Highlights

90'

F. Friday (assist J. Helmer)

84'

F. Friday (assist G. Til)

80'

D. Dumfries (OG)

68'

M. Thorsby (2nd yellow)

60'

Y. Kobayashi

56'

M. Thorsby

48'

P. van Amersfoort

HT 0 - 0

44'

R. van Rhijn

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

88'

R. Ghoochannejhad (Y. Kobayashi)

79'

L. Woudenberg (P. van Amersfoort)

77'

F. Friday (J. van Overeem)

74'

N. Næss (M. Vlap)

66'

J. Helmer (W. Weghorst)

46'

M. Seuntjens (S. Wuytens)

Player of the match

Thomas Ouwejan # 5 - Defender

Duel won 3 (100%)
Accurate passes 48/55 (87.27%)

Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	3	AZ	71	34	22	5	7
	8	Heerenveen	46	34	12	10	12

Top scorers

Full table

#	Players	Goals
1	A. Jahanbakhsh	21
3	W. Weghorst	18
31	G. Til	9
-	R. Ghoochannejhad	9

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-2-3-1

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

64%

36%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

T. Ouwejan

F. Friday 2
H. Veerman 1

Shots off target

H. Veerman

S. Schaars 2
G. Til 1

Big chance created

T. Ouwejan

F. Midtsjø 1
J. Helmer 1

Successful contests

A. Jahanbakhsh

G. Til 3
F. Midtsjø 3

Fouls suffered

A. Jahanbakhsh

F. Midtsjø 3
P. Hatzidiakos 2

Dispossessed

M. Vlap

H. Veerman 3
A. Jahanbakhsh 3

Touches

P. Hatzidiakos

108

T. Koopmeiners 97
F. Midtsjø 86

Duel won

A. Jahanbakhsh

T. Koopmeiners 9
P. Hatzidiakos 9

Duel lost

H. Veerman

M. Vlap 10
A. Jahanbakhsh 10

Interceptions

P. Hatzidiakos

S. Wuytens 2
D. Schmidt 2

Challenge lost

P. van Amersfoort

D. Dumfries 3
Y. Kobayashi 3

Tackles

D. Schmidt

K. Pierie 5
M. Thorsby 4

Aerial duels won

H. Veerman

T. Koopmeiners 4
D. Høegh 3

Aerial duels lost

H. Veerman

W. Weghorst 3
G. Til 2

Fouls

T. Koopmeiners

H. Veerman 3
M. Thorsby 3

Saves

W. Hahn

M. Bizot 3

Passes

P. Hatzidiakos

T. Koopmeiners 71
F. Midtsjø 65

Accurate passes

P. Hatzidiakos

T. Koopmeiners 60
F. Midtsjø 57

Accurate crosses

Y. Kobayashi

T. Ouwejan 1
F. Midtsjø 1

Current form

Stats

L D W W W

W D D L L

Last matches

Stats & bet

29/10/17

12/02/17

07/08/16

10/04/16

21/11/15

Referees

Pol van Boekel main referee

3.7

0.2

Average card count per match for 20 matches arbitrated
Freek Vandeursen assistant referee
Christian Mulder fourth referee
Rogier Honig assistant referee

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Injured players

Dabney dos Santos Souza Knock

Marko Vejinović Knee injury

Myron Boadu Knee injury

Calvin Stengs Knee injury

Ron Peter Vlaar Knee injury

Heerenveen

Martin Ødegaard Illness

Arbër Zeneli Ankle foot injury

Match venue

AFAS Stadion - Alkmaar

Year of construction: 2006
Surface: grass
Capacity: 19500
Average attendance: 10039
Maximum attendance: 19478
% sold: 56

Match result AZ Heerenveen

Date 23 December 2017 18:45
Competition Eredivisie
Season 2017/2018
Stage Regular Season - week 18
Match attendance 15012
Code AZ-HEE
Area Netherlands
Home team AZ
Away team Heerenveen

FAQ

What is the result between AZ Heerenveen?

AZ won the match with a 3-1 score

What are the official lineups for AZ Heerenveen?

AZ : Coached by J. van den Brom, the lineup starts off in a 4-2-3-1 formation: M. Bizot, T. Ouwejan, S. Wuytens, P. Hatzidiakos, R. van Rhijn, T. Koopmeiners, F. Midtsjø, J. van Overeem, G. Til, A. Jahanbakhsh, W. Weghorst

Heerenveen : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by J. Streppel, is positioning themselves in a 4-2-3-1 : W. Hahn, D. Schmidt, K. Pierie, D. Høegh, D. Dumfries, M. Thorsby, S. Schaars, M. Vlap, P. van Amersfoort, Y. Kobayashi, H. Veerman

Who is the referee of the match AZ Heerenveen ?

