AZ duel NEC for praise and success.
- NEC have the most points from losing position (4) in Eredivisie
The hosts AZ saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eredivisie. That game was an away game at SC Cambuur, so at least AZ are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
AZ form and stats
The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at AFAS Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for AZ last season were 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 17 games.
A strong away win for AZ against SC Cambuur the last match, as Clasie were on target. Defender Beukema got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.11/10. Beukema hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Before that, a strong away victory at Gil Vicente. A Europa Conference League game.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AZ as they are travelling to their away game against FC Emmen in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
AZ has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
NEC form and stats
Only one away game in the Eredivisie so far for NEC and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 3 draws and 7 losses from 17 travels.
NEC played 1-1 against FC Groningen in their previous match. As mentioned above, NEC drew the match against FC Groningen. Manager Meijer brought on Cissoko to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Tannane got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Tannane served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Volendam at their stadium, the result 4-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to SC Heerenveen.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, NEC has managed 4 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (AZ wins - draws - NEC wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 2 goals |  J. Clasie 1 goals |  D. de Wit 1 goals |
AZ missing players
NEC missing players
| AZ | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20.7 | 20 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 12.7 |
| 6 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 5.7 |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 15.3 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5 |
- NEC have the most points from losing position (4) in Eredivisie
| AZ | Last season | NEC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 75 | 44 | Scored | S | 25 | 38 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Conceded | C | 30 | 52 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 84% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 68% | ||
| 74% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 26% | ||
| 21% | 26% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 74% | 68% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 50% | ||
| 13% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 29% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.6 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 26% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 15 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | PSV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| 4 | AZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | NEC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | FC Volendam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | FC Emmen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Vitesse | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 1 |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 79 | 83 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 71 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 68 |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 61 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 51 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -14 | 38 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 35 |
| 16 | Heracles | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 27 |
