Eredivisie: AZ welcome Fortuna Sittard in what should be an action-packed football match. Tipsway gives you everything you need to know!
- AZ have not yet lost a game.
- Fortuna Sittard have yet to win a game away.
These are busy days for the home side, as they were in action only three days ago in the Eredivisie. This match was also played here at AFAS Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Fortuna Sittard have had more rest.
AZ form and stats
AZ have collected seven points from their first three Eredivisie games here at AFAS Stadion, a promising start.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for AZ, who played 1-1 against Heracles Almelo. That match was also played at this venue (AFAS Stadion). Having to accept a draw was difficult to deal with as the team bossed xG (expected goals): 2.65 - .62. Midfield player Brederode got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, the max score being 10. Brederode dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting PEC Zwolle and winning 3-0.AZ are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 9, drew 0 and lost 0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Legia Warszawa are coming to town in four days.
Goals are plentiful at AFAS Stadion in the league this season as AZ has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. AZ have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Eredivisie for Fortuna Sittard with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Fortuna lost away at Go Ahead Eagles (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. It is not a good sign for Fortuna Sittard that their goalie Pandur managed six saves in the Go Ahead Eagles fixture, but still could not save them from a beating.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus FC Volendam.You'll want to know how Fortuna managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fortuna Sittard as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Fortuna struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
AZ have been victorious in all of the 5 latest battles versus this opponent. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 8 goals |  D. de Wit 3 goals |  M. Lahdo 2 goals |
AZ missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| AZ | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 9.2 | 10 | 16 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.3 | 17.3 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 16 | 17.8 |
| 6.8 | 7.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 5.7 |
| 39% | 36% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 6.8 | 7.7 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 17 | 13 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 7 | 5.3 |
- AZ have not yet lost a game.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.
- AZ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of AZ's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fortuna Sittard have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fortuna Sittard have yet to win a game 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 | PSV | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 18 |
| 2 | AZ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 14 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Heracles Almelo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | NEC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Ajax | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 18 | Almere City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
