Perhaps a welcome break from league football as TOP Oss & AZ Alkmaar 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting AZ Alkmaar have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 8-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
TOP Oss form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd round.When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, TOP Oss have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.
The TOP Oss supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host SC Cambuur in Eerste Divisie and win 3-2. Heartbreak before that as TOP Oss lost 1-3 at Jong AZ's place.
There will be little rest for TOP Oss after this match as they are travelling to Telstar for a Eerste Divisie game in only three days.
TOP Oss are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. 15 goals have been conceded.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Eredivisie.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus Willem II with 1-3 on the scoreboard. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Groene Ster in the KNVB Beker.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with AZ Alkmaar given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with 1 win as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 1 of these games by at least two goals.
AZ Alkmaar has another fixture away, a Eredivisie game, against SC Heerenveen in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The AZ Alkmaar manager A. Slot has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. It's not easy to score on AZ Alkmaar as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boadu 11 goals |  O. Idrissi 10 goals |   P. Rommens 7 goals |
TOP Oss missing players
AZ Alkmaar missing players
| TOP Oss | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Scored | S | 32 | 61 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 233 | 111 | Total Shots | T S | 162 | 371 | ||
| 96 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 142 | ||
| 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 30 | 45 |
| 2 | Jong Ajax | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 43 |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 43 |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | NEC | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 34 |
| 9 | Telstar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Almere City | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Jong Utrecht | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -14 | 25 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 21 |
| 16 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | TOP Oss | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -23 | 18 |
| 18 | Jong PSV | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 17 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | -27 | 15 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 12 |
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Willem II | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | PSV | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -21 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 11 |