This has all the signs of yet another absorbing run-in at De Grolsch Veste in the Eredivisie. FC Twente is in 8th position and receive AZ Alkmaar in 17th place. Read all about the match here!
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.
FC Twente form and stats
Only two Eredivisie home games for FC Twente so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
It's back home for FC Twente, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vitesse away with the result 4-1. Michel Vlap, Robin Pröpper (2) and Ricky van Wolfswinkel found the net in that victory. Robin Pröpper, defender, was given a rating of 9.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Pröpper scored two goals and won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that, Twente had a home game versus FC Utrecht which ended with a victory 1-0.Twente are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at SC Heerenveen awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from FC Twente's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
Things could have gone better for AZ Alkmaar in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Alkmaar lost away at Heracles (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Late heartbreak for Alkmaar in the Heracles match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime. Fredrik Midtsjø got a match rating of 7.03 in that game, top player of the team. Midtsjø served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against PSV.A quick return to home after this game, as Alkmaar are hosting Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie only three days away.
AZ Alkmaar has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Alkmaar's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Twente won one game, one match ended with a tie and AZ Alkmaar got eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  R. Pröpper 4 goals |  R. van Wolfswinkel 2 goals |  M. Vlap 1 goals |
FC Twente missing players
AZ Alkmaar missing players
| FC Twente | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 3.4 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 6.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 14 | 12.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 41% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| FC Twente | Last season | AZ Alkmaar | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Scored | S | 36 | 75 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Conceded | C | 23 | 41 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 59% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 65% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 62% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 |
| 2 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Willem II | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | NEC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Vitesse | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Heracles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | AZ Alkmaar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |