Football betting preview: NEC vs AZ

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Goffertstadion (12500 seats)

AZ go to NEC and Goffertstadion packed with hope and confidence, but the team playing at home is not a walk in the park. More news on the match here!

Insights:
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Eredivisie
  • AZ have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in Eredivisie

NEC can neither be promoted or relegated from Eredivisie. AZ are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.

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NEC form and stats

NEC have collected 18 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 3-9-4. Game days at Goffertstadion have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for NEC as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The fans are hoping that NEC will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against FC Twente (placed 5th). NEC were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Cillessen had a busy but productive day in the FC Twente match. Despite making nine saves the loss could not be prevented.

Preceding that match was a defeat to SC Heerenveen (2-3).

NEC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Goffertstadion with 28 goals in 16 league matches. NEC have conceded 25 from these games.

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AZ form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 2 draws and only 4 losses in the Eredivisie.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa Conference League home defeat versus West Ham United with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Karlsson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.03. Karlsson hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus FC Emmen in the Eredivisie.

The travelling fans enjoy AZ's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 16 league matches away. It's not easy to score on AZ as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

AZ - NEC 1-1 was the product when these participants previously met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (NEC wins - draws - AZ wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
12 goals
NECL. Dimata
L. Dimata
9 goals
AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
9 goals

NEC missing players

AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NEC AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 3 0 Won W 4 10 19
14 9 3 Drew D 0 2 7
10 4 2 Lost L 1 4 6
41 28 5 Scored S 12 29 64
41 25 8 Conceded C 5 15 33
84% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
69% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 81%
41% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 62% 59%
31% 44% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 28%
19% 31% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 19%
50% 81% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 62%
28% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 44% 34%
38% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 6%
 
5.3 6.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 4.8 5.5
5.5 5.2 7.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.2 3.7
1.5 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.6 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.8 16.3 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 14 15.4
4.8 5.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.1 5.9
27% 31% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 36% 34%
 
15.2 12.9 17 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 13 11.8
5.7 5.1 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 2.9 3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AZ have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in Eredivisie
  • NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Feyenoord 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 Ajax 32 19 9 4 82 34 16 9 5 2 44 13 16 10 4 2 38 21 48 66
4 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 32 4 6 22 31 64 16 3 3 10 20 29 16 1 3 12 11 35 -33 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 Ajax 32 19 9 4 82 34 16 9 5 2 44 13 16 10 4 2 38 21 48 66
4 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 32 4 6 22 31 64 16 3 3 10 20 29 16 1 3 12 11 35 -33 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.