Only a few games have been played in the Eredivisie so far, with AZ Alkmaar placed 13th and VVV-Venlo sitting in the 10th position.
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.
VVV-Venlo play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for VVV-Venlo when playing on grass are 5 wins, 8 draws and 16 defeats from 29 matches. They have scored 28 goals and conceded 65 times in these games.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
The first Eredivisie game here at AFAS Stadion resulted in a draw. Last season AZ Alkmaar's home game statistics were 10 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 13 games. The last three games played by Alkmaar, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
AZ Alkmaar manager A. Slot and his team return home after a 4-4 draw away versus Sparta Rotterdam (placed 17th) in the Eredivisie. Preceding that game was the away draw at Fortuna Sittard that finished 3-3.
Opportunity lost for Alkmaar in the Sparta Rotterdam match as a lead 4-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? A painful moment in the game against Sparta Rotterdam was the missed penalty kick from Teun Koopmeiners in the 40th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
AZ Alkmaar has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
Things could have gone better for VVV-Venlo in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Home advantage was not enough for VVV-Venlo in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting ADO Den Haag, 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting SC Heerenveen's place.
VVV-Venlo were so close to getting something from the game against ADO Den Haag, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, VVV-Venlo has managed 5 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Alkmaar won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and VVV-Venlo has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 4 goals |   D. de Wit 3 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | 13 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 27 | 46 |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| 53% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 45% | 44% |
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Eredivisie
| AZ Alkmaar | Last season | VVV-Venlo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 54 | 32 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 30 | 51 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 77% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 62% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 19% | ||
| 24% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 54% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 15% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 362 | 225 | Total Shots | T S | 110 | 259 | ||
| 138 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 84 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | PSV | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Ajax | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Willem II | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Heracles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 13 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |