The home crowds bank on a win and three points in this fixture, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal against a struggling visitor. AZ are in 8th position while the guesting Sparta Rotterdam worry at 16th.
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AZ have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
AZ have less rest than Sparta Rotterdam in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eredivisie game only three days ago. This match was also played here at AFAS Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sparta Rotterdam have had more rest.
7 - 4 - 19 with 26-56. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Sparta Rotterdam when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Sparta Rotterdam play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
AZ form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at AFAS Stadion as AZ have scored 16 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The AZ supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Fortuna Sittard in Eredivisie and win 2-1. The gifted forward Vangelis Pavlidis outperformed all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.04 out of 10. Pavlidis scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, AZ played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Vitesse.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AZ, as the Europa Conference League home game vs Randers is only four days away.
AZ are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (16 goals in 6 games). 8 goals have been conceded.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
There's been little loot from Sparta Rotterdam's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Eredivisie. Sparta Rotterdam only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Rotterdam are looking to quickly end their 191 minutes long goal drought in the Eredivisie.
Home advantage was not enough for Rotterdam in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting Ajax, 0-1. Benjamin van Leer (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.63. Leer stopped the opponent with six saves.
A loss against FC Twente was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sparta Rotterdam have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
AZ-Sparta Rotterdam H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AZ six wins, Sparta Rotterdam one win, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. de Wit 6 goals |  J. Karlsson 5 goals |  V. Pavlidis 5 goals |
AZ missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| AZ | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 7% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.9 | 14.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.3 | 9.6 |
| 5.4 | 6.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 33% | 39% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 28% |
| 9.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 16.2 | 13 |
| 3.8 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AZ have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
- AZ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of AZ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 46 | 36 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 23 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | AZ | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | NEC | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Willem II | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Heracles | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 5 |