The league standings shows that 16 points divide the two duelists in this Eredivisie fixture. AZ carry both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- AZ have not yet lost a game.
- NEC have yet to win a game away.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at AFAS Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, NEC have had more rest.
AZ form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, AZ have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at AFAS Stadion.
AZ's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 1-4 versus Aston Villa (in Europa Conference League). Pavlidis, who usually features in attack, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.03 (out of 10). Pavlidis hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previous to that game, a Eredivisie home match hosting SC Heerenveen in a game that was won 3-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AZ home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 10 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.
As for guarding their own goal, AZ have only let in {2 goals} at home.
NEC form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of NEC playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
There were no winners in NEC's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Almere City (placed 13th). Midfielder Mattsson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Mattsson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus SC Heerenveen that ended 1-1.After this away game NEC return home for a KNVB Beker game against Roda JC Kerkrade. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
AZ have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) against NEC.The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 13 goals |   M. Mattsson 5 goals |  D. de Wit 4 goals |
AZ missing players
NEC missing players
| AZ | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 56% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 11% |
| 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 15 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 45% | 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 31% |
| 7.1 | 8 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 28 | 19.2 | 15 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 8 | 5.6 |
- AZ have not yet lost a game.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NEC have scored away.
- AZ have scored in all their matches 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 NEC's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- NEC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- NEC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- NEC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- NEC have yet to win a game away.
- NEC 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 | PSV | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 27 |
| 2 | AZ | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 25 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Heracles | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | NEC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 13 | Almere City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 6 |
| 17 | Ajax | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
