The visiting AZ Alkmaar side should be favourites in this visit to Willem II, as the away team holds a 33 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
- Willem II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eredivisie
- AZ Alkmaar have scored more than double the goals of Willem II.
Willem II and AZ Alkmaar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Willem II form and stats
Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for Willem II are 4-2-7 (wins-draw-losses).
An away draw last time out for Willem, facing Vitesse in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Willem II won a home game hosting SC Heerenveen (3-1).
Willem II are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Willem II are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (29 from 13 played).
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
AZ Alkmaar have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 7-5-1 from 13 games.
Alkmaar had fun at their own home (Koning Willem II Stadion) last time out, beating PSV 2-0. Teun Koopmeiners and Jesper Karlsson scored. Before that, Alkmaar secured a home win against FC Twente with the score 4-1.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Alkmaar are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Alkmaar rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the AZ Alkmaar - Willem 5-3 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Willem victories, three draws and four AZ Alkmaar wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Koopmeiners 15 goals |  M. Boadu 12 goals |  J. Karlsson 9 goals |
Willem II missing players
AZ Alkmaar missing players
| Willem II | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 32 | 63 |
| 56 | 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 38 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 89% |
| 59% | 77% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 85% | 78% |
| 44% | 62% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 52% |
| 22% | 23% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 31% | 26% |
| 59% | 69% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 85% | 74% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 19% |
| 30% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.8 | 14.6 | 14.3 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 31% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | 38% |
- AZ Alkmaar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AZ Alkmaar have scored in all their away matches so far.
- AZ Alkmaar have scored more than double the goals of Willem II.
- AZ Alkmaar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Willem II's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Willem II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eredivisie
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 64 | 66 |
| 2 | PSV | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 29 | 55 |
| 3 | AZ Alkmaar | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 25 | 55 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 52 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 48 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 43 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 37 |
| 9 | Heracles | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 36 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -2 | 34 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -8 | 34 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 15 | Willem II | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 22 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -33 | 22 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 27 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -32 | 15 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 27 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 35 | -39 | 15 |