About Match
The table reads 2nd (AZ Alkmaar, