The AZ Alkmaar & PSV managers P. Jansen and R. Schmidt are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eredivisie league table.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 13 Eredivisie games here at AFAS Stadion for AZ Alkmaar. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Alkmaar are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The AZ Alkmaar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host FC Twente in Eredivisie and win 4-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Vitesse.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Alkmaar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost zero.
AZ Alkmaar can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 29 times. On the other hand, Alkmaar have conceded 18 goals.
PSV form and stats
6-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for PSV in their Eredivisie matches away.
PSV's last game was the home draw against Feyenoord (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Fortuna Sittard with the score of 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by PSV in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for PSV, zero draws and four defeats.
The PSV manager R. Schmidt has got the team scoring on the road, with 30 away goals in 13 league matches. As opposed to that, PSV have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: PSV - AZ Alkmaar 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Alkmaar victories, zero draws and seven PSV wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Malen 15 goals |   T. Koopmeiners 14 goals |  M. Boadu 12 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
PSV missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 61 | 29 | 8 | Scored | S | 7 | 30 | 59 |
| 38 | 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 81% | 77% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 77% | 69% |
| 54% | 46% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 62% | 46% |
| 27% | 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 77% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 85% | 69% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 31% |
| 8% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 14.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 15.5 | 15.8 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 38% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 34% | 34% |
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of PSV's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- PSV have scored in all their matches so far.
- PSV 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 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 59 | 63 |
| 2 | PSV | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 31 | 55 |
| 3 | AZ Alkmaar | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 23 | 52 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 51 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 47 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 35 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -7 | 34 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -9 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 34 | -32 | 22 |
| 16 | Willem II | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 21 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -34 | 15 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -32 | 14 |