Pol van Boekel is the referee for this match

Where is the match AZ Heerenveen?

The venue AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar is hosting the match

At what time is AZ Heerenveen?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 23 December 2017. Kick-off at 18:45

Who is the man of the match AZ - Heerenveen ?

Thomas Ouwejan had the best performance of the match AZ - Heerenveen. The stats reinforce this view:

3 Duel won (100%)
48/55 Accurate passes (87.27%)

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Confirmed line-ups

AZ 4-2-3-1

- 6.0 1 M. Bizot
- 7.1 5 T. Ouwejan
- 5.7 30 S. Wuytens
- 7.0 12 P. Hatzidiakos
- 6.4 23 R. van Rhijn
- 6.4 14 T. Koopmeiners
- 7.0 6 F. Midtsjø
- 6.3 8 J. van Overeem
- 6.6 15 G. Til
- 6.2 7 A. Jahanbakhsh
- 5.2 9 W. Weghorst
- 6.1 1 W. Hahn
- 5.2 12 D. Schmidt
- 5.6 5 K. Pierie
- 5.1 3 D. Høegh
- 4.2 2 D. Dumfries
- 4.6 8 M. Thorsby
- 5.3 6 S. Schaars
- 5.3 18 M. Vlap
- 6.3 19 P. van Amersfoort
- 5.2 21 Y. Kobayashi
- 5.2 20 H. Veerman

Heerenveen 4-2-3-1

- J. van den Brom Coach
Substitutes
- L. Opdam #32 - Defender
- I. Bel Hassani #18 - Midfielder
- G. Coutinho #16 - Goalkeeper
- 2
  
  77'
  
  F. Friday #27 - Striker
- O. Wijndal #26 - Defender
- 46'
  
  M. Seuntjens #20 - Midfielder
- 66'
  
  J. Helmer #17 - Midfielder
- L. García #28 - Striker
- J. Streppel Coach
Substitutes
- 88'
  
  R. Ghoochannejhad #9 - Striker
- N. Mihajlović #17 - Midfielder
- J. Bekkema #25 - Goalkeeper
- 79'
  
  L. Woudenberg #16 - Defender
- M. Rojas #7 - Striker
- J. Hornkamp #35 - Striker
- 74'
  
  N. Næss #4 - Defender
- J. Bruijn #26 - Midfielder
- W. van der Steen #23 - Goalkeeper

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

64%

36%

Duel won

57%

43%

Accurate passes

82%

66%

Attacking

Shots

Big chance created

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Shots hitting woodwork

Passing

568

Passes

325

Accurate crosses

Crosses

Corner taken

Defending

Duel won

Clearances

Tackles

Aerial duels won

Successful tackles

Successful interception

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Yellow cards

Total red cards

Second yellow cards

Goalkeeper

Saves

Match stats comparison

Choose player

Attacking - Tops

Big chance created

T. Ouwejan

F. Midtsjø 1
J. Helmer 1
G. Til 1
J. van Overeem 1

Shots (%)

F. Friday

67% 2/3

T. Ouwejan 67% (2/3)
G. Til 50% (1/2)
P. van Amersfoort 50% (1/2)

Successful contests

A. Jahanbakhsh

G. Til 3
F. Midtsjø 3
M. Seuntjens 2
J. Helmer 2

Fouls suffered

A. Jahanbakhsh

F. Midtsjø 3
P. Hatzidiakos 2
Y. Kobayashi 2
T. Koopmeiners 2

Touches

P. Hatzidiakos

108

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

S. Schaars

0% 0/2

H. Veerman 20% (1/5)

Dispossessed

M. Vlap

H. Veerman 3
A. Jahanbakhsh 3

Defending - Tops

Duel won (%)

P. Hatzidiakos

75% 9/12

M. Thorsby 67% (6/9)
K. Pierie 67% (6/9)
D. Schmidt 63% (5/8)
G. Til 63% (5/8)

Interceptions

P. Hatzidiakos

S. Wuytens 2
D. Schmidt 2
T. Koopmeiners 2
K. Pierie 2

Aerial duels won (%)

M. Thorsby

100% 2/2

T. Koopmeiners 80% (4/5)
D. Høegh 60% (3/5)
H. Veerman 50% (5/10)
W. Weghorst 50% (3/6)

Defending - Flops

Duel won (%)

M. Vlap

0% 0/10

D. Høegh 0% (0/4)
H. Veerman 33% (5/15)
P. van Amersfoort 36% (5/14)
Y. Kobayashi 38% (5/13)

Challenge lost

P. van Amersfoort

D. Dumfries 3
Y. Kobayashi 3
S. Schaars 3

Aerial duels won (%)

