Saturday , 14 November 2026

SBV Vitesse vs AZ, Eredivisie 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2020-21
SBV Vitesse
2 – 1
Full Time
AZ
Sun 7 Mar 2021 · 15:45 UTC GelreDome HT 45+2' · FT 45+8'
Oussama Tannane 12' Y
Matus Bero 12' Y
Y 19' Dani de Wit
Enzo Cornelisse 79' R
Eli Dasa 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

SBV Vitesse vs AZ — Eredivisie at GelreDome.

  • SBV Vitesse 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
  • AZ 12 games · 23 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

  • Referee Pol van Boekel
  • Referee Bas van Dongen
  • Referee Siemen Mulder
  • Referee Rogier Honig
  • Referee Martin Perez
4 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

Head-to-Head

2
4
5
SBV Vitesse 11 games · Avg 2.3 goals AZ
Last 5 meetings
2021-03-07 SBV Vitesse 2–1 AZ 2020-12-23 AZ 3–1 SBV Vitesse 2019-09-01 SBV Vitesse 2–1 AZ 2019-04-02 SBV Vitesse 2–2 AZ 2018-08-26 AZ 0–0 SBV Vitesse

Recent Form

SBV Vitesse
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Mar AZ H 2–1 W
27 Feb VVV Venlo H 4–1 W
21 Feb PSV A 1–3 L
14 Feb FC Twente '65 H 0–2 L
06 Feb SC Heerenveen A 0–1 L
30 Jan RKC Waalwijk H 1–1 D
AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Mar SBV Vitesse A 1–2 L
28 Feb Feyenoord Rotterdam H 4–2 W
20 Feb VVV Venlo A 4–1 W
14 Feb SC Heerenveen H 3–1 W
06 Feb FC Emmen A 1–0 W
31 Jan AFC Ajax H 0–3 L

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AZ
0-15
3/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
3/1
46-60
4/3
61-75
5/1
76+
7/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Mexx Meerdink 6 G 3 A
Ro-Zangelo Daal 5 G 1 A
Ayoub Oufkir 3 G
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. SBV Vitesse kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
  • 10' Jonas Svensson is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for SBV Vitesse so far.
  • 12' Poor challenge from Oussama Tannane. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 17' It’s high time Pascal Jansen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 19' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Dani de Wit.
  • 24' The 34-year-old Bruno Martins Indi has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 29' SBV Vitesse currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 31' Lois Openda puts SBV Vitesse on the lead.
  • 36' Danilho Doekhi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 41' SBV Vitesse started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
  • 46' SBV Vitesse is showing some good football. However, SBV Vitesse are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' A quiet spell here at GelreDome. AZ seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 61' SBV Vitesse is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 62' Fresh legs for AZ! Jordy Clasie comes on to replace Bruno Martins Indi.
  • 67' SBV Vitesse have won 317 goals from 282 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 68' The AZ manager makes a substitution. Dani de Wit departs to be replaced by Jesper Karlsson.
  • 72' A goal from the Denmark international Jacob Rasmussen! He fires home on 72 to make it 2-0!
  • 74' Time for substitution for SBV Vitesse. Armando Broja is replaced by Oussama Darfalou.
  • 76' AZ make a change. Albert Gudmundsson trudges off to be replaced by Yukinari Sugawara on 76 minutes.
  • 79' Enzo Cornelisse picks up a Red card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 81' The Sweden forward Jesper Karlsson breaks the deadlock on 81 minutes. 2-1!
  • 86' Tomas Hajek gets the nod from SBV Vitesse. He replaces Lois Openda and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' The referee has no hesitation. Eli Dasa is booked for SBV Vitesse — Yellow card on 90.
  • 90' The whistle greets Maximilian Wittek as he departs to be replaced by Alois Oroz.
  • AZ will have plenty to reflect on. SBV Vitesse were simply the better side today.

Lineups

SBV Vitesse Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Thomas Letsch

AZ Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Vangelis Pavlidis 7
Jesper Karlsson 4
Sondre Tronstad 2
Matus Bero 2
Teun Koopmeiners 2
Lois Openda 2
Jacob Rasmussen 1
Thomas Buitink 1

Head to Head

2021-03-07 SBV Vitesse 2–1 AZ 2020-12-23 AZ 3–1 SBV Vitesse 2019-09-01 SBV Vitesse 2–1 AZ 2019-04-02 SBV Vitesse 2–2 AZ 2018-08-26 AZ 0–0 SBV Vitesse

SBV Vitesse Form

2021-03-07 SBV Vitesse 2–1 AZ W 2021-02-27 SBV Vitesse 4–1 VVV Venlo W 2021-02-21 PSV 3–1 SBV Vitesse L 2021-02-14 SBV Vitesse 0–2 FC Twente '65 L 2021-02-06 SC Heerenveen 1–0 SBV Vitesse L 2021-01-30 SBV Vitesse 1–1 RKC Waalwijk D

AZ Form

2021-03-07 SBV Vitesse 2–1 AZ L 2021-02-28 AZ 4–2 Feyenoord Rotterdam W 2021-02-20 VVV Venlo 1–4 AZ W 2021-02-14 AZ 3–1 SC Heerenveen W 2021-02-06 FC Emmen 0–1 AZ W 2021-01-31 AZ 0–3 AFC Ajax L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.44 SBV Vitesse xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.32 AZ xG
I would bet for: SBV Vitesse or AZ 73% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
SBV Vitesse42% Draw27% AZ31%
Actual: SBV Vitesse win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes56% 0% No44%
Avg goals/match: 2.76
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

SBV Vitesse or Draw
69%
Draw or AZ
58%
SBV Vitesse or AZ
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
SBV Vitesse29% Draw46% AZ25%
Actual: SBV Vitesse win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
8.3%
1 – 0
8.2%
1 – 2
7.6%
0 – 1
7.4%
2 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
5.5%
0 – 2
5.4%
3 – 1
4%
1 – 3
3.4%
3 – 0
3%

Asian Handicap — SBV Vitesse

Handicap SBV Vitesse covers Push AZ covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 12% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 20% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 18% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 10% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

SBV Vitesse keeps clean sheet
28% ✓
AZ keeps clean sheet
25% ✓

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