Only a win will satisfy the AZ Alkmaar supporters in this AFAS Stadion clash with ADO Den Haag, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eredivisie table.
- AZ Alkmaar is in the best form (4-2-0)
- ADO Den Haag has the most conceded goals (19) away in Eredivisie
It's no vacation for neither AZ Alkmaar nor ADO Den Haag as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting ADO Den Haag 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 5-8-18 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at AFAS Stadion as AZ Alkmaar have scored 16 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at AFAS Stadion.
A good away victory last time out for Alkmaar, who won 3-1 against PSV (placed 4th). A 1-1 draw away before that, with PEC Zwolle the opponent.
Everyone expects AZ Alkmaar to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found five games: five home wins, zero draws and zero defeats. AZ Alkmaar have won with at least two goals margin four times in similar situations.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the KNVB Beker game versus Ajax in only four days. This game is also played here at AFAS Stadion.
Goals decide football matches and Alkmaar are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. AZ Alkmaar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ADO Den Haag form and stats
There's been little loot from ADO Den Haag's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Eredivisie. ADO Den Haag, who have the most conceded goals (19) away in Eredivisie, only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Haag might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. VVV-Venlo proved too strong as ADO Den Haag slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Cars Jeans Stadion. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at RKC Waalwijk.
The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 16 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with four wins, two draws and ten defeats. ten games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Haag has another fixture away, a KNVB Beker game, against Vitesse in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting ADO Den Haag as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. For Haag, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
ADO Den Haag - AZ Alkmaar 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. AZ Alkmaar-ADO Den Haag H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AZ Alkmaar eight wins, ADO Den Haag one win, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Koopmeiners 11 goals |  C. Stengs 5 goals |  J. Karlsson 5 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
ADO Den Haag missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | ADO Den Haag | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 39 | 16 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 24 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 81% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 56% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 81% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.9 | 15.9 | 20.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
| 6.3 | 6.6 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 39% | 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 33% |
- ADO Den Haag has the most conceded goals (19) away in Eredivisie
- ADO Den Haag have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ADO Den Haag haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- AZ Alkmaar has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eredivisie
- AZ Alkmaar have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ Alkmaar have scored more than double the goals of ADO Den Haag.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- AZ Alkmaar is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 35 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | PSV | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 34 |
| 5 | AZ Alkmaar | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Heracles | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -18 | 15 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 12 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 10 |
| 17 | Willem II | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 9 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -25 | 5 |