The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. AZ Alkmaar are in the 7th position while the guesting Willem II worry at 16th.
- AZ Alkmaar have scored in all their matches so far.
- Willem II have yet to win a game away.
The visiting Willem II played their last game only three days ago, a KNVB Beker match.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
AZ Alkmaar have played 5 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for AZ Alkmaar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating FC Twente away with the result 3-1. Teun Koopmeiners (2) and Yukinari Sugawara found the net in that victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rijeka (1-2).
AZ 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 five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew one and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Vitesse are coming to town in three days.
The Alkmaar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Alkmaar have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Willem II form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Willem II so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Koster, the Willem manager, as the last three away games were defeats. Recent form does not give Willem much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. AZ Alkmaar will be a tough nut to crack.
The manager A. Koster was unhappy after their last game, a KNVB Beker match played at their home ground Koning Willem II Stadion. Willem suffered a 0-2 loss to Vitesse (placed 4th). A 1-3 loss hosting Sparta Rotterdam before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Willem played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ajax in just three days.
Goals are few and far between in Willem's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. In the opposite end, Willem have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Alkmaar victories, three draws and three Willem II wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Koopmeiners 6 goals |   V. Pavlidis 5 goals |  D. de Wit 3 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
Willem II missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 91% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 82% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 45% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 73% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 27% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.6 | 15.8 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 10.2 |
| 6.5 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 29% |
- AZ Alkmaar have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ Alkmaar have scored more than double the goals of Willem II.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Willem II have yet to win a 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 30 |
| 2 | PSV | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | FC Groningen | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | AZ Alkmaar | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Heracles | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -18 | 9 |
| 16 | Willem II | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 4 |