FC Utrecht will want to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 8 points behind AZ.
- FC Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Eredivisie
- AZ is in the best form (4-2-0) in Eredivisie
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.
FC Utrecht form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
FC Utrecht are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
FC Utrecht enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Excelsior's place. The match ended 1-0 with de Streek scoring. der Maarel was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.34 out of 10. The defender Maarel hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus NEC.Utrecht have scored {1 goals} here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. FC Utrecht are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Galgenwaard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
AZ form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (12) away in Eredivisie, on their Eredivisie travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed AZ's previous game versus Apollon, a Europa Conference League win (3-2) played at home. Midfield player de Wit was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Wit scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away Eredivisie victory against FC Groningen with the score of 4-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the AZ manager Jansen as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Apollon.
AZ create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 11 goals in 4 travels. AZ are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Utrecht three wins, three draws and AZ four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Dost 5 goals |  A. Douvikas 4 goals |   J. Odgaard 4 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
AZ missing players
| FC Utrecht | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 17 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 25% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.1 | 6.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 12.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 17 | 17.9 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 6.6 |
| 23% | 5% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 55% | 32% |
| 13.6 | 13.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals away as FC Utrecht have scored home.
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ have the most points (12) away in Eredivisie
- AZ have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Eredivisie
- AZ have won all their away games so far.
- AZ have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- AZ is in the best form (4-2-0) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Eredivisie
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Ajax | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 |
| 3 | PSV | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | SC Cambuur | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Vitesse | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 5 |
