AZ Alkmaar will plan to utilise their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The home side are currently 8 points behind FC Utrecht.
- All of AZ Alkmaar's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have the most clean sheets (3) away in Eredivisie
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
Only two Eredivisie home games for AZ Alkmaar so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Alkmaar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SC Cambuur away with the result 3-1. Jordy Clasie, Dani De Wit and Owen Wijndal found the net in that victory. Defender Owen Wijndal got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Wijndal scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Go Ahead Eagles.At AFAS Stadion, AZ Alkmaar has the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
FC Utrecht form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, FC Utrecht have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far. Utrecht has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Utrecht, whose manager R. Hake could celebrate last time after the Eredivisie win against Ajax. Goalkeeper Maarten Paes was absolutely vital in the Utrecht victory against Ajax, making six saves. Maarten Paes (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.42. Paes stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result FC Utrecht won their away game at Ajax. The scoreline was 1-0.FC Utrecht are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Utrecht are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Alkmaar won four, FC Utrecht triumphed in four and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 4 goals |   D. de Wit 3 goals |  J. Karlsson 3 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 25% | 62% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 62% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 14% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.1 | 14 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.5 | 13.9 |
| 6.1 | 9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 50% | 46% |
- AZ Alkmaar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of AZ Alkmaar's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Utrecht have the most clean sheets (3) away in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 19 |
| 2 | PSV | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Willem II | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Heracles | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | AZ Alkmaar | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 1 |