The guesting AZ team should be favourites at Go Ahead Eagles, as the visitors hold a 17 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
- Go Ahead Eagles is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- AZ have the most points from losing position (16) in Eredivisie
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.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Go Ahead Eagles have collected 12 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 4-0-6. The home stadium (De Adelaarshorst) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Go Ahead Eagles it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Noppert, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.3 out of 10 in that game. Noppert topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that, an away loss at FC Groningen in the Eredivisie.Go Ahead Eagles has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. When Eagles hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle, Heracles and Willem II), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
AZ form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, AZ have produced an overall stat of 5-1-5 so far. Things are running smoothly for AZ who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Feyenoord.
Attacker Pavlidis got a player rating of 8.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Pavlidis scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at PSV.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far AZ have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. 15 goals have been conceded by AZ in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date archived meeting involving both these participants is the AZ - Eagles 5-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Go Ahead Eagles one win, one draw and AZ five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Karlsson 9 goals |  D. de Wit 7 goals |  V. Pavlidis 7 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
AZ missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 39 |
| 34 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 71% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 76% |
| 38% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 67% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 43% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 9% | 24% |
| 43% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 62% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 13.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.3 | 13.4 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 29% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 17.1 | 14.2 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.4 | 10.5 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
- AZ have the most points from losing position (16) in Eredivisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Eredivisie
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Go Ahead Eagles is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 59 | 51 |
| 2 | PSV | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 45 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | AZ | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 39 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | NEC | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 14 | Willem II | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 15 | Heracles | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 16 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 14 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
