AZ vs VVV Venlo, Eredivisie 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AZ vs VVV Venlo — Eredivisie at AFAS Stadion.
Match Details
- Referee Laurens Gerrets
- Referee Mark Strijker
- Referee Christiaan Bax
- Referee Freek Vandeursen
- Referee
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Oct VVV Venlo H 2–2 D 04 Oct Sparta Rotterdam A 4–4 D 26 Sep Fortuna Sittard A 3–3 D 19 Sep PEC Zwolle H 1–1 D 15 Sep FK Dynamo Kyiv A 0–2 L 07 Mar ADO Den Haag H 4–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Oct AZ A 2–2 D 03 Oct ADO Den Haag H 1–2 L 26 Sep SC Heerenveen A 0–1 L 18 Sep FC Utrecht H 1–1 D 13 Sep FC Emmen A 5–3 W 07 Mar FC Emmen A 0–3 L Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
AZ this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
AZ0-158/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/261-751/276+2/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to AFAS Stadion that hosts another battle between AZ and VVV Venlo.
- 2' GOAL! Jesper Karlsson scores on 2.
- 7' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Arjan Swinkels made 219 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 12' The travelling VVV Venlo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 17' VVV Venlo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 17.
- 19' VVV Venlo receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 19.
- 24' Goal! Calvin Stengs scores his 30 goal in 289 matches.
- 29' 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.
- 30' VVV Venlo receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 30.
- 35' It looks surprising AZ does not make any changes. Chris Kum has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AZ that had 289 games and scored 477 goals.
- 41' It’s a booking for AZ player. Jonas Svensson gets a Red card.
- 46' The VVV Venlo manager makes a substitution. Roy Gelmi departs to be replaced by Torino Hunte.
- 46' It’s a booking for VVV Venlo player. Torino Hunte gets a Yellow card.
- 51' VVV Venlo seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 56' It’s high time Hans de Koning made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 61' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 63' Another substitution for VVV Venlo to replace Zinedine Machach by Ante Coric on 63 minute.
- 68' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 68 minutes.
- 73' Teun Koopmeiners needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
- 74' Jafar Arias is replacing Joshua John for the VVV Venlo side.
- 78' The referee calls foul for Dani de Wit. He receives a Yellow card.
- 81' The VVV Venlo manager makes a substitution. Lukas Schmitz departs to be replaced by Stan van Dijck.
- 86' Goal! Evert Linthorst scores his 8 goal in 171 matches.
- 88' Goal! Giorgos Giakoumakis scores his 60 goal in 127 matches.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
AZ Lineups
Starting XI
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- 7
- 2
- 8
- 6
- 9
- 15
- 10
- 16
- 27
- 11
Bench
- 28
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3
Pantelis Chatzidiakos ↑ 63'
- 24
- 26
- 65
- 17
- 66
- 18
- 19
Coach Arne SlotVVV Venlo Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 16
- 17
- 21
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12
Joshua John ↓ Jafar Arias 74'
- 10
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8
Zinedine Machach ↓ Ante Coric 63'
- 11
- 3
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26
Lukas Schmitz ↓ Stan van Dijck 81'
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4
Roy Gelmi ↓ Torino Hunte 46'
Bench
- 22
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18
Stan van Dijck ↑ 81'
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27
Torino Hunte ↑ 46'
- 19
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9
Ante Coric ↑ 63'
- 5
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25
Jafar Arias ↑ 74'
- 7
- 30
- 24
- 42
Coach Hans de Koning -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Calvin Stengs 2 Jesper Karlsson 2 Myron Boadu 2 Guus Til 1 Mats Seuntjens 1 Yukinari Sugawara 1 Evert Linthorst 1 Giorgos Giakoumakis 1 Head to Head
AZ Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.73 AZ xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.2 VVV Venlo xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.93Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
AZ or Draw 75%Draw or VVV Venlo 51%AZ or VVV Venlo 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: AZ win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12%2 – 1 9.2%1 – 0 8.4%2 – 0 7.8%0 – 0 7.1%1 – 2 6.4%2 – 2 Actual0 – 1 5.6%3 – 1 5.3%3 – 0 4.4%0 – 2 3.8%3 – 2 3.3%Asian Handicap — AZ
Handicap AZ covers Push VVV Venlo covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 22% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
AZ keeps clean sheet 31% ✓VVV Venlo keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.