Eredivisie game preview and stats: SC Heerenveen welcome AZ Alkmaar

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

AZ Alkmaar have come here for an interesting game versus the hosting SC Heerenveen. Get ready for the fixture with this in-depth Eredivisie preview!

AZ Alkmaar could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at Abe Lenstra Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for SC Heerenveen last season were 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 17 games.

A nice win for SC Heerenveen last time playing, versus RKC Waalwijk. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Henk Veerman (2) and Tibor Halilović scoring for the victors. Henk Veerman, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.64 (out of 10). Veerman scored two goals and hit one key pass.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Go Ahead Eagles with a 1-0 scoreline.

SC Heerenveen has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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AZ Alkmaar form and stats

Let's have a look at how AZ Alkmaar performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 75 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 6 and lost 2 with 36/23 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Eredivisie ended in defeat. Last season AZ Alkmaar had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 9, drew 6 and lost 2.

Impressive finishing from Zakaria Aboukhlal secured the home win 2-1 against Celtic in their previous game.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Celtic's place.

0 goals so far away for AZ Alkmaar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heerenveen two wins, zero draws and AZ Alkmaar eight victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenT. Halilović
T. Halilović
2 goals
SC HeerenveenH. Veerman
H. Veerman
2 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

AZ Alkmaar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen AZ Alkmaar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
6.5 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
5 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 19 19
4.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
44% 75% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
SC Heerenveen Last season AZ Alkmaar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 6   Won W   9 21
12 5   Drew D   6 8
13 6   Lost L   2 5
43 22   Scored S   36 75
49 18   Conceded C   23 41
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
82% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 68%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 47%
9% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 24%
59% 41%   BTTS BTTS   71% 62%
29% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   12% 12%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.3
6.6 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.8
1.2 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.2
5 1   Red cards R C   2 7
 
11 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   13 13.3
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.7
31% 34%   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 Feyenoord 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 6 6
2 PSV 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
3 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Ajax 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 4
5 FC Utrecht 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 4
6 FC Groningen 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 RKC Waalwijk 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
9 Willem II 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 -1 3
10 Vitesse 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
11 NEC 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -3 3
12 FC Twente 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Heracles 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
15 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Go Ahead Eagles 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 SC Cambuur 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
Last season 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 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ Alkmaar 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 6 6
2 PSV 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
3 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Ajax 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 4
5 FC Utrecht 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 4
6 FC Groningen 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 RKC Waalwijk 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
9 Willem II 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 -1 3
10 Vitesse 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
11 NEC 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -3 3
12 FC Twente 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Heracles 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
15 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Go Ahead Eagles 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 SC Cambuur 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0

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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.