Eredivisie: AZ expected to win home game against Fortuna Sittard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

The team playing at home, AZ, should be favourites in this match, but Fortuna Sittard have displayed both flair and spirit. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eredivisie

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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AZ form and stats

3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for AZ so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for AZ, who won 2-0 against SC Heerenveen (placed 8th). Karlsson (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Karlsson hit five key passes.

Before that game, a strong away victory at Excelsior. A KNVB Beker match. 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 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the latest 11 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each side.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AZ as they are travelling to their away game against Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.

The AZ fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. AZ have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Fortuna Sittard have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.

Fortuna's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus PSV that finished 2-2. Goalkeeper Pandur made a total of ten saves, making him a hero against PSV. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

A loss against Go Ahead Eagles was the result prior to that, in a home game.

You'll want to know how Fortuna Sittard managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

A new game in only three days for Fortuna Sittard, the Eredivisie home match versus SC Heerenveen. Busy days.

The visiting Fortuna Sittard have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. Fortuna struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

AZ have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (7-1-0) facing Fortuna Sittard.

Top Goalscorers

AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
6 goals
Fortuna SittardB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
5 goals
AZD. de Wit
D. de Wit
4 goals

AZ missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

AZ Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 7 16
10 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
3 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 8
28 10 3 Scored S 2 9 20
17 8 1 Conceded C 7 13 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
56% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 56%
25% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
69% 86% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 86% 62%
31% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 25%
 
4.6 5.3 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.5
4.4 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 8.6 7.5
1.7 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
15.6 15.6 25 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.4 11.2
6.1 6.6 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.1 3.8
29% 22% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 41% 33%
 
11.8 11.7 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 21.7 18.4 18.2
3.4 3.7 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 7 6.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • 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.
  • All of Fortuna Sittard's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard 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 16 11 4 1 39 14 7 5 2 0 16 2 9 6 2 1 23 12 25 37
2 AZ 16 10 3 3 28 17 7 3 3 1 10 8 9 7 0 2 18 9 11 33
3 Ajax 16 9 5 2 45 18 8 4 3 1 26 7 8 5 2 1 19 11 27 32
4 PSV 16 10 2 4 44 22 8 6 1 1 25 7 8 4 1 3 19 15 22 32
5 FC Twente 16 9 4 3 26 9 8 7 1 0 21 2 8 2 3 3 5 7 17 31
6 Sparta Rotterdam 16 8 4 4 26 16 9 6 1 2 18 8 7 2 3 2 8 8 10 28
7 FC Utrecht 16 7 5 4 26 24 8 3 3 2 8 7 8 4 2 2 18 17 2 26
8 SC Heerenveen 16 6 6 4 16 15 8 3 2 3 7 8 8 3 4 1 9 7 1 24
9 NEC 16 3 10 3 20 17 8 1 6 1 14 10 8 2 4 2 6 7 3 19
10 Go Ahead Eagles 16 4 7 5 25 26 9 2 4 3 15 16 7 2 3 2 10 10 -1 19
11 RKC Waalwijk 16 4 6 6 26 30 8 3 3 2 18 13 8 1 3 4 8 17 -4 18
12 Fortuna Sittard 16 4 4 8 20 29 9 2 2 5 11 16 7 2 2 3 9 13 -9 16
13 Excelsior 16 5 1 10 17 38 7 4 0 3 9 11 9 1 1 7 8 27 -21 16
14 Vitesse 16 3 6 7 18 31 8 1 3 4 8 19 8 2 3 3 10 12 -13 15
15 FC Groningen 16 3 3 10 17 33 8 2 1 5 12 18 8 1 2 5 5 15 -16 12
16 FC Emmen 16 2 6 8 13 29 8 1 6 1 8 10 8 1 0 7 5 19 -16 12
17 FC Volendam 16 3 3 10 18 40 8 2 0 6 9 21 8 1 3 4 9 19 -22 12
18 SC Cambuur 16 2 3 11 9 25 8 1 0 7 3 12 8 1 3 4 6 13 -16 9

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.