The table shows that 10 points separate the two duelists in this Eredivisie fixture. AZ carry both the points- and home advantage.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AZ and FC Groningen.
AZ form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at AFAS Stadion as AZ have scored 23 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). With a nice streak brewing from their home games, AZ are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
AZ's last game was hosting Willem II (placed 13th) and winning 4-1. AZ enjoyed their 4-1 win against Willem II and the result could have been even better, as they hit the posts three times. Midfielder Reijnders was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Reijnders served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 51 total).
Before that, AZ had a KNVB Beker home game versus Heracles which ended with a victory 4-1.AZ are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 8 games). 10 goals have been conceded.
FC Groningen form and stats
3-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Groningen in their Eredivisie matches away.
Groningen play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Heracles (placed 14th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Heracles was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? It is not a good sign for Groningen that their goalkeeper Leeuwenburgh pulled off seven saves in the Heracles match, but still couldn't save them from a defeat. The attacker Larsen got a match rating of 7.23 in that game. Larsen scored one goal.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at Excelsior (after extra-time).Groningen find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For FC Groningen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported match between these sides is the FC Groningen - AZ 2-0 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AZ five wins, three draws and FC Groningen two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. de Wit 7 goals |  J. Karlsson 7 goals |  V. Pavlidis 7 goals |
AZ missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| AZ | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 34 | 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 71% | 88% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 41% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 18% |
| 29% | 50% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 18% |
| 65% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 65% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 24% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 3.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.3 | 14.1 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 9.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 46% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 26% |
| 10.5 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 13.9 | 13.4 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 6.8 | 5.1 |
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- AZ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of AZ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Groningen 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 | PSV | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Ajax | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 36 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | AZ | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | NEC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 14 | Heracles | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -22 | 6 |