AZ vs Heracles betting preview: Visitors should struggle at AFAS Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Tue 23.April
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17082 seats)

The managers J. van den Brom and F. Wormuth are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eredivisie league table.

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 Heracles.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Heracles's home stadium. The visitors last 27 games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 6 draws and 17 losses.

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AZ form and stats

AZ have performed well at AFAS Stadion so far this season with 9 wins from 15 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3.

The fans are hoping that AZ will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eredivisie game against Feyenoord. Preceding that match was the home game against ADO Den Haag that was lost 2-3.

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 seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

AZ can score goals in their home matches. After 15 matches they have found the net 32 times. AZ have only conceded 14 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Heracles form and stats

There's been little loot from Heracles's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games. Heracles only has 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Heracles are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Eredivisie against SC Heerenveen. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Feyenoord wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

You'll want to know how Heracles managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 2 draws and 1 home win.

Heracles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games. The Heracles manager F. Wormuth has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Heracles - AZ 3-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 9 AZ victories, 0 draws and 1 Heracles win.

Top Goalscorers

Adrián Dalmau
16 goals / 2 assists
K. Peterson
12 goals / 5 assists
G. Til
11 goals / 3 assists

AZ missing players

Heracles missing players

AZ Heracles
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 15 31
59 32 Scored 17 55
38 14 Conceded 31 58
94% 93% Over 0.5 100% 100%
81% 73% Over 1.5 93% 90%
68% 60% Over 2.5 67% 71%
42% 40% Over 3.5 27% 45%
26% 33% Over 4.5 13% 32%
52% 40% Both teams to score 53% 55%
42% 53% Clean Sheet 13% 19%
13% 13% Failed To Score 33% 26%
 
6.6 8.1 Corners For (avg) 4.5 5.3
4.7 3.7 Corners Against (avg) 5.9 5.3
1.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.1 2
0 0 Red Cards (total) 1 4
Key stats this season:
  • Heracles hasn'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 D P
1 Ajax 31 25 2 4 107 28 15 13 2 0 62 10 16 12 0 4 45 18 79 77
2 PSV 30 23 5 2 89 23 15 14 1 0 52 5 15 9 4 2 37 18 66 74
3 Feyenoord 31 18 5 8 67 38 16 14 0 2 43 14 15 4 5 6 24 24 29 59
4 AZ 31 15 7 9 59 38 15 9 3 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 27 24 21 52
5 Heracles 31 15 3 13 55 58 16 11 0 5 38 27 15 4 3 8 17 31 -3 48
6 Vitesse 31 12 11 8 59 45 16 9 6 1 39 24 15 3 5 7 20 21 14 47
7 FC Utrecht 31 13 8 10 54 45 15 7 5 3 25 14 16 6 3 7 29 31 9 47
8 Willem II 30 13 4 13 53 59 15 6 2 7 24 27 15 7 2 6 29 32 -6 43
9 FC Groningen 31 12 6 13 34 37 16 9 1 6 23 16 15 3 5 7 11 21 -3 42
10 SC Heerenveen 31 9 10 12 59 67 15 3 6 6 23 32 16 6 4 6 36 35 -8 37
11 VVV-Venlo 31 10 7 14 40 56 16 7 3 6 24 22 15 3 4 8 16 34 -16 37
12 ADO Den Haag 30 9 9 12 46 57 15 5 4 6 24 29 15 4 5 6 22 28 -11 36
13 PEC Zwolle 31 10 5 16 39 51 15 5 3 7 26 25 16 5 2 9 13 26 -12 35
14 FC Emmen 31 8 8 15 37 69 16 4 5 7 22 31 15 4 3 8 15 38 -32 32
15 Fortuna Sittard 30 8 7 15 46 70 15 6 5 4 27 21 15 2 2 11 19 49 -24 31
16 Graafschap 31 7 5 19 35 65 15 5 3 7 23 24 16 2 2 12 12 41 -30 26
17 Excelsior 30 7 5 18 35 69 15 5 3 7 22 33 15 2 2 11 13 36 -34 26
18 NAC Breda 30 5 7 18 27 66 15 4 5 6 18 26 15 1 2 12 9 40 -39 22

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