F. Midtsjø

0% 0/2

S. Wuytens 0% (0/2)
P. Hatzidiakos 0% (0/2)
G. Til 0% (0/2)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

S. Wuytens

91% 48/53

P. Hatzidiakos 88% (75/85)
F. Midtsjø 88% (57/65)
T. Ouwejan 87% (48/55)

Successful final third passes

F. Midtsjø

Passing - Flops

Passes (%)

W. Hahn

55% 22/40

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	83	34	26	5	3	87	39	48
2	Ajax	79	34	25	4	5	89	33	56
3	AZ	71	34	22	5	7	72	38	34
4	Feyenoord	66	34	20	6	8	76	39	37
5	Utrecht	54	34	14	12	8	58	53	5
6	Vitesse	49	34	13	10	11	63	47	16
7	ADO	47	34	13	8	13	45	53	-8
8	Heerenveen	46	34	12	10	12	48	53	-5
9	Zwolle	44	34	12	8	14	42	54	-12
10	Heracles	42	34	11	9	14	50	64	-14
11	Excelsior	40	34	11	7	16	41	56	-15
12	Groningen	38	34	8	14	12	50	50	0
13	Willem II	37	34	10	7	17	50	63	-13
14	NAC	34	34	9	7	18	41	57	-16
15	VVV	34	34	7	13	14	35	54	-19
16	Roda	30	34	8	6	20	42	69	-27
17	Sparta	27	34	7	6	21	34	75	-41
18	Twente	24	34	5	9	20	37	63	-26

UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa League Play-off
Relegation Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	47	17	15	2	0	44	9	35
2	Ajax	43	17	14	1	2	45	12	33
3	Feyenoord	36	17	11	3	3	37	17	20
4	AZ	35	17	11	2	4	40	23	17
5	Utrecht	34	17	9	7	1	32	21	11
6	Heracles	31	17	9	4	4	29	25	4
7	Groningen	28	17	7	7	3	32	21	11
8	Zwolle	28	17	8	4	5	27	20	7
9	Vitesse	27	17	7	6	4	35	20	15
10	ADO	25	17	7	4	6	26	27	-1
11	Heerenveen	23	17	6	5	6	21	24	-3
12	Willem II	22	17	6	4	7	31	29	2
13	NAC	22	17	7	1	9	26	31	-5
14	Sparta	20	17	6	2	9	21	36	-15
15	Twente	18	17	4	6	7	25	31	-6
16	Roda	16	17	4	4	9	21	34	-13
17	VVV	15	17	3	6	8	19	29	-10
18	Excelsior	14	17	3	5	9	16	24	-8

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Ajax	36	17	11	3	3	44	21	23
2	AZ	36	17	11	3	3	32	15	17
3	PSV	36	17	11	3	3	43	30	13
4	Feyenoord	30	17	9	3	5	39	22	17
5	Excelsior	26	17	8	2	7	25	32	-7
6	Heerenveen	23	17	6	5	6	27	29	-2
7	Vitesse	22	17	6	4	7	28	27	1
8	ADO	22	17	6	4	7	19	26	-7
9	Utrecht	20	17	5	5	7	26	32	-6
10	VVV	19	17	4	7	6	16	25	-9
11	Zwolle	16	17	4	4	9	15	34	-19
12	Willem II	15	17	4	3	10	19	34	-15
13	Roda	14	17	4	2	11	21	35	-14
14	NAC	12	17	2	6	9	15	26	-11
15	Heracles	11	17	2	5	10	21	39	-18
16	Groningen	10	17	1	7	9	18	29	-11
17	Sparta	7	17	1	4	12	13	39	-26
18	Twente	6	17	1	3	13	12	32	-20

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	63	34	16	15	3	36	15	21
2	AZ	57	34	14	15	3	27	16	11
3	Feyenoord	57	34	13	18	1	38	14	24
4	Utrecht	54	34	14	12	7	28	24	4
5	Ajax	53	34	12	17	4	27	16	11
6	Vitesse	48	34	11	15	6	28	19	9
7	Willem II	43	34	11	10	7	25	30	-5
8	Excelsior	43	34	10	13	6	22	27	-5
9	Groningen	40	34	9	13	7	19	22	-3
10	Zwolle	39	34	9	12	10	18	24	-6
11	NAC	39	34	8	15	6	18	25	-7
12	Heerenveen	37	34	7	16	5	20	26	-6
13	VVV	37	34	5	22	5	15	17	-2
14	Heracles	36	34	8	12	8	19	29	-10
15	ADO	36	34	7	15	5	18	26	-8
16	Roda	35	34	8	11	8	21	33	-12
17	Sparta	33	34	5	18	6	17	28	-11
18	Twente	33	34	4	21	4	19	24	-5