Football betting preview: Volendam II with moderate expectations before welcoming AFC

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kras Stadion (7384 seats)

Pre-match info: 39 points are the diference between the teams so far, AFC the superior team. Can Volendam II take the guests by surprise?

Insights:
  • Volendam II have the fewest points (11) at home in Tweede Divisie
  • AFC have the most points from losing position (17) in Tweede Divisie

This ground has artifical turf, which is not AFC's familiar surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf AFC have performed like this: Played seven matches with the outcome 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats with the goal data 12-8 (scored/conceded).

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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Volendam II form and stats

Volendam II's results here at Kras Stadion in the Tweede Divisie have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats.

Volendam II drew their last game, also a home match. AFC (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Heartbreak before that as Volendam II lost 1-3 at OFC Oostzaan's place.

Volendam has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. When Volendam II hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like TEC, Jong Sparta, Excelsior Maassluis, OFC Oostzaan and IJsselmeervogels), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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AFC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Tweede Divisie travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. AFC has drawn their two previous away games.

AFC are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Volendam II (placed 17th).

A loss against Spakenburg was the result prior to that, in a home game.

AFC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 14 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

The latest archived history involving both these teams is the AFC - Volendam 5-1 played previously this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Volendam II victories, zero draws and two AFC wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFCM. Platje
M. Platje
11 goals
AFCR. Ignacio
R. Ignacio
9 goals
AFCS. de Mooij
S. de Mooij
8 goals

Volendam II missing players

AFC missing players

Volendam II AFC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 4 15 29
5 3 0 Won W 3 7 17
4 3 0 Drew D 1 5 7
20 9 4 Lost L 0 3 5
32 15 4 Scored S 11 23 54
67 28 14 Conceded C 5 13 29
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 86%
76% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 76%
62% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 55%
48% 40% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 40% 38%
28% 13% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 13% 24%
62% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 55%
14% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 47% 41%
28% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
3.6 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 4.8
5 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.5 3.5
0.9 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.6 9.9 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.3 9.6
3.5 4.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.7 4.8
33% 23% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 39%
 
8.7 8.8 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 5.9 6.9
4.4 4.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.1 3.2
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • AFC have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Tweede Divisie
  • AFC have the most clean sheets (6) away in Tweede Divisie
  • AFC have the most points from losing position (17) in Tweede Divisie
  • Volendam II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Volendam II have the fewest points (11) at home in Tweede Divisie
  • Volendam II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Volendam II is in the worst form (0-0-5)

  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 4 6 59 27 13 10 2 1 34 7 15 8 2 5 25 20 32 58
2 AFC 28 17 6 5 54 29 14 10 2 2 31 16 14 7 4 3 23 13 25 57
3 Rijnsburgse Boys 28 16 6 6 58 34 14 8 3 3 32 15 14 8 3 3 26 19 24 54
4 HHC 28 16 5 7 62 33 14 10 1 3 30 13 14 6 4 4 32 20 29 53
5 Quick Boys 28 14 5 9 60 41 15 9 2 4 40 22 13 5 3 5 20 19 19 47
6 De Treffers 28 14 5 9 48 39 14 7 3 4 26 20 14 7 2 5 22 19 9 47
7 Koninklijke HFC 28 11 6 11 42 37 13 6 3 4 18 16 15 5 3 7 24 21 5 39
8 Spakenburg 28 10 9 9 42 41 14 5 4 5 14 16 14 5 5 4 28 25 1 39
9 Lisse 28 9 11 8 38 39 14 5 7 2 22 14 14 4 4 6 16 25 -1 38
10 Kozakken Boys 28 11 4 13 42 45 14 7 2 5 27 19 14 4 2 8 15 26 -3 37
11 Scheveningen 28 10 7 11 32 36 14 4 4 6 13 19 14 6 3 5 19 17 -4 37
12 Noordwijk 28 10 6 12 36 38 14 5 4 5 21 23 14 5 2 7 15 15 -2 36
13 Jong Sparta 28 9 7 12 46 49 14 6 4 4 27 23 14 3 3 8 19 26 -3 34
14 Excelsior Maassluis 28 8 8 12 41 56 14 5 3 6 23 24 14 3 5 6 18 32 -15 32
15 TEC 28 8 7 13 33 52 14 4 4 6 18 22 14 4 3 7 15 30 -19 31
16 IJsselmeervogels 28 7 5 16 38 57 14 4 2 8 20 29 14 3 3 8 18 28 -19 26
17 Volendam II 28 5 3 20 32 67 14 3 2 9 15 28 14 2 1 11 17 39 -35 18
18 OFC Oostzaan 28 4 6 18 29 72 15 3 3 9 19 36 13 1 3 9 10 36 -43 18

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.