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- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (32) in Eredivisie
AZ have less rest than Fortuna Sittard in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eredivisie game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Vitesse, so at least AZ are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
AZ form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for AZ at their home stadium (AFAS Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The home team returns to AFAS Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Vitesse (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Eredivisie game ended 0-0. Midfielder Owen Wijndal was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Wijndal hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-1 draw away in the Europa Conference League before that, with Jablonec the opponent.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AZ home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AZ, as the Eredivisie home game vs Sparta Rotterdam is only three days away.
AZ are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at AFAS Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. On the other hand, AZ have conceded 7 goals.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fortuna Sittard so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). With the Fortuna Sittard losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The manager S. Ultee was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Fortuna Sittard Stadion. Fortuna suffered a 1-4 loss to FC Groningen (placed 13th). Defender Martin Angha was the best team player with a rating of 6.85. Angha won 8 of 8 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Heracles Almelo wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.You'll want to know how Fortuna managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and five home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Fortuna now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eredivisie game at Feyenoord is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Fortuna have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. For Fortuna, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): AZ five wins, one draw and Fortuna Sittard zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Seuntjens 7 goals |   D. de Wit 6 goals |  J. Karlsson 4 goals |
AZ missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| AZ | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 85% |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 69% |
| 54% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 31% | 60% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 31% |
| 54% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | 77% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 15% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 15.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| 5.3 | 7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 31% |
| 10.3 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 19.3 | 16.9 |
| 4 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 7 | 6.2 |
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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.
- Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortuna Sittard have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (32) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have yet to win a game away.
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 29 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 23 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | NEC | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Willem II | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | AZ | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 5 |