AZ Alkmaar vs Go Ahead Eagles preview for football fans

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

AZ Alkmaar are ready to challenge Go Ahead Eagles in this Eredivisie match. All you should learn about the match is found here!

Insights:
  • AZ Alkmaar have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Eredivisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have lost all their away matches so far.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alkmaar and Go Ahead Eagles.

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AZ Alkmaar form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Eredivisie game of the season here at AFAS Stadion. Last season these fans witnessed 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from AZ Alkmaar's 17 home games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Alkmaar to get some points in this home game.

Alkmaar faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Twente (1-3). Midfielder Jesper Karlsson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.74 (out of ten) in that game. Karlsson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Heartbreak before that as Alkmaar lost 2-3 at Heracles's place.

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.

Early season league goal statistics from AZ Alkmaar's 1 home game: 0 goals, 3 conceded.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

No Eredivisie points yet away for Go Ahead Eagles, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Eagles have lost on their last two travels.

Go Ahead Eagles might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. PSV proved too strong as Eagles slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at De Adelaarshorst. Defender Gerrit Nauber was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Nauber hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.

Before that, Eagles secured a home win against PEC Zwolle with the score 1-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Eagles played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.

2 goals so far away for Go Ahead Eagles, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

AZ Alkmaar-Go Ahead Eagles H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: AZ Alkmaar four wins, Go Ahead Eagles one win, one draw. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesG. Botos
G. Botos
2 goals
Go Ahead EaglesI. Córdoba Kerejeta
I. Córdoba Kerejeta
2 goals
AZ AlkmaarD. de Wit
D. de Wit
1 goals

AZ Alkmaar missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

AZ Alkmaar Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 1 0 Played P 0 2 6
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
6 0 0 Scored S 0 2 6
11 3 0 Conceded C 0 7 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
80% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
60% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 17%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 17%
60% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
40% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.8
2.6 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 6.2
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.5 12.3
4.4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.8
27% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 21%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ Alkmaar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • AZ Alkmaar have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • AZ Alkmaar have lost all their home matches so far.
  • AZ Alkmaar have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Eredivisie
  • AZ Alkmaar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AZ Alkmaar's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Go Ahead Eagles's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Go Ahead Eagles 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 6 5 1 0 27 1 3 3 0 0 19 0 3 2 1 0 8 1 26 16
2 PSV 6 5 0 1 16 8 3 2 0 1 9 7 3 3 0 0 7 1 8 15
3 Willem II 6 4 1 1 8 6 3 2 0 1 3 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 13
4 Feyenoord 5 4 0 1 14 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 1 9 3 10 12
5 FC Utrecht 6 3 2 1 12 4 3 2 1 0 9 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 8 11
6 FC Twente 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 10
7 SC Heerenveen 6 3 1 2 8 9 3 2 0 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 10
8 SC Cambuur 6 3 0 3 11 18 4 3 0 1 10 5 2 0 0 2 1 13 -7 9
9 Vitesse 6 3 0 3 5 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 4 3 0 1 4 6 -8 9
10 NEC 6 2 2 2 4 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 6 -5 8
11 Go Ahead Eagles 6 2 0 4 6 10 4 2 0 2 4 3 2 0 0 2 2 7 -4 6
12 Sparta Rotterdam 6 1 3 2 6 10 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 0 1 2 1 7 -4 6
13 RKC Waalwijk 6 1 2 3 9 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 2 1 6 7 -2 5
14 FC Groningen 6 1 2 3 6 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 5 8 -4 5
15 Heracles 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 4
16 Fortuna Sittard 5 1 1 3 5 12 3 1 1 1 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 -7 4
17 AZ Alkmaar 5 1 0 4 6 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 3 6 8 -5 3
18 PEC Zwolle 6 0 1 5 1 8 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 4 -7 1

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.