The home side, Vitesse, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but AZ have displayed both talent and mettle. Read more about the fixture!
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AZ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It's no vacation for neither Vitesse 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.
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse have played 6 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Vitesse manager T. Letsch and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Rennes in the Europa Conference League. Late drama in the game against Rennes as Vitesse were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Loïs Openda popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Vitesse, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Rennes. Fun stuff to watch! Maximilian Wittek was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Wittek served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 14 duels.
A Eredivisie defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at PSV.The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vitesse with 12 goals conceded in these matches.
AZ form and stats
AZ have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-0-5 (7 played). AZ has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
AZ has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Jablonec for a Europa Conference League game that ended a draw (1-1). The attacker Hakon Evjen got a match rating of 8.0 in that game. Evjen scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
A draw for AZ before that, at their own venue hosting NEC (1-1).The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fortuna Sittard in just four days.
AZ find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. AZ's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Vitesse won four games, two matches ended with a draw and AZ have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  D. de Wit 6 goals |   L. Openda 5 goals |  N. Frederiksen 4 goals |
Vitesse missing players
AZ missing players
| Vitesse | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 83% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 67% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 58% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 54% | 83% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 58% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 23% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 33% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.5 | 17.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.3 | 14.2 |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 19% | 18% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 27% | 34% |
| 11.6 | 10.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 11.7 | 9.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
- AZ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- AZ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Vitesse's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Vitesse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 30 |
| 2 | PSV | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | NEC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Willem II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | AZ | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Heracles | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 4 |