Match preview: AZ favourite to win against Vitesse at AFAS Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

A total of 27 sets of games have been played and both AZ and Vitesse are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an active match!

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AZ form and stats

AZ are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at AFAS Stadion. 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

AZ travelled for their previous game, a trip to Willem II that ended 2-2. Midfield player Clasie got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Clasie hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 74 successful passes (of 80 total).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 13 games), AZ's attacking play is working.

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Vitesse form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Vitesse has drawn their two previous away games.

Vitesse have much to to set right after their out-of-character defeat (1-2) to RKC Waalwijk in their previous match, played in front of their own supporters. Midfielder Tronstad was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Tronstad hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Vitesse find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 13 away fixtures 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. As opposed to that, Vitesse have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Vitesse - AZ 0-0 was the scoreline in these teams' last head to head match, played this season. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for AZ, three draws and three wins for Vitesse. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AZJ. Karlsson
J. Karlsson
13 goals
VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
12 goals
AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
10 goals

AZ missing players

Vitesse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AZ Vitesse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
16 9 1 Won W 1 7 12
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
7 2 2 Lost L 3 3 9
52 28 2 Scored S 1 17 33
32 13 5 Conceded C 10 16 40
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
78% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 73%
70% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 62%
44% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 27%
22% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 19%
67% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 54%
15% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 27%
26% 23% 67% Failed to Score F T 75% 31% 27%
 
5.7 6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.2 5
3.4 2.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 3.7
1.7 1.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
13.1 13.4 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 13.4 14.9
4.8 5.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.5 4.7
40% 41% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 29% 27%
 
9.9 7.3 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.2 12.5 12
3.6 2.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4 4.5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 27 21 3 3 80 13 14 11 1 2 52 7 13 10 2 1 28 6 67 66
2 PSV 27 21 1 5 68 31 14 11 0 3 40 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 37 64
3 Feyenoord 27 17 4 6 61 27 13 9 2 2 32 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 34 55
4 FC Twente 27 16 6 5 41 30 13 8 4 1 19 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 54
5 AZ 27 16 4 7 52 32 13 9 2 2 28 13 14 7 2 5 24 19 20 52
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 33 40 13 5 2 6 16 24 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 27 11 7 9 44 36 14 7 4 3 28 17 13 4 3 6 16 19 8 40
8 FC Groningen 27 9 9 9 35 37 13 4 6 3 14 12 14 5 3 6 21 25 -2 36
9 SC Cambuur 27 10 3 14 43 58 13 5 1 7 25 29 14 5 2 7 18 29 -15 33
10 NEC 27 8 8 11 33 43 13 2 5 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 32
11 SC Heerenveen 27 8 6 13 24 36 14 4 2 8 14 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -12 30
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 8 6 13 30 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -13 30
13 Heracles 27 7 6 14 27 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 13 0 2 11 8 24 -10 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 9 12 30 43 13 4 2 7 11 21 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 27
15 Willem II 27 6 5 16 23 46 14 4 3 7 12 20 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 23
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 4 16 26 58 12 4 2 6 14 24 14 2 2 10 12 34 -32 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 25 4 9 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 21
18 PEC Zwolle 27 5 5 17 20 42 13 2 4 7 9 15 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 20

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 27 21 3 3 80 13 14 11 1 2 52 7 13 10 2 1 28 6 67 66
2 PSV 27 21 1 5 68 31 14 11 0 3 40 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 37 64
3 Feyenoord 27 17 4 6 61 27 13 9 2 2 32 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 34 55
4 FC Twente 27 16 6 5 41 30 13 8 4 1 19 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 54
5 AZ 27 16 4 7 52 32 13 9 2 2 28 13 14 7 2 5 24 19 20 52
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 33 40 13 5 2 6 16 24 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 27 11 7 9 44 36 14 7 4 3 28 17 13 4 3 6 16 19 8 40
8 FC Groningen 27 9 9 9 35 37 13 4 6 3 14 12 14 5 3 6 21 25 -2 36
9 SC Cambuur 27 10 3 14 43 58 13 5 1 7 25 29 14 5 2 7 18 29 -15 33
10 NEC 27 8 8 11 33 43 13 2 5 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 32
11 SC Heerenveen 27 8 6 13 24 36 14 4 2 8 14 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -12 30
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 8 6 13 30 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -13 30
13 Heracles 27 7 6 14 27 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 13 0 2 11 8 24 -10 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 9 12 30 43 13 4 2 7 11 21 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 27
15 Willem II 27 6 5 16 23 46 14 4 3 7 12 20 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 23
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 4 16 26 58 12 4 2 6 14 24 14 2 2 10 12 34 -32 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 25 4 9 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 21
18 PEC Zwolle 27 5 5 17 20 42 13 2 4 7 9 15 14 3 1 10 11 27 -22 20

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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.