Perhaps a welcome break from league football as AZ & FC Utrecht face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AZ form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the semi-finals.4-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for AZ so far this season.
AZ travelled for their previous game, a trip to FC Volendam that ended 1-1. Defender Kerkez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Kerkez won 6 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus FC Utrecht that ended 5-5.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus Excelsior in only three days. This game is also played here at AFAS Stadion.
AZ have conceded 14 from these games.
FC Utrecht form and stats
Utrecht's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
FC Utrecht are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against SC Heerenveen. Douvikas has bagged at least one goal for this team three fixtures in a row. The know-how! Barkas was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.15. The agile goalkeeper Barkas topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 5-5 draw at AZ's stadium before that.Utrecht have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 10 away matches. FC Utrecht have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
AZ have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when facing FC Utrecht.Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 11 goals |   V. Pavlidis 9 goals |  J. Odgaard 7 goals |
AZ missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| AZ | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Scored | S | 29 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 76% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 30% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | AZ | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 4 | PSV | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | NEC | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 12 |
