 30
12 Spakenburg 22 8 5 9 42 43 10 6 1 3 19 13 12 2 4 6 23 30 -1 29
13 IJsselmeervogels 24 9 2 13 30 37 12 7 1 4 16 14 12 2 1 9 14 23 -7 29
14 Scheveningen 23 6 9 8 25 34 11 3 4 4 11 17 12 3 5 4 14 17 -9 27
15 TEC 24 7 6 11 30 47 12 3 5 4 18 24 12 4 1 7 12 23 -17 27
16 Kozakken Boys 24 6 7 11 30 42 12 3 4 5 18 20 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 25
17 GVVV 23 4 7 12 23 37 12 3 4 5 14 21 11 1 3 7 9 16 -14 19
18 ASWH 23 5 4 14 29 44 12 3 4 5 16 23 11 2 0 9 13 21 -15 19

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