The Feyenoord & AZ Alkmaar managers D. Advocaat and P. Jansen are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eredivisie league table.
- Feyenoord has the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
- AZ Alkmaar have not yet lost a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Feyenoord nor AZ Alkmaar as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Feyenoord form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Eredivisie games here at Stadion Feijenoord for Feyenoord. The data says 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. Two home wins in a row for Feyenoord bring valid hopes of a third.
The Feyenoord supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Heracles in KNVB Beker and win 3-2. A Eredivisie defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Ajax.
This is expected to be a close game, with Feyenoord perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Feyenoord as a small favourite), we find three games. Feyenoord has won two of these, drawn zero and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Feyenoord as they are travelling to their away game against SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
The Feyenoord fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Feyenoord have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of AZ Alkmaar playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Fortuna Sittard game have they lost an away game, meaning Alkmaar has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a KNVB Beker home defeat versus Ajax with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs ADO Den Haag.
It's a bit worrying for Alkmaar that their goalkeeper Marco Bizot made seven saves in the Ajax game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.
A new game in only three days for Alkmaar, the Eredivisie home match versus FC Utrecht. Busy days.
AZ Alkmaar create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 23 goals in 9 travels. Alkmaar's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Feyenoord wins - draws - AZ Alkmaar wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Koopmeiners 11 goals |   S. Berghuis 10 goals |  C. Stengs 5 goals |
Feyenoord missing players
AZ Alkmaar missing players
| Feyenoord | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 23 | 41 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 25 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | 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 |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 17.2 | 17.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 14.2 | 15.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 35% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 42% | 38% |
- 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 1,5 goals.
- Feyenoord has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord has the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have not yet lost a game at home.
- Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 41 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | AZ Alkmaar | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Heracles | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -18 | 16 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 16 | Willem II | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -25 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -28 | 5 |