AZ Alkmaar and Ajax are both riding high in the Eredivisie with their 4th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax has the most scored goals (63) in Eredivisie
It's no vacation for neither Alkmaar nor Ajax 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.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what AZ Alkmaar have to build on here at AFAS Stadion in the Eredivisie.
The Alkmaar fans got no joy from their last match, a Eredivisie game also here at AFAS Stadion: A 0-1 defeat against FC Utrecht (placed 8th). In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Feyenoord.
AZ Alkmaar can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Alkmaar have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax, who have the most scored goals (63) in Eredivisie, have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Groningen game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from seven away matches in a row. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Ajax hope to make it five in this match.
Ajax won their last game, 3-1 versus Willem II played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Fortuna Sittard with the score of 2-1.
The Ajax manager E. ten Hag has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 32 goals in 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): AZ Alkmaar won three games, one match ended with a draw and Ajax has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  T. Koopmeiners 11 goals |   D. Tadić 10 goals |  A. dos Santos 7 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
Ajax missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 32 | 63 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 78% | 84% |
| 79% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 79% |
| 53% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 79% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 11% | 5% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.9 | 15.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 23.3 | 21 |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 9.8 | 8.6 |
| 37% | 33% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 38% |
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most clean sheets (4) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most points (22) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals (32) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals (63) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+26) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+48) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 48 | 47 |
| 2 | PSV | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | AZ Alkmaar | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 37 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Heracles | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -14 | 22 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 14 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 11 |
| 17 | Willem II | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -30 | 6 |