Receiving guests at their own home is comfortable and good for Willem II, but AZ are fully motivated and capable to get all three points. Who wins the prize?
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AZ have scored more than double the goals of Willem II.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.
Willem II form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Willem II have to build on here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the Eredivisie.
Willem II are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 497 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Hornkamp).
No payout for Willem in their previous match, an away game at Fortuna Sittard that ended in defeat 0-1. Midfielder Sağlam was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.21 (out of ten) in that game. Sağlam hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus SC Heerenveen that ended 0-0.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Willem II here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). On the other hand, Willem II have conceded 18 goals.
AZ form and stats
Playing away, AZ have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. AZ has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Vitesse.
AZ delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Bodø / Glimt in their previous game; a Europa Conference League fixture. Attacker Pavlidis got a player rating of 8.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Pavlidis scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, in the Eredivisie, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against FC Twente.AZ has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. 17 goals have been conceded by AZ in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: AZ - Willem II 4-1. Data for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Willem, two draws and five wins for AZ. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Karlsson 13 goals |  V. Pavlidis 10 goals |  D. de Wit 7 goals |
Willem II missing players
AZ missing players
| Willem II | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | 50 |
| 44 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 62% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 77% |
| 50% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 69% | 69% |
| 27% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 46% | 42% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 23% |
| 42% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 69% | 65% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 50% | 54% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 10.2 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.1 | 12.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 30% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 39% |
| 14.6 | 14.4 | 22 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 12.8 | 10.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
- AZ have scored more than double the goals of Willem II.
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 66 | 63 |
| 2 | PSV | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 63 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 32 | 61 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 35 | 55 |
| 4 | AZ | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 51 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 41 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -4 | 33 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -12 | 33 |
| 10 | NEC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 | Heracles | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 27 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 27 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 27 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Willem II | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -23 | 22 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -27 | 22 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 20 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -21 | 20 |
