FC Twente perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. AZ Alkmaar can look both up and down from their 8th position.
- All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- AZ Alkmaar have not yet lost a game away.
The visiting AZ Alkmaar played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match. That game, against Rijeka, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for AZ Alkmaar.
FC Twente form and stats
Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for FC Twente are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Twente enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ajax's place. The match ended 2-1 with Queensy Menig (2) scoring. Nobody expected Twente to beat Ajax in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Ahead of that match, Twente lost 0-2 at home to RKC Waalwijk.
Goals decide football matches and Twente are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Twente have conceded 6 in these home matches.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for AZ Alkmaar, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for AZ Alkmaar, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Rijeka. A 1-2 loss hosting FC Groningen before that.
Alkmaar were so close to getting something from the game against Rijeka, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 14 goals in 5 league games away this season. Alkmaar have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: FC Twente won one, AZ Alkmaar won eight and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 9 goals |  Q. Menig 5 goals |  V. Černý 4 goals |
FC Twente missing players
AZ Alkmaar missing players
| FC Twente | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 22 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 55% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 18% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 73% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 9% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11.8 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.6 | 15.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 41% | 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 33% |
- AZ Alkmaar have not yet lost a game away.
- AZ Alkmaar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AZ Alkmaar have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of AZ Alkmaar's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente 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 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 27 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | PSV | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | AZ Alkmaar | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Heracles | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 9 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -15 | 9 |
| 15 | Willem II | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -18 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 3 |