Betting people believe AZ will overcome SC Heerenveen at AFAS Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

AZ have been superior to SC Heerenveen so far this season, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you require prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • AZ have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Eredivisie
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SC Heerenveen have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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AZ form and stats

AZ are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at AFAS Stadion. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

No payout for AZ in their previous match, an away game at PEC Zwolle that ended in defeat 1-2.

Before that, AZ had a home game versus Vitesse which ended with a victory 3-1.

Goals decide football matches and AZ are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 14 league matches.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. It's three draws from SC Heerenveen's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

van Beek and van Hooijdonk (2) scored in Heerenveen's previous match, the home game against FC Groningen that ended 3-1. Midfielder Haye was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Haye served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 1-1 draw at Sparta Rotterdam's stadium before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SC Heerenveen as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SC Heerenveen have conceded 16 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: SC Heerenveen - AZ 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AZ eight wins, zero draws and SC Heerenveen two victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AZJ. Karlsson
J. Karlsson
14 goals
AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
12 goals
AZD. de Wit
D. de Wit
7 goals

AZ missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AZ SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 3 14 29
17 10 3 Won W 0 4 9
4 2 2 Drew D 0 5 7
8 2 0 Lost L 3 5 13
56 31 12 Scored S 2 11 28
35 14 2 Conceded C 8 16 38
93% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 90%
79% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 69%
72% 71% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 29% 41%
45% 43% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 14% 21%
21% 29% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
69% 64% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 52%
14% 21% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 28%
24% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 31%
 
5.5 5.7 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.9
3.7 2.8 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.6 6.2
1.6 1.4 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.9 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.1 13.1 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 12.6 11.8
4.8 5.2 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.8
40% 42% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 22% 26%
 
10.1 7.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 13.2 13.6
3.8 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 4.1 4.6
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SC Heerenveen have scored away.
  • AZ have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Eredivisie
  • AZ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Ajax 29 23 3 3 85 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 14 11 2 1 31 7 70 72
2 PSV 29 22 2 5 73 34 15 12 0 3 42 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 39 68
3 Feyenoord 29 19 4 6 67 28 14 10 2 2 34 12 15 9 2 4 33 16 39 61
4 FC Twente 29 17 7 5 46 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 13 58
5 AZ 29 17 4 8 56 35 14 10 2 2 31 14 15 7 2 6 25 21 21 55
6 Vitesse 28 13 5 10 35 43 14 6 2 6 17 24 14 7 3 4 18 19 -8 44
7 FC Utrecht 29 11 9 9 46 38 15 7 5 3 29 18 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 42
8 FC Groningen 29 9 9 11 37 43 14 4 6 4 15 15 15 5 3 7 22 28 -6 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 29 10 6 13 35 43 15 7 1 7 24 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -8 36
10 NEC 29 9 8 12 35 46 14 2 5 7 12 20 15 7 3 5 23 26 -11 35
11 SC Heerenveen 29 9 7 13 28 38 15 5 2 8 17 22 14 4 5 5 11 16 -10 34
12 SC Cambuur 29 10 3 16 44 61 14 5 1 8 26 31 15 5 2 8 18 30 -17 33
13 Heracles 29 8 6 15 30 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 14 1 2 11 10 24 -11 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 3 7 12 22 15 2 7 6 19 24 -15 28
15 Fortuna Sittard 29 7 5 17 30 61 14 5 2 7 17 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -31 26
16 PEC Zwolle 29 6 5 18 22 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 23
17 Willem II 29 6 5 18 23 52 14 4 3 7 12 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -29 23
18 Sparta Rotterdam 28 4 10 14 21 43 15 3 6 6 13 20 13 1 4 8 8 23 -22 22

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 Ajax 29 23 3 3 85 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 14 11 2 1 31 7 70 72
2 PSV 29 22 2 5 73 34 15 12 0 3 42 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 39 68
3 Feyenoord 29 19 4 6 67 28 14 10 2 2 34 12 15 9 2 4 33 16 39 61
4 FC Twente 29 17 7 5 46 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 13 58
5 AZ 29 17 4 8 56 35 14 10 2 2 31 14 15 7 2 6 25 21 21 55
6 Vitesse 28 13 5 10 35 43 14 6 2 6 17 24 14 7 3 4 18 19 -8 44
7 FC Utrecht 29 11 9 9 46 38 15 7 5 3 29 18 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 42
8 FC Groningen 29 9 9 11 37 43 14 4 6 4 15 15 15 5 3 7 22 28 -6 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 29 10 6 13 35 43 15 7 1 7 24 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -8 36
10 NEC 29 9 8 12 35 46 14 2 5 7 12 20 15 7 3 5 23 26 -11 35
11 SC Heerenveen 29 9 7 13 28 38 15 5 2 8 17 22 14 4 5 5 11 16 -10 34
12 SC Cambuur 29 10 3 16 44 61 14 5 1 8 26 31 15 5 2 8 18 30 -17 33
13 Heracles 29 8 6 15 30 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 14 1 2 11 10 24 -11 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 3 7 12 22 15 2 7 6 19 24 -15 28
15 Fortuna Sittard 29 7 5 17 30 61 14 5 2 7 17 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -31 26
16 PEC Zwolle 29 6 5 18 22 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 23
17 Willem II 29 6 5 18 23 52 14 4 3 7 12 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -29 23
18 Sparta Rotterdam 28 4 10 14 21 43 15 3 6 6 13 20 13 1 4 8 8 23 -22 22

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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.