PEC Zwolle will fight against AZ in this Eredivisie match. Everything you need to learn about the game is right here!
6-2-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for AZ when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those twelve matches are 22-15 (scored/conceded).
AZ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Zrinjski. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for PEC Zwolle at their home stadium (MAC³PARK Stadion) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
PEC Zwolle drew their last game, also a home match. Go Ahead Eagles (placed 7th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Namli got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Namli hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Almere City and winning 2-1.PEC Zwolle has scored {3 goals-1} so far and conceded {3 goals-2} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
AZ form and stats
AZ are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Eredivisie.
The AZ goalkeeper Mathew Ryan is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 229 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away matches in a row for AZ, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-4 vs Zrinjski in the Europa Conference League. Brederode, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Brederode scored one goal and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie.A quick return to home after this game, as AZ are hosting Heracles in the Eredivisie only four days away.
It's early days yet, but AZ has scored 5 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): PEC Zwolle won two games, three matches ended with a draw and AZ have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 6 goals |  D. de Wit 3 goals |   F. Druijf 2 goals |
PEC Zwolle missing players
AZ missing players
| PEC Zwolle | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.4 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9.5 | 8.2 |
| 5.4 | 4.3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.6 | 18.7 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| 6 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 20% | 15% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 11.2 | 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| PEC Zwolle | Last season | AZ | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Won | W | 11 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 99 | 58 | Scored | S | 32 | 68 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 82% | ||
| 68% | 63% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 62% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 55% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 62% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 35% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 6% | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16.2 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 15.2 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Heracles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Almere City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
