Soccer fixture news: Home ticketholders with high expectations before AZ - Vitesse

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

AZ - Vitesse. 4th position hosts 13th position. Everything can happen - get a complete game guide here!

Insights:
  • AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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AZ form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for AZ at their home stadium (AFAS Stadion) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for AZ against PSV the last match, as Pavlidis were on target. Beukema was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.24 out of 10. The defender Beukema won 7 of 7 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting PSV and winning 1-0.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 11 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

AZ are traveling soon after this match as the KNVB Beker match at Excelsior awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from AZ in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, AZ have conceded 7 goals.

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Vitesse form and stats

Playing away, Vitesse have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. Vitesse has drawn their two previous away games.

Vitesse are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Go Ahead Eagles (placed 11th). The match against Go Ahead Eagles looked like a defeat for Vitesse, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. van Duivenbooden equalized in the 90th minute. The draw against Go Ahead Eagles came from a losing position. The Vitesse manager Cocu brought on van Duivenbooden as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Wittek, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.34. Wittek served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.

A 2-2 draw at Ajax's stadium before that.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this team's 14 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Vitesse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Vitesse struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games. Vitesse has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: AZ won four, Vitesse were winners in three and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
6 goals
AZD. de Wit
D. de Wit
3 goals
AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
3 goals

AZ missing players

Vitesse missing players

AZ Vitesse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 2 7 14
9 3 1 Won W 0 2 3
2 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 7
25 9 2 Scored S 2 9 17
16 7 1 Conceded C 5 11 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 86%
64% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 79%
29% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 50%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
71% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 57%
29% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 14%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 29%
 
4.7 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 7.4 6.9
4.5 4.5 9 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.9 4.3
1.6 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.7 15.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9 13.7 13.4
6.1 6.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.1
29% 22% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 29%
 
11 11.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 26.5 13.6 11.9
3.5 3.8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4 4.6
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
  • AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AZ's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Vitesse 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 Feyenoord 14 10 3 1 35 13 7 5 2 0 16 2 7 5 1 1 19 11 22 33
2 Ajax 14 9 3 2 44 17 7 4 2 1 26 7 7 5 1 1 18 10 27 30
3 PSV 14 10 0 4 42 20 7 6 0 1 25 7 7 4 0 3 17 13 22 30
4 AZ 14 9 2 3 25 16 6 3 2 1 9 7 8 6 0 2 16 9 9 29
5 FC Twente 14 8 3 3 24 9 7 6 1 0 19 2 7 2 2 3 5 7 15 27
6 Sparta Rotterdam 14 7 3 4 25 16 8 5 1 2 17 8 6 2 2 2 8 8 9 24
7 FC Utrecht 14 7 3 4 23 21 7 3 2 2 7 6 7 4 1 2 16 15 2 24
8 SC Heerenveen 14 6 5 3 16 13 7 3 2 2 7 6 7 3 3 1 9 7 3 23
9 NEC 14 3 8 3 19 16 7 1 5 1 13 9 7 2 3 2 6 7 3 17
10 RKC Waalwijk 14 4 5 5 25 28 7 3 2 2 18 13 7 1 3 3 7 15 -3 17
11 Go Ahead Eagles 14 3 6 5 21 24 8 2 3 3 13 14 6 1 3 2 8 10 -3 15
12 Fortuna Sittard 14 4 3 7 18 25 7 2 1 4 9 12 7 2 2 3 9 13 -7 15
13 Vitesse 14 3 4 7 17 30 7 1 2 4 8 19 7 2 2 3 9 11 -13 13
14 Excelsior 14 4 1 9 16 37 6 3 0 3 8 11 8 1 1 6 8 26 -21 13
15 FC Groningen 14 3 3 8 17 29 7 2 1 4 12 15 7 1 2 4 5 14 -12 12
16 FC Emmen 14 2 5 7 13 27 7 1 5 1 8 10 7 1 0 6 5 17 -14 11
17 SC Cambuur 14 2 2 10 9 22 7 1 0 6 3 9 7 1 2 4 6 13 -13 8
18 FC Volendam 14 1 3 10 13 39 7 1 0 6 7 20 7 0 3 4 6 19 -26 6

Read more about Eredivisie

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.