The home coach Jansen aiming to whip up AZ win versus RKC Waalwijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

AZ have performed good football this season, being 4th position in the table. RKC Waalwijk have a view both ways from the 8th place.

Insights:
  • AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

RKC Waalwijk play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture occurs on grass. Recent results for RKC Waalwijk when featuring on grass are 6 wins, 8 draws and 13 defeats from 27 matches. They have managed to score {39 goals} and conceded 53 times in these fixtures.

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 RKC Waalwijk.

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AZ form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what AZ have to build on here at AFAS Stadion in the Eredivisie.

AZ's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-0 versus Anderlecht. The home team hope to to repeat that performance. Reijnders (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Reijnders hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 60 successful passes (of 69 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Eredivisie match versus Fortuna Sittard with a 3-0 scoreline.

AZ are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 10, drew 2 and lost 0.

The AZ fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded. 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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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

RKC Waalwijk have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-5-7 (14 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as RKC Waalwijk have lost on their last two travels.

Two away games in a row for Waalwijk, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Go Ahead Eagles. RKC Waalwijk goalkeeper Vaessen had a first-class day's work against Go Ahead Eagles, but in spite of registering eight saves the loss could not be helped. The attacker Kramer got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Kramer scored two goals.

Before that, RKC Waalwijk secured a home win against FC Groningen with the score 2-1.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Waalwijk played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

RKC Waalwijk find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. For RKC Waalwijk, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result RKC Waalwijk - AZ 3-1 logged in the official records. AZ-RKC Waalwijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AZ seven wins, RKC Waalwijk three wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
12 goals
RKC WaalwijkM. Kramer
M. Kramer
12 goals
AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
9 goals

AZ missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AZ RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 14 29
17 7 2 Won W 0 2 10
6 5 3 Drew D 1 5 8
6 2 0 Lost L 4 7 11
56 27 12 Scored S 2 16 46
32 17 8 Conceded C 12 29 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 86%
83% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 72%
59% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 66%
28% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 55%
17% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 36% 28%
66% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 64% 66%
31% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 21%
3% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 36% 28%
 
5.3 5.6 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.3 4.1
3.8 3.5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 7.6 6
1.6 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15 15.9 20.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.9 11
5.8 6.5 8.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.8 4.4
33% 30% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 30% 36%
 
11.8 10.9 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 20.2 19.4 16.6
3.1 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 6.5 5.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 29 21 7 1 70 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 15 11 3 1 39 19 43 70
2 Ajax 29 18 8 3 79 29 15 9 4 2 44 13 14 9 4 1 35 16 50 62
3 PSV 29 19 5 5 78 35 14 12 1 1 46 10 15 7 4 4 32 25 43 62
4 AZ 29 17 6 6 56 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 15 10 1 4 29 15 24 57
5 Sparta Rotterdam 29 15 7 7 47 30 15 9 2 4 28 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 17 52
6 FC Twente 29 14 9 6 48 23 14 11 3 0 36 7 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 51
7 FC Utrecht 29 12 9 8 45 42 15 6 5 4 15 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 3 45
8 RKC Waalwijk 29 10 8 11 46 49 15 8 3 4 30 20 14 2 5 7 16 29 -3 38
9 SC Heerenveen 29 10 8 11 34 42 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 5 6 4 17 19 -8 38
10 NEC 29 7 14 8 38 34 15 3 9 3 26 22 14 4 5 5 12 12 4 35
11 Go Ahead Eagles 29 8 9 12 40 50 14 5 5 4 22 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -10 33
12 Fortuna Sittard 29 9 5 15 35 54 15 4 3 8 18 27 14 5 2 7 17 27 -19 32
13 Vitesse 29 7 9 13 36 48 14 3 5 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 30
14 FC Volendam 29 7 6 16 34 61 14 6 1 7 22 29 15 1 5 9 12 32 -27 27
15 Excelsior 29 8 3 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 14 1 1 12 8 42 -39 27
16 FC Emmen 29 5 10 14 26 49 15 3 9 3 15 17 14 2 1 11 11 32 -23 25
17 FC Groningen 29 4 5 20 28 59 14 3 3 8 18 25 15 1 2 12 10 34 -31 17
18 SC Cambuur 29 4 4 21 21 58 15 2 0 13 10 30 14 2 4 8 11 28 -37 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 29 21 7 1 70 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 15 11 3 1 39 19 43 70
2 Ajax 29 18 8 3 79 29 15 9 4 2 44 13 14 9 4 1 35 16 50 62
3 PSV 29 19 5 5 78 35 14 12 1 1 46 10 15 7 4 4 32 25 43 62
4 AZ 29 17 6 6 56 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 15 10 1 4 29 15 24 57
5 Sparta Rotterdam 29 15 7 7 47 30 15 9 2 4 28 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 17 52
6 FC Twente 29 14 9 6 48 23 14 11 3 0 36 7 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 51
7 FC Utrecht 29 12 9 8 45 42 15 6 5 4 15 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 3 45
8 RKC Waalwijk 29 10 8 11 46 49 15 8 3 4 30 20 14 2 5 7 16 29 -3 38
9 SC Heerenveen 29 10 8 11 34 42 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 5 6 4 17 19 -8 38
10 NEC 29 7 14 8 38 34 15 3 9 3 26 22 14 4 5 5 12 12 4 35
11 Go Ahead Eagles 29 8 9 12 40 50 14 5 5 4 22 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -10 33
12 Fortuna Sittard 29 9 5 15 35 54 15 4 3 8 18 27 14 5 2 7 17 27 -19 32
13 Vitesse 29 7 9 13 36 48 14 3 5 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 30
14 FC Volendam 29 7 6 16 34 61 14 6 1 7 22 29 15 1 5 9 12 32 -27 27
15 Excelsior 29 8 3 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 14 1 1 12 8 42 -39 27
16 FC Emmen 29 5 10 14 26 49 15 3 9 3 15 17 14 2 1 11 11 32 -23 25
17 FC Groningen 29 4 5 20 28 59 14 3 3 8 18 25 15 1 2 12 10 34 -31 17
18 SC Cambuur 29 4 4 21 21 58 15 2 0 13 10 30 14 2 4 8 11 28 -37 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.