Open game expected at AFAS Stadion: AZ vs Feyenoord preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

This should be quite a game, with AZ placed 1st and Feyenoord in 4th. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • AZ is in the best form (4-2-0) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (14) away in Eredivisie

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 Feyenoord.

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AZ form and stats

AZ have played 4 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The club members hope that AZ will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against Apollon. Midfield player Kerkez got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Kerkez hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting FC Utrecht and winning 2-1.

A decent goal production from AZ in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. AZ have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Feyenoord form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Feyenoord playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

Feyenoord delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Midtjylland in their previous game; a Europa League duel. Szymański, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.13. Szymański hit five key passes.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus FC Twente in the Eredivisie.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Feyenoord in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Feyenoord, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Feyenoord are a potent attacking force on the road with their 14 goals in 5 league games.

Head 2 Head

AZ-Feyenoord H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AZ four wins, Feyenoord five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
6 goals
AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
4 goals
AZD. de Wit
D. de Wit
3 goals

AZ missing players

Feyenoord missing players

AZ Feyenoord
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 5 9
7 2 1 Won W 0 3 6
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
19 6 3 Scored S 3 14 23
7 3 2 Conceded C 4 10 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 78%
56% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 56%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 44%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 60% 33%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 44%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 56%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
4.9 6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 7.4 8.1
4.1 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 13 6.8 4.9
1.3 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.4 18.8 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 17.8 19
6.6 8.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 8.2 7.9
32% 18% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 32%
 
10.1 9.8 14 Shots against (avg) S A 28 14 10.4
3 3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 4.4 3.2
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have not yet lost a game.
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
  • AZ have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • AZ is in the best form (4-2-0) in Eredivisie
  • All of AZ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals away as AZ have scored home.
  • Feyenoord have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (14) away in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord 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 AZ 9 7 2 0 19 7 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 5 0 0 13 4 12 23
2 Ajax 9 7 1 1 27 8 4 3 1 0 16 2 5 4 0 1 11 6 19 22
3 PSV 9 7 0 2 29 13 4 4 0 0 16 5 5 3 0 2 13 8 16 21
4 Feyenoord 9 6 2 1 23 10 4 3 1 0 9 0 5 3 1 1 14 10 13 20
5 FC Twente 9 5 1 3 15 7 4 4 0 0 12 1 5 1 1 3 3 6 8 16
6 Sparta Rotterdam 9 4 2 3 14 11 5 3 0 2 11 6 4 1 2 1 3 5 3 14
7 RKC Waalwijk 9 3 4 2 20 14 5 2 2 1 14 8 4 1 2 1 6 6 6 13
8 SC Heerenveen 9 3 4 2 8 8 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 4 5 0 13
9 FC Utrecht 9 3 3 3 11 12 5 1 2 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 9 8 -1 12
10 NEC 9 1 7 1 9 7 5 0 4 1 4 5 4 1 3 0 5 2 2 10
11 Fortuna Sittard 9 3 1 5 13 18 5 2 0 3 9 11 4 1 1 2 4 7 -5 10
12 Excelsior 9 3 1 5 11 20 4 2 0 2 6 9 5 1 1 3 5 11 -9 10
13 Go Ahead Eagles 9 2 2 5 11 16 5 1 1 3 7 10 4 1 1 2 4 6 -5 8
14 SC Cambuur 9 2 2 5 8 14 4 1 0 3 3 4 5 1 2 2 5 10 -6 8
15 FC Groningen 9 2 2 5 10 19 5 1 1 3 6 10 4 1 1 2 4 9 -9 8
16 Vitesse 9 1 2 6 8 21 5 0 2 3 6 14 4 1 0 3 2 7 -13 5
17 FC Emmen 9 1 2 6 7 21 4 1 2 1 4 6 5 0 0 5 3 15 -14 5
18 FC Volendam 9 1 2 6 10 27 4 1 0 3 6 11 5 0 2 3 4 16 -17 5

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.