SC Heerenveen will aim to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The host team are currently 6 points behind AZ.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AZ have the most points (18) away in Eredivisie
It's no vacation for neither Heerenveen nor AZ 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.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen have played 7 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
SC Heerenveen's previous fixture was a KNVB Beker game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-0 vs FC Volendam. The home side hope to to continue in that form. van Ewijk, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Ewijk served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.
Before that, Heerenveen played out a Eredivisie draw 0-0 when visiting RKC Waalwijk.SC Heerenveen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Abe Lenstra Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
AZ form and stats
AZ have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 6-0-2 from 8 games.
Two travels in a row for AZ, whose boss Jansen could celebrate last time after the KNVB Beker win against Excelsior. The attacker Pavlidis got a match rating of 7.92 in that game. Pavlidis scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Vitesse in the Eredivisie.Betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 10 league matches.
As opposed to that, AZ have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Heerenveen-AZ H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: SC Heerenveen three wins, AZ seven wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. van Hooijdonk 6 goals |   J. Odgaard 6 goals |  V. Pavlidis 4 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
AZ missing players
| SC Heerenveen | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 26 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 67% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 87% |
| 47% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 40% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 73% |
| 47% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 47% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 15.9 | 15.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 26% | 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 36% | 29% |
| 12.1 | 11.3 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.6 | 11.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AZ have scored at least twice as many goals away as SC Heerenveen have scored home.
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ have the most points (18) away in Eredivisie
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Ajax | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 31 |
| 3 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | NEC | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -20 | 16 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -23 | 9 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 8 |
