Match preview: AZ expected to defeat SC Heerenveen at AFAS Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

Welcome to AFAS Stadion and this match involving AZ and SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie. Tipsway has everything you need to know!

Insights:
  • AZ have not yet lost a game.
  • SC Heerenveen is in the worst form (0-1-5)

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an animated fixture!

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AZ form and stats

All-inclusive Eredivisie stats at home this season for AZ are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for AZ in their previous game, a fixture away at Ajax (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The forward Pavlidis bettered all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Pavlidis scored one goal.

Before that game, a home win hosting Legia Warszawa in the Europa Conference League. 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, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.

AZ are not conceding a lot of goals here at AFAS Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, SC Heerenveen have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on van Wonderen, the Heerenveen manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

SC Heerenveen's last game was the home draw against NEC (1-1). Midfielder Haye was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Haye hit three key passes and had 67 successful passes (of 74 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting FC Twente's place.

You'll want to know how SC Heerenveen managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

Heerenveen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. The SC Heerenveen manager van Wonderen has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels. SC Heerenveen has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AZ seven wins, one draw and SC Heerenveen two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
10 goals
AZD. de Wit
D. de Wit
4 goals
SC HeerenveenO. Sahraoui
O. Sahraoui
3 goals

AZ missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

AZ SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 3 4 8
7 3 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 3 3 5
22 12 0 Scored S 3 5 10
4 2 0 Conceded C 10 10 18
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 88%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 62%
38% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 50%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 50% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 62%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 12%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 25%
 
7.5 7.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 4.6
2.5 2.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 8 5.5
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.5 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
15.2 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.2 12.8
6.6 7.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 4.5
42% 41% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 28%
 
6.9 7.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 16.2 13.8
2.6 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 6.2 5.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • 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 SC Heerenveen.
  • 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.
  • SC Heerenveen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • SC Heerenveen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SC Heerenveen is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 8 8 0 0 27 2 4 4 0 0 12 1 4 4 0 0 15 1 25 24
2 AZ 8 7 1 0 22 4 4 3 1 0 12 2 4 4 0 0 10 2 18 22
3 FC Twente 8 7 0 1 17 4 4 4 0 0 8 2 4 3 0 1 9 2 13 21
4 Feyenoord 8 6 2 0 28 6 4 3 1 0 15 3 4 3 1 0 13 3 22 20
5 Excelsior 8 3 4 1 14 11 4 1 3 0 6 5 4 2 1 1 8 6 3 13
6 Go Ahead Eagles 8 4 1 3 17 15 4 4 0 0 14 3 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 13
7 Sparta Rotterdam 8 3 2 3 10 13 4 1 2 1 4 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 -3 11
8 Heracles 8 3 2 3 12 17 4 3 0 1 8 6 4 0 2 2 4 11 -5 11
9 Fortuna Sittard 8 2 3 3 7 14 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 0 2 2 2 9 -7 9
10 NEC 8 2 2 4 13 15 4 2 0 2 10 7 4 0 2 2 3 8 -2 8
11 Vitesse 8 2 1 5 6 11 4 0 1 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 5 4 -5 7
12 PEC Zwolle 8 2 1 5 7 14 5 1 1 3 3 8 3 1 0 2 4 6 -7 7
13 SC Heerenveen 8 2 1 5 10 18 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 1 0 3 5 10 -8 7
14 Almere City 8 2 1 5 7 18 4 1 0 3 3 10 4 1 1 2 4 8 -11 7
15 RKC Waalwijk 7 2 0 5 5 14 3 1 0 2 2 7 4 1 0 3 3 7 -9 6
16 Ajax 6 1 2 3 8 12 3 1 0 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 3 5 -4 5
17 FC Volendam 7 1 1 5 7 16 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 0 0 3 3 10 -9 4
18 FC Utrecht 8 1 0 7 4 17 3 0 0 3 1 9 5 1 0 4 3 8 -13 3

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.