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AZ vs SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2021-22
AZ
2 – 1
Full Time
SC Heerenveen
Sat 23 Apr 2022 · 16:45 UTC AFAS Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'
Jordy Clasie 13' Y
Y 84' Timo Zaal
Y 85' Erwin Mulder

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs SC Heerenveen — Eredivisie at AFAS Stadion.

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
  • Referee Marc Nagtegaal
  • Referee Martin van den Kerkhof
  • Referee Richard Brondijk
  • Referee Don Frijn
  • Referee
  • Referee Roan van Marrewijk (Netherlands)
6 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 9.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

11
2
4
AZ 17 games · Avg 3.9 goals SC Heerenveen
Last 5 meetings
2022-04-23 AZ 2–1 SC Heerenveen 2021-08-29 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AZ 2021-02-14 AZ 3–1 SC Heerenveen 2020-11-08 SC Heerenveen 0–3 AZ 2020-01-25 SC Heerenveen 1–2 AZ

Recent Form

AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Apr SC Heerenveen H 2–1 W
10 Apr PEC Zwolle A 1–2 L
02 Apr SBV Vitesse H 3–1 W
20 Mar Willem II Tilburg A 2–2 D
13 Mar FC Twente '65 H 0–1 L
06 Mar NEC A 3–1 W
SC Heerenveen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Apr AZ A 1–2 L
10 Apr FC Groningen H 3–1 W
03 Apr Sparta Rotterdam A 1–1 D
18 Mar Heracles Almelo H 2–0 W
12 Mar RKC Waalwijk A 0–0 D
05 Mar Willem II Tilburg A 0–0 D

Season Stats

AZ SC Heerenveen
#1 Position #10
19 Points 9
7 Played 7
6 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 2 / 3 / 2
18 Scored 11
6 Conceded 9
+12 GD +2
2.71 PPG 1.29
86% Win % 29%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
AZ this season
43% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this season

AZ are 1st (19 pts). SC Heerenveen are 10th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AZ
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/3
31-45
3/–
46-60
4/–
61-75
4/1
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
SC Heerenveen
0-15
–/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
2/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
2/3
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Ro-Zangelo Daal 4 G
Mexx Meerdink 3 G 2 A
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Ayoub Oufkir 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A
SC Heerenveen
Jacob Trenskow 3 G 1 A
Maxence Rivera 2 G 1 A
Luca Oyen 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against AZ and SC Heerenveen has kicked off!
  • 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SC Heerenveen that had 374 games and scored 364 goals.
  • 7' What a moment for Amin Sarr! That strike on 7 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 12' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 13' Jordy Clasie picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 18' The 34-year-old Nick Bakker has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 23' Zakaria Aboukhlal is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for SC Heerenveen tonight.
  • 28' The travelling SC Heerenveen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 33' Sam Beukema has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 38' SC Heerenveen fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 43' Peter Vindahl Jensen, a Denmark , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 44' What composure from Jesper Karlsson! The Sweden international strokes it home. 1-1.
  • 46' Tijani Reijnders has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dani de Wit on 46 minute.
  • 51' AZ currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 61' Timo Zaal is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for SC Heerenveen so far.
  • 63' SC Heerenveen make a change. Sydney van Hooijdonk trudges off to be replaced by Anthony Musaba on 63 minutes.
  • 68' SC Heerenveen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 73' Time for substitution for AZ. Zakaria Aboukhlal is replaced by Hakon Evjen.
  • 76' The supporters are chanting for Arjen van der Heide. He replaces Tibor Halilovic on 76 minute.
  • 79' A tactical swap from SC Heerenveen — Timo Zaal on, Hamdi Akujobi off on 79 minutes.
  • 84' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Timo Zaal on 84 minutes.
  • 85' Erwin Mulder is having his name booked by the referee on 85.
  • 87' Tijani Reijnders puts AZ on the lead.
  • 90' Another change for AZ made on 90 minute. Owen Wijndal leaves to be changed by Aslak Fonn Witry.
  • It finishes all square. AZ and SC Heerenveen share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

SC Heerenveen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ole Tobiasen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Troy Parrott 5
Vangelis Pavlidis 5
Dani de Wit 4
Sven Mijnans 3
Teun Koopmeiners 3
Mexx Meerdink 3
Henk Veerman 2
Zico Buurmeester 2

Head to Head

2022-04-23 AZ 2–1 SC Heerenveen 2021-08-29 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AZ 2021-02-14 AZ 3–1 SC Heerenveen 2020-11-08 SC Heerenveen 0–3 AZ 2020-01-25 SC Heerenveen 1–2 AZ

AZ Form

2022-04-23 AZ 2–1 SC Heerenveen W 2022-04-10 PEC Zwolle 2–1 AZ L 2022-04-02 AZ 3–1 SBV Vitesse W 2022-03-20 Willem II Tilburg 2–2 AZ D 2022-03-13 AZ 0–1 FC Twente '65 L 2022-03-06 NEC 1–3 AZ W

SC Heerenveen Form

2022-04-23 AZ 2–1 SC Heerenveen L 2022-04-10 SC Heerenveen 3–1 FC Groningen W 2022-04-03 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 SC Heerenveen D 2022-03-18 SC Heerenveen 2–0 Heracles Almelo W 2022-03-12 RKC Waalwijk 0–0 SC Heerenveen D 2022-03-05 Willem II Tilburg 0–0 SC Heerenveen D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.97 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.76 SC Heerenveen xG
I would bet for: AZ to win 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AZ64% Draw22% SC Heerenveen14%
Actual: AZ win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.73
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw
86%
Draw or SC Heerenveen
36%
AZ or SC Heerenveen
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
AZ45% Draw43% SC Heerenveen12%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
12.4%
1 – 0
12.2%
1 – 1
10.5%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
8.3%
3 – 0
8%
3 – 1
6.1%
0 – 1
4.1%
4 – 0
3.9%
2 – 2
3.5%
1 – 2
3.5%
4 – 1
3.1%

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap AZ covers Push SC Heerenveen covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 20% 60%
-1.5 40% — 60%
-1 40% 24% 36%
-0.5 64% — 36%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 9% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet
47% ✓
SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.