Eredivisie: High-profile versus not good enough, at least that's what the table says. AZ - SC Cambuur. Home win or a shock result?
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (12) in Eredivisie
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting SC Cambuur have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-6-12 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
AZ form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, AZ have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games.
In their previous game, the manager Jansen led his AZ to a defeat away at Feyenoord. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AFAS Stadion. Up until that game this team had gone eight consecutive league rounds without being beaten. Midfield player Clasie got a match rating of 7.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Clasie hit one key pass and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Excelsior.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, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 17 most recent league matches shows that 14 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The AZ manager Jansen has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, AZ have conceded 14 goals.
SC Cambuur form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SC Cambuur so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Cambuur in their previous game as they lost hosting SC Heerenveen, 1-2. van Kaam got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Kaam hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus NEC that ended 0-0.Look out: 12 of the latest 15 league matches involving this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The attacking power of SC Cambuur when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Cambuur in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
AZ have avoided defeat in the last 10 fixtures (6-4-0) versus SC Cambuur.The previous H2H meeting ended SC Cambuur - AZ 0-1, earlier this season. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 10 goals |  J. Odgaard 8 goals |  D. de Wit 5 goals |
AZ missing players
SC Cambuur missing players
| AZ | SC Cambuur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 47 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 64% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 36% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 18% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 73% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 23% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 68% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| 4 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 9.4 | 6.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15.1 | 16.2 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 9.9 | 11.1 |
| 6 | 7.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 16% |
| 11.9 | 11.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.5 | 16.4 | 15.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ have scored more than double the goals of SC Cambuur.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of AZ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (12) in Eredivisie
- SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Eredivisie
- SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
- SC Cambuur 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 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 29 | 49 |
| 2 | Ajax | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | AZ | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | PSV | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 43 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | NEC | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -24 | 20 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 33 | -31 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -26 | 14 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -25 | 13 |
