Eredivisie match prediction: Little separates AZ and PSV in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

Get ready for a show! The leading heroes are AZ and PSV, a win is the main plot and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSV have the most scored goals (87) in Eredivisie

PSV are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

This could be an appealing game with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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AZ form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at AFAS Stadion as AZ have scored 35 goals to get 32 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 9-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for AZ after consecutive victories at their own ground.

It's back home for AZ, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating NEC away with the result 3-0. Karlsson (2) and Clasie found the net in that victory. The forward Karlsson outperformed all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 9.03 out of 10. Karlsson scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 26 total).

Ahead of that fixture, a home loss in the Europa Conference League against West Ham United.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (35 in 16 games), AZ's attacking play is working. AZ's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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PSV form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for PSV as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.

PSV delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against SC Heerenveen (placed 8th) in their previous match. The draw brought little to feel happy about, as they felt they could have won; with an xG score of 3.61 - 1.07. PSV's last match (vs SC Heerenveen) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 1-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 85th minute equalizer by Simons. Veerman got a match rating of 8.95 in that game, top player of the team. Veerman served one assist, hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 50 successful passes (of 58 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Fortuna Sittard.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this team's 14 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSV are regular goalscorers on their travels. PSV have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

AZ and PSV have played each other before this season: PSV - AZ 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AZ six wins, zero draws and PSV four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PSVX. Simons
X. Simons
17 goals
PSVL. de Jong
L. de Jong
14 goals
AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
12 goals

AZ missing players

PSV missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AZ PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
20 9 1 Won W 2 8 22
7 5 1 Drew D 1 4 6
6 2 2 Lost L 1 4 5
67 35 4 Scored S 6 33 87
33 18 6 Conceded C 5 25 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
82% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 76%
61% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 69% 70%
27% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 50% 52%
18% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 31% 36%
61% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 58%
36% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 33%
6% 6% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
5.5 6.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.6 6.8
3.7 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 4.2 3.8
1.5 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 1.9 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
15.3 16.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 17.6 18.8
5.9 6.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 6.8 7.4
34% 32% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 36%
 
11.7 10.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 19 12.2 10.6
3 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSV have the most scored goals (87) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the most scored goals in the second half (50) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • PSV 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 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

Table
  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 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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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.