Vitesse vs AZ match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

Vitesse greet AZ for another engrossing Eredivisie game here at GelreDome.

AZ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Brann, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for AZ.

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Vitesse form and stats

Vitesse's first Eredivisie home game here at GelreDome ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.

Vitesse experienced a slightly shocking loss 1-3 against PSV in their previous game, also played at home.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting FC Volendam.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vitesse at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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AZ form and stats

Only one away game in the Eredivisie so far for AZ and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 11 victories, 2 draws and 4 losses from 17 travels.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Brann in their previous outing. The Europa Conference League battle ended 3-3. Lahdo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.54. Lahdo scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that, 1-1 at home against Brann in the Europa Conference League.

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

Head 2 Head

Vitesse-AZ H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vitesse three wins, AZ four wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
3 goals
VitesseM. van Ginkel
M. van Ginkel
2 goals
AZD. de Wit
D. de Wit
2 goals

Vitesse missing players

AZ missing players

Vitesse AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 1 Scored S 0 3 8
4 3 3 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 7.5
5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 2.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 14
5.5 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7.5
27% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 53%
 
11.5 19 19 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 8
5.5 7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
Vitesse Last season AZ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 5   Won W   11 20
10 6   Drew D   2 7
14 6   Lost L   4 7
45 24   Scored S   32 68
50 25   Conceded C   15 35
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
76% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 82%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 62%
38% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 26%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 62%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 35%
32% 29%   Failed to Score F T   6% 6%
 
6.2 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.4
4.8 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.7
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
5 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
15 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   14 15.2
4.8 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.9
27% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 34%
 
11.8 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 11.6
4.1 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sparta Rotterdam 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 7
2 AZ 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
3 FC Twente 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 6
4 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
5 SC Heerenveen 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
6 Feyenoord 3 1 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 5
7 Excelsior 3 1 2 0 8 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 5
8 Fortuna Sittard 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
9 Ajax 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
10 NEC 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Go Ahead Eagles 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -1 3
12 Vitesse 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
13 Heracles 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
14 PEC Zwolle 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 3
15 FC Volendam 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
16 FC Utrecht 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 0
17 RKC Waalwijk 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 0
18 Almere City 3 0 0 3 3 12 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 8 -9 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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

Read more about Eredivisie

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.