A total of 25 rounds of games are finished and both AZ and FC Twente are high up in the table. Bring it on!
- AZ is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Europa Conference League match only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bodø / Glimt.
AZ form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 12 Eredivisie games here at AFAS Stadion for AZ. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The AZ fans aren't used to losing league-games here at AFAS Stadion and will expect new points from this game. AZ has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Sugawara (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10. Sugawara served one assist, hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting NEC and winning 3-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for AZ as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa Conference League match thankfully also at home. Bodø / Glimt are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 12 games), AZ's attacking play is working.
FC Twente form and stats
7-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Twente in their Eredivisie matches away.
Twente are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against SC Cambuur (placed 8th). Defender Pröpper was the best team player with a rating of 8.14. Pröpper scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 6 of 11 duels.
Prior to that result FC Twente won their away game at RKC Waalwijk. The scoreline was 2-1.The travelling fans enjoy FC Twente's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Twente have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the result FC Twente - AZ 3-1 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - zero - two (AZ wins - draws - FC Twente wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Karlsson 13 goals |   R. van Wolfswinkel 12 goals |  V. Pavlidis 10 goals |
AZ missing players
FC Twente missing players
| AZ | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 50 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 39 |
| 29 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | 30 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 76% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 52% |
| 44% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 28% |
| 24% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 31% | 16% |
| 68% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 69% | 60% |
| 16% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 32% |
| 24% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 15% | 12% |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 3.6 | 2.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 13.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 9.5 | 12 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 46% | 38% |
| 10.2 | 7.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 13.5 | 11.6 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
- 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 the most points from losing position (19) in Eredivisie
- AZ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- AZ is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Twente 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 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 65 | 60 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 52 |
| 4 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 9 | NEC | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -9 | 31 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 27 |
| 12 | Heracles Almelo | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 22 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 20 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
