AZ are ready to battle it out with Heracles Almelo in this Eredivisie match. Everything you should learn about the game is found here!
- AZ have won all their games so far.
- Heracles Almelo have the most points from losing position (6) in Eredivisie
Heracles Almelo play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game will take place on grass. Relevant stats for Heracles Almelo when playing on grass are 7 wins, 2 draws and 15 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored {32 goals} and conceded 47 times on these occasions.
The hosts AZ saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eredivisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at PEC Zwolle.
AZ form and stats
Perfect Eredivisie season at home so far for AZ 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Nothing to worry about in defence for AZ, as their goalkeeper Mathew Ryan has completely shut out the opponents for 319 minutes in the Eredivisie.
A strong away win for AZ against PEC Zwolle the last match, as Brederode, Lahdo and Pavlidis were on target. Midfielder Mijnans was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Mijnans hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Zrinjski in the Europa Conference League. 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 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 9, drew 1 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AZ, as the Eredivisie home game vs Fortuna Sittard is only three days away.
At AFAS Stadion, AZ has the goal stats of 7-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
The Eredivisie season is young and Heracles Almelo have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Heracles Almelo are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at FC Volendam (placed 17th). It looked so good for Heracles vs FC Volendam, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Midfield player Keersmaecker was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Keersmaecker scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus FC Utrecht.Goals galore? This club have played 5 consecutive league matches all featuring at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PEC Zwolle in just three days.
Heracles Almelo have the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): AZ won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Heracles Almelo have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 7 goals |  D. de Wit 3 goals |  M. Lahdo 2 goals |
AZ missing players
Heracles Almelo missing players
| AZ | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.8 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 2.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 6.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.4 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.8 |
| 6.8 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 44% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 45% |
| 7.4 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 23.5 | 16.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9.5 | 6.6 |
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ have won all their games so far.
- 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.
- All of Heracles Almelo's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Heracles Almelo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Heracles Almelo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Heracles Almelo have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Eredivisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most points from losing position (6) in Eredivisie
- Heracles Almelo have yet to win a game away.
- Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| AZ | Last season | Heracles Almelo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 12 | 27 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 68 | 36 | Scored | S | 42 | 103 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 62% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 74% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 45% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 29% | ||
| 62% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 35% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 42% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.2 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 47% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | AZ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 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 | NEC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Heracles Almelo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 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 |
