Eredivisie: AZ welcome SC Heerenveen in what should be an exciting football game. Here's a full preview!
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
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
25 points is a decent return from 12 Eredivisie games here at AFAS Stadion for AZ. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. There’s a good atmosphere here at AFAS Stadion after three straight home wins.
AZ are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus FC Twente. The first loss after collecting points through three league matches. Karlsson has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Impressive! Defender Sugawara got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Sugawara hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Lazio in the Europa Conference League.
Some goal stats: A review of the 21 latest league matches shows that 16 of them had goals from both sides.
AZ can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 26 times. 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, SC Heerenveen have produced an overall stat of 5-5-3 so far.
SC Heerenveen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting FC Groningen (placed 17th). That victory felt nice as this team had gone three league fixtures without winning. The attacker van Hooijdonk got a match rating of 8.65 in that game. Hooijdonk scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Ajax.Heerenveen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by SC Heerenveen in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other earlier on this match year: SC Heerenveen - AZ 0-2. AZ-SC Heerenveen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AZ eight wins, SC Heerenveen two wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 11 goals |   S. van Hooijdonk 10 goals |  J. Odgaard 8 goals |
AZ missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 52 | 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 77% | 81% |
| 85% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 69% |
| 62% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 31% | 31% |
| 19% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 15% | 15% |
| 69% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 31% | 50% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 46% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 38% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 15.5 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.1 | 13.2 |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 27% |
| 12 | 11.1 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.7 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 34 | 61 |
| 2 | Ajax | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 72 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 44 | 55 |
| 3 | PSV | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 36 | 53 |
| 4 | AZ | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 53 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 47 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 46 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 38 |
| 8 | NEC | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | -5 | 34 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -14 | 29 |
| 13 | FC Volendam | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -25 | 26 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -16 | 24 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 61 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 38 | -36 | 23 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -22 | 21 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 29 | -27 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -29 | 16 |
