It's advantage AZ Alkmaar so far with their 3rd position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming FC Twente who are placed 8th.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
AZ Alkmaar have collected 23 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 7-2-3. Two home wins in a row for Alkmaar bring valid hopes of a third.
Alkmaar are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Vitesse. Before that, Alkmaar had a home game versus Feyenoord which ended with a victory 4-2.
Alkmaar are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost two.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 12 games), AZ Alkmaar's attacking play is working. On the other hand, AZ Alkmaar have conceded 17 goals.
FC Twente form and stats
Playing away, FC Twente have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. With three draws in a row for Twente the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
FC Twente's last game was the home draw against Willem II (1-1). Before that, FC Twente travelled to Heracles and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Twente played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
Twente has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, FC Twente have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
AZ Alkmaar and FC Twente have met before this season: FC Twente - AZ Alkmaar 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Alkmaar victories, one draw and one FC Twente win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Koopmeiners 13 goals |   D. Pereira da Silva 13 goals |  M. Boadu 11 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
FC Twente missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 56 | 25 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | 40 |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 84% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 76% | 75% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 75% | 56% |
| 52% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 36% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 72% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 64% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 20% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.3 | 14.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 37% | 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 43% | 35% |
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 57 | 60 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 31 | 54 |
| 3 | AZ Alkmaar | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 21 | 49 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 46 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Heracles | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -10 | 32 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 34 | -29 | 22 |
| 16 | Willem II | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -27 | 18 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -33 | 15 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -32 | 13 |