The managers A. Slot and A. Koster are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eredivisie league table.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 9 Eredivisie games here at AFAS Stadion for AZ Alkmaar, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Eredivisie,. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. After failing to beat SC Heerenveen here at AFAS Stadion, AZ Alkmaar has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
In their previous game, the manager A. Slot led his AZ Alkmaar to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at Sparta Rotterdam. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AFAS Stadion. Previous to that game, a KNVB Beker home match hosting Groene Ster in a game that was won 3-0.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AZ Alkmaar home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), AZ Alkmaar's attacking play is working. From these home matches, AZ Alkmaar have conceded only 5 goals.
Willem II form and stats
Playing away, Willem II have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Willem II has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Willem II delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Fortuna Sittard (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Eredivisie game. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Sparta Rotterdam in the KNVB Beker.
You'll want to know how Willem II managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
Willem II has another fixture away, a KNVB Beker game, against SC Heerenveen in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Willem II has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. In the opposite end, Willem II have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Willem II - AZ Alkmaar 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 4 - 2 (AZ Alkmaar wins - draws - Willem II wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boadu 11 goals |  O. Idrissi 9 goals |   V. Pavlidis 9 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
Willem II missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 39 | 21 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 22 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 28% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 28% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 7.1 | 9.3 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 12 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 258 | 154 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 83 | 196 |
| 96 | 49 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 34 | 73 |
| 41% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 37% |
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- AZ Alkmaar has the most clean sheets (13)
- AZ Alkmaar has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- AZ Alkmaar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AZ Alkmaar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- AZ Alkmaar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- AZ Alkmaar is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Willem II has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | PSV | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Willem II | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -19 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 11 |