Eredivisie preview and statistics: AZ Alkmaar - FC Twente at Cars Jeans Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cars Jeans Stadion (15000 seats)

It's advantage AZ Alkmaar so far with their 2nd position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming FC Twente who are placed 9th.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This stadium uses grass, unlike FC Twente's home stadium. The visitors last 20 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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AZ Alkmaar form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for AZ Alkmaar, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Eredivisie, at their home stadium (Cars Jeans Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

AZ Alkmaar are returning here after visiting PSV in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Before that, AZ Alkmaar had a Europa League home game versus Astana which ended with a victory 6-0.

As mentioned above, AZ Alkmaar "killed" PSV in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

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 Alkmaar home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Goals are plentiful at Cars Jeans Stadion in the league this season as AZ Alkmaar has scored 13 goals here in 5 attempts. 5 goals have been conceded.

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FC Twente form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, FC Twente have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far. FC Twente has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

FC Twente won their last game, 4-1 versus FC Emmen played at home. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Willem II.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where FC Twente played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

The travelling fans enjoy FC Twente's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. For FC Twente, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 7 - 2 - 1 (AZ Alkmaar wins - draws - FC Twente wins). As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AZ AlkmaarM. Boadu
M. Boadu
6 goals / 3 assists
AZ AlkmaarO. Idrissi
O. Idrissi
6 goals
FC TwenteH. Vučkič
H. Vučkič
6 goals / 1 assists

AZ Alkmaar missing players

FC Twente missing players

AZ Alkmaar FC Twente
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
11 5 4 Played P 0 5 11
7 3 2 Won W 0 2 4
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 1 Lost L 0 2 4
25 13 9 Scored S 0 8 21
8 5 5 Conceded C 0 10 20
91% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 91%
82% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 82%
55% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 73%
36% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 64%
18% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 45%
36% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 82%
64% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 9%
9% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
7 9 7.8 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3 3.8
3.7 3.4 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 6.4 5.3
1.5 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • AZ Alkmaar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AZ Alkmaar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AZ Alkmaar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • AZ Alkmaar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Twente have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Twente have won significantly less corners away then at home.

AZ Alkmaar
All Eredivisie Europa League KNVB Beker
All Home Away Home vs mid
03-10-19 EL AZ Alkmaar 0 - 0 Manchester United
06-10-19 ER Willem II 1 - 1 AZ Alkmaar
19-10-19 ER AZ Alkmaar 2 - 4 SC Heerenveen
24-10-19 EL AZ Alkmaar 6 - 0 Astana
27-10-19 ER PSV 0 - 4 AZ Alkmaar
02-11-19 ER AZ Alkmaar 20:45 FC Twente
07-11-19 EL Astana 16:50 AZ Alkmaar
10-11-19 ER AZ Alkmaar 20:00 FC Emmen
23-11-19 ER FC Utrecht 18:30 AZ Alkmaar
28-11-19 EL AZ Alkmaar 18:55 Partizan
FC Twente
All Eredivisie Eerste Divisie KNVB Beker
All Home Away Away vs top
20-09-19 ER FC Twente 2 - 3 Heracles
29-09-19 ER Feyenoord 5 - 1 FC Twente
05-10-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 1 FC Twente
19-10-19 ER FC Twente 0 - 1 Willem II
25-10-19 ER FC Twente 4 - 1 FC Emmen
30-10-19 KB De Treffers 19:45 FC Twente
02-11-19 ER AZ Alkmaar 20:45 FC Twente
10-11-19 ER FC Twente 14:30 PEC Zwolle
24-11-19 ER VVV-Venlo 16:45 FC Twente
01-12-19 ER FC Twente 12:15 Ajax

  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 11 9 2 0 35 7 5 5 0 0 20 1 6 4 2 0 15 6 28 29
2 AZ Alkmaar 11 7 2 2 25 8 5 3 1 1 13 5 6 4 1 1 12 3 17 23
3 PSV 11 7 2 2 26 13 6 4 1 1 16 8 5 3 1 1 10 5 13 23
4 Vitesse 11 7 2 2 22 15 6 4 1 1 13 8 5 3 1 1 9 7 7 23
5 FC Utrecht 11 6 2 3 22 14 5 4 0 1 12 4 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 20
6 Willem II 11 6 1 4 14 15 6 3 1 2 6 6 5 3 0 2 8 9 -1 19
7 Heracles 11 5 3 3 18 15 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 18
8 SC Heerenveen 11 4 5 2 17 12 6 1 5 0 5 4 5 3 0 2 12 8 5 17
9 FC Twente 11 4 3 4 21 20 6 2 2 2 13 10 5 2 1 2 8 10 1 15
10 Sparta Rotterdam 11 4 3 4 19 20 5 3 0 2 12 8 6 1 3 2 7 12 -1 15
11 FC Groningen 11 4 2 5 13 13 5 3 0 2 9 5 6 1 2 3 4 8 0 14
12 Feyenoord 11 3 5 3 19 22 6 2 3 1 12 10 5 1 2 2 7 12 -3 14
13 PEC Zwolle 11 3 1 7 16 26 5 2 1 2 12 12 6 1 0 5 4 14 -10 10
14 FC Emmen 11 3 1 7 14 24 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 0 0 5 3 16 -10 10
15 ADO Den Haag 11 3 0 8 13 21 5 1 0 4 4 9 6 2 0 4 9 12 -8 9
16 Fortuna Sittard 11 2 3 6 17 26 6 2 2 2 13 10 5 0 1 4 4 16 -9 9
17 VVV-Venlo 11 3 0 8 11 28 5 2 0 3 6 13 6 1 0 5 5 15 -17 9
18 RKC Waalwijk 11 0 1 10 10 33 5 0 0 5 3 12 6 0 1 5 7 21 -23 1

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