AZ Alkmaar vs Heracles Preview & Prediction 16 May 2021

It's advantage AZ Alkmaar so far with their 3rd position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming Heracles who are placed 9th.

Insights:

AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Alkmaar nor Heracles as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Heracles play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Heracles when playing on grass are 5 wins, 6 draws and 17 defeats from 28 matches. They have scored 23 goals and conceded 57 times in these games.

Alkmaar are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Heracles are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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AZ Alkmaar form and stats

AZ Alkmaar have performed here at AFAS Stadion this season with 11 wins from 16 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. After failing to beat Ajax here at AFAS Stadion, AZ Alkmaar has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Alkmaar, as their goalkeeper Marco Bizot has completely shut out the opponents for 253 minutes in the Eredivisie.

Jonas Svensson, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Svensson hit one key pass and won 3 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Alkmaar won a home game hosting Fortuna Sittard (1-0).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (34 in 16 games), AZ Alkmaar's attacking play is working. Alkmaar have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Heracles form and stats

There's been little loot from Heracles's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the Eredivisie. Heracles only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.

Midfield player Lucas Schoofs was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.22/10. Schoofs had 46 successful passes (of 51 total). The draw against Feyenoord came from a losing position. The Heracles manager F. Wormuth brought on Sinan Bakış as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

A 1-1 draw at FC Twente's stadium before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heracles as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. Heracles have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Heracles - Alkmaar 1-2, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: nine wins for Alkmaar, zero draws and one win for Heracles. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

R. Vloet

16 goals

T. Koopmeiners

15 goals

M. Boadu

13 goals

AZ Alkmaar missing players

Heracles missing players

Total First Half Second Half

AZ Alkmaar				Heracles
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
20	11	4	Won	W	0	4	12
8	2	0	Drew	D	1	4	8
5	3	1	Lost	L	4	8	13
70	34	11	Scored	S	0	13	42
41	18	4	Conceded	C	13	32	48
97%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	94%	97%
82%	81%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	81%	82%
67%	62%	60%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	60%	62%	55%
45%	38%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	31%	30%
21%	19%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	12%	9%
64%	56%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	44%	45%
27%	31%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	19%	27%
12%	12%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	100%	44%	30%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.2	1.2	2.4	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2.4	1.6	1.4
7	5	3	Red cards	R C	1	2	2

13.2	13.4	10.2	Shots (avg)	S (	4	7.3	10.3
5.7	5.9	5.6	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	1.4	2.4	3.5
37%	36%	39%	Goal Efficiency	G E	0%	34%	36%

AZ Alkmaar			First Half	Heracles
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
16	10	5	Won	W	0	4	10
12	4	0	Drew	D	1	7	13
5	2	0	Lost	L	4	5	10
35	18	7	Scored	S	0	5	16
14	7	1	Conceded	C	8	10	17
82%	88%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	56%	64%
42%	31%	20%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	31%	33%
12%	19%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	6%	3%
12%	19%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
21%	19%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	0%	3%
64%	69%	80%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	69%	67%
33%	25%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	100%	75%	67%

AZ Alkmaar			Second Half	Heracles
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
17	9	3	Won	W	0	2	10
8	3	1	Drew	D	1	5	11
8	4	1	Lost	L	4	9	12
35	16	4	Scored	S	0	8	26
27	11	3	Conceded	C	5	22	31
91%	88%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	88%	88%
61%	56%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	56%	58%
27%	19%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	25%	18%
9%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	19%	9%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
33%	25%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	38%	36%
45%	50%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	19%	33%
30%	38%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	100%	56%	42%

Key stats in Eredivisie this season:

