Vitesse have had problems winning points this league season. Could they get some sugar when AZ come to visit GelreDome?
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both contenders have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse's results here at GelreDome in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Vitesse suffered an unexpected loss 1-2 against Ajax in their previous game, also a home game. Wittek was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Wittek served one assist, hit three key passes and won 12 of 16 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at FC Volendam.The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vitesse with 23 goals conceded in these matches. When Vitesse hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FC Groningen, FC Emmen, Excelsior, SC Cambuur and FC Volendam), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
AZ form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Eredivisie.
AZ won their last game, 2-1 versus SC Cambuur played at home. Sugawara was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Sugawara hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, the AZ manager Jansen faced defeat when travelling to Feyenoord and losing 1-2.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this team's 17 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The schedule is very tough for AZ now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa Conference League game at Lazio is waiting in only four days.
AZ have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
AZ - Vitesse 1-1 was the result in these squads' previous h2h fixture, played this season. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Vitesse won three games, three matches ended with a tie and AZ have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 11 goals |  J. Odgaard 8 goals |   M. Manhoef 6 goals |
Vitesse missing players
AZ missing players
| Vitesse | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | 49 |
| 41 | 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | 91% |
| 65% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 67% | 65% |
| 43% | 45% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 35% |
| 4% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| 57% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 74% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 26% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 14.5 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.6 | 14.2 | 15.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 27% | 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | 35% |
| 11.5 | 10.1 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
- AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AZ have scored in all their matches so far.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vitesse 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 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Ajax | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 42 | 49 |
| 3 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | PSV | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 46 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 20 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | -34 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 18 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -26 | 13 |
