The visiting AZ Alkmaar side should be favourites in this visit to FC Twente, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting AZ Alkmaar have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 8-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente have collected 15 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 4-3-4.
In their previous game, the manager G. García García led his FC Twente to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at FC Emmen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at De Grolsch Veste. Ahead of that match, FC Twente won a home game hosting Sparta Rotterdam (2-0).
A decent goal production from FC Twente in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the FC Twente defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Eredivisie, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Eredivisie.
AZ Alkmaar failed to get anything from their last game, a KNVB Beker home match vs NAC Breda that ended with defeat 1-3. Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, AZ Alkmaar are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on AZ Alkmaar as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result AZ Alkmaar - FC Twente 3-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: FC Twente won one, AZ Alkmaar won eight and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boadu 13 goals |  O. Idrissi 12 goals |   H. Vučkič 9 goals |
FC Twente missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 46 |
| 40 | 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 82% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 81% |
| 64% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 70% | 67% |
| 36% | 45% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 59% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 36% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 6.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 204 | 112 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 120 | 313 |
| 71 | 43 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 54 | 114 |
| 41% | 44% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | 40% |
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest conceded goals (7) away
- AZ Alkmaar has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- AZ Alkmaar has the most clean sheets (14)
- AZ Alkmaar has the most clean sheets (6) away
- AZ Alkmaar has the most points (22) away
- AZ Alkmaar has the the best goal difference (+13) away
- AZ Alkmaar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AZ Alkmaar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AZ Alkmaar have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- AZ Alkmaar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 43 | 50 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 31 | 47 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Willem II | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | PSV | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 39 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Heracles | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -14 | 25 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 33 | -22 | 23 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 22 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -26 | 21 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -22 | 17 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | -28 | 12 |