AZ Alkmaar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Heracles have scored away.
AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Heracles 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	33	27	4	2	99	22	17	14	2	1	53	14	16	13	2	1	46	8	77	85
2	PSV	33	21	8	4	73	34	17	13	3	1	39	13	16	8	5	3	34	21	39	71
3	AZ Alkmaar	33	20	8	5	70	41	16	11	2	3	34	18	17	9	6	2	36	23	29	68
4	Vitesse	33	18	7	8	51	35	16	11	4	1	25	9	17	7	3	7	26	26	16	61
5	Feyenoord	33	15	11	7	61	36	16	8	6	2	32	13	17	7	5	5	29	23	25	56
6	FC Utrecht	33	13	13	7	51	40	16	6	6	4	26	24	17	7	7	3	25	16	11	52
7	FC Groningen	33	14	8	11	40	36	17	7	6	4	17	13	16	7	2	7	23	23	4	50
8	Sparta Rotterdam	33	12	8	13	47	47	17	6	4	7	30	27	16	6	4	6	17	20	0	44
9	Heracles	33	12	8	13	42	48	17	8	4	5	29	16	16	4	4	8	13	32	-6	44
10	Fortuna Sittard	33	12	5	16	49	56	17	5	3	9	27	33	16	7	2	7	22	23	-7	41
11	SC Heerenveen	33	9	12	12	42	47	16	6	5	5	21	16	17	3	7	7	21	31	-5	39
12	FC Twente	33	9	11	13	45	48	16	3	6	7	20	23	17	6	5	6	25	25	-3	38
13	PEC Zwolle	33	8	11	14	43	53	16	5	6	5	18	18	17	3	5	9	25	35	-10	35
14	RKC Waalwijk	33	7	9	17	33	52	17	5	4	8	21	25	16	2	5	9	12	27	-19	30
15	Willem II	33	7	7	19	38	67	16	5	2	9	20	32	17	2	5	10	18	35	-29	28
16	FC Emmen	33	6	9	18	36	68	17	4	4	9	26	41	16	2	5	9	10	27	-32	27
17	VVV-Venlo	33	6	5	22	43	87	16	3	4	9	20	42	17	3	1	13	23	45	-44	23
18	ADO Den Haag	33	4	10	19	27	73	17	1	6	10	17	38	16	3	4	9	10	35	-46	22

Table

		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	33	27	4	2	99	22	17	14	2	1	53	14	16	13	2	1	46	8	77	85
2	PSV	33	21	8	4	73	34	17	13	3	1	39	13	16	8	5	3	34	21	39	71
3	AZ Alkmaar	33	20	8	5	70	41	16	11	2	3	34	18	17	9	6	2	36	23	29	68
4	Vitesse	33	18	7	8	51	35	16	11	4	1	25	9	17	7	3	7	26	26	16	61
5	Feyenoord	33	15	11	7	61	36	16	8	6	2	32	13	17	7	5	5	29	23	25	56
6	FC Utrecht	33	13	13	7	51	40	16	6	6	4	26	24	17	7	7	3	25	16	11	52
7	FC Groningen	33	14	8	11	40	36	17	7	6	4	17	13	16	7	2	7	23	23	4	50
8	Sparta Rotterdam	33	12	8	13	47	47	17	6	4	7	30	27	16	6	4	6	17	20	0	44
9	Heracles	33	12	8	13	42	48	17	8	4	5	29	16	16	4	4	8	13	32	-6	44
10	Fortuna Sittard	33	12	5	16	49	56	17	5	3	9	27	33	16	7	2	7	22	23	-7	41
11	SC Heerenveen	33	9	12	12	42	47	16	6	5	5	21	16	17	3	7	7	21	31	-5	39
12	FC Twente	33	9	11	13	45	48	16	3	6	7	20	23	17	6	5	6	25	25	-3	38
13	PEC Zwolle	33	8	11	14	43	53	16	5	6	5	18	18	17	3	5	9	25	35	-10	35
14	RKC Waalwijk	33	7	9	17	33	52	17	5	4	8	21	25	16	2	5	9	12	27	-19	30
15	Willem II	33	7	7	19	38	67	16	5	2	9	20	32	17	2	5	10	18	35	-29	28
16	FC Emmen	33	6	9	18	36	68	17	4	4	9	26	41	16	2	5	9	10	27	-32	27
17	VVV-Venlo	33	6	5	22	43	87	16	3	4	9	20	42	17	3	1	13	23	45	-44	23
18	ADO Den Haag	33	4	10	19	27	73	17	1	6	10	17	38	16	3	4	9	10	35	-46	22