AZ open their doors to Sparta Rotterdam for another exciting Eredivisie fixture here at AFAS Stadion.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sparta Rotterdam have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-7-11 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.
This could be an exciting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!
AZ form and stats
AZ have only played one Eredivisie game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 17 matches.
AZ are returning here after visiting Vitesse and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Pavlidis (2) scored the goal(s). The striker Pavlidis bested all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.64 out of 10. Pavlidis scored two goals and hit three key passes.
In the match before, 3-3 away to Brann (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) (Europa Conference League).
There will be little rest for AZ after this match as they are travelling to Zrinjski for a Europa Conference League game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from AZ's 1 home game: {5 goals}, 1 conceded.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
Sparta Rotterdam are yet to lose a point on their Eredivisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Sparta Rotterdam played 1-1 against NEC in their previous match. Kitolano got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, top player of the team. Kitolano scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 37 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus SC Heerenveen at their stadium, the result 3-1.It's early days yet, but Sparta Rotterdam has scored 5 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: AZ won six, Sparta Rotterdam triumphed in two and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 5 goals |  D. de Wit 2 goals |   T. Lauritsen 2 goals |
AZ missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| AZ | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.7 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12 | 12.2 |
| 7.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 45% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | 35% |
| 6.7 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 19.5 | 19 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
| AZ | Last season | Sparta Rotterdam | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 68 | 36 | Scored | S | 30 | 63 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 89% | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 71% | ||
| 62% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 58% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 39% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 62% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 37% | 45% | ||
| 35% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 37% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 29% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15.2 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 15.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | PSV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Heracles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Ajax | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 0 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
