It's advantage AZ Alkmaar so far with their 3rd position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming Fortuna Sittard who are placed 9th.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Fortuna are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
AZ Alkmaar have performed here at AFAS Stadion this season with 10 wins from 15 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. Alkmaar has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at AFAS Stadion. We remember; it was Ajax.
A good away victory last time out for AZ Alkmaar, who won 3-1 against RKC Waalwijk (placed 14th). Prior to that, an away loss at Ajax.
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.
Goals decide football matches and Alkmaar are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 15 league matches. On the other hand, Alkmaar have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Fortuna Sittard have produced an overall stat of 7-2-6 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Fortuna Sittard goalkeeper Yanick van Osch is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Fortuna go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Twente that ended 3-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against ADO Den Haag with the score of 3-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Fortuna played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected four times.
Fortuna have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Fortuna Sittard have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Fortuna Sittard - AZ Alkmaar 3-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Alkmaar won four games, one match ended with a draw and Fortuna Sittard has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / zeroTop Goalscorers
  T. Koopmeiners 15 goals |  M. Boadu 13 goals |  J. Karlsson 9 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 69 | 33 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 46 |
| 41 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | 52 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 71% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 53% | 65% |
| 48% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 42% |
| 23% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 13% |
| 68% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 61% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 33% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.4 | 13.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 34% | 32% |
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 68 | 76 |
| 2 | PSV | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 35 | 64 |
| 3 | AZ Alkmaar | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 69 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 64 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 60 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 55 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 50 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 46 |
| 8 | Heracles | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -6 | 42 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 31 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | -6 | 40 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -3 | 37 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 26 |
| 15 | Willem II | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 34 | -30 | 25 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 24 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 31 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 39 | 81 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 42 | -42 | 22 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 30 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 35 | -45 | 16 |