Tweede Divisie fixture preview: Spakenburg vs Jong Sparta

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Westmaat (8000 seats)

It's game day two of the Tweede Divisie season and important points to play for. Read our complete preview of Spakenburg-Jong Sparta!

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an animated match!

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Spakenburg form and stats

In the previous season, Spakenburg's league stats were 14 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, leading to 9th place in the Tweede Divisie. In these 34 matches they scored 64 goals and let in 62. Appearing as the home side in the former season Spakenburg managed 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 21 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Loenen led his Spakenburg to a defeat away at Koninklijke HFC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sportpark De Westmaat. Until that game this club had gone nine consecutive league meetings without a loss. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in der Linden, having scored in three matches in a row.

Before that, Spakenburg had a home game versus Rijnsburgse Boys which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 9 games. Spakenburg has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

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Jong Sparta form and stats

Let's have a look at how Jong Sparta performed last season in the Tweede Divisie: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 27/24 goals scored/conceded.

Jong Sparta's last game was the home draw against Lisse (1-1).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Scheveningen.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jong Sparta playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Jong Sparta wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last nine meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Spakenburg, two draws and three wins for Jong Sparta. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

SpakenburgF. van der Linden
F. van der Linden
1 goals
Jong SpartaM. Tahiri
M. Tahiri
1 goals

Spakenburg missing players

Jong Sparta missing players

Spakenburg Jong Sparta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Spakenburg Last season Jong Sparta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
14 10   Won W   7 16
7 3   Drew D   3 7
13 4   Lost L   7 11
64 33   Scored S   27 57
62 21   Conceded C   24 49
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
91% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 91%
68% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 68%
56% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
29% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
62% 59%   BTTS BTTS   41% 62%
21% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 24%
18% 6%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.4
5 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.8
1.3 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 0.7
1 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.4 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 12.5
5.5 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 5.5
39% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 34%
 
10.2 10   Shots against (avg) S A   10.2 10.2
5.1 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.3

  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 1 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
2 Kozakken Boys 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 IJsselmeervogels 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 De Treffers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Koninklijke HFC 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Quick Boys 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 HHC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Jong Sparta 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Lisse 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Rijnsburgse Boys 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Scheveningen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 OFC Oostzaan 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 AFC 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Spakenburg 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 TEC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Noordwijk 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Excelsior Maassluis 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Volendam II 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0
Last season 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 34 22 5 7 73 34 17 14 1 2 44 12 17 8 4 5 29 22 39 71
2 HHC 34 19 5 10 58 43 17 12 2 3 35 19 17 7 3 7 23 24 15 62
3 Koninklijke HFC 34 16 9 9 54 39 17 10 4 3 29 15 17 6 5 6 25 24 15 57
4 Rijnsburgse Boys 34 17 4 13 63 43 17 10 2 5 34 19 17 7 2 8 29 24 20 55
5 Jong Sparta 34 16 7 11 57 49 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 7 3 7 27 24 8 55
6 AFC 34 15 9 10 61 49 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 6 6 5 27 23 12 54
7 Noordwijk 34 16 6 12 53 46 17 11 1 5 29 18 17 5 5 7 24 28 7 54
8 Scheveningen 34 13 11 10 43 44 17 7 4 6 21 24 17 6 7 4 22 20 -1 50
9 Spakenburg 34 14 7 13 64 62 17 10 3 4 33 21 17 4 4 9 31 41 2 49
10 Excelsior Maassluis 34 14 5 15 50 55 17 9 5 3 32 23 17 5 0 12 18 32 -5 47
11 Volendam II 34 14 3 17 66 65 17 8 2 7 31 28 17 6 1 10 35 37 1 45
12 Quick Boys 34 12 8 14 43 53 17 8 3 6 23 21 17 4 5 8 20 32 -10 44
13 IJsselmeervogels 34 13 3 18 44 48 17 9 1 7 25 20 17 4 2 11 19 28 -4 42
14 TEC 34 11 9 14 44 63 17 6 6 5 27 28 17 5 3 9 17 35 -19 42
15 De Treffers 34 12 5 17 38 51 17 8 4 5 20 21 17 4 1 12 18 30 -13 41
16 Kozakken Boys 34 8 11 15 46 62 17 5 6 6 29 28 17 3 5 9 17 34 -16 35
17 GVVV 34 9 7 18 45 54 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 3 3 11 17 27 -9 34
18 ASWH 34 5 6 23 38 80 17 3 5 9 21 40 17 2 1 14 17 40 -42 21

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.