The hosting team, AZ, should be the favourites in this fixture, but FC Utrecht have shown both talent and bravery. Learn more about the game!
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AZ form and stats
AZ have played 8 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
AZ enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Go Ahead Eagles's place. The match ended 4-1 with Buurmeester, Sugawara, Pavlidis and Mihailović scoring. Pavlidis, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Pavlidis scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, AZ had a home game versus Fortuna Sittard which ended with a victory 3-1.Observe: 11 of the latest 13 league games from these players have had goals from both teams.
The AZ fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. AZ have conceded 9 in these home matches.
FC Utrecht form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Utrecht in their Eredivisie matches away.
Douvikas scored in FC Utrecht's previous match, the home game against Excelsior that ended 1-0. That victory felt nice as this team had gone three league matches without winning. Midfield player Bozdoğan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Bozdoğan served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 56 successful passes (of 61 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at FC Twente before that.FC Utrecht have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head match ended FC Utrecht - AZ 1-2, earlier this season. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for AZ, three draws and three wins for FC Utrecht. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 7 goals |   V. Pavlidis 6 goals |  J. Odgaard 6 goals |
AZ missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| AZ | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 27 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 72% |
| 61% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 56% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 39% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 72% | 88% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 28% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.7 | 15.8 | 22.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 9.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 32% | 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | 29% |
| 11.6 | 11.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.6 | 12.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of AZ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Utrecht 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 | Feyenoord | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | AZ | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | PSV | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 35 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | Ajax | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 33 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | NEC | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 19 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 15 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -24 | 12 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -19 | 9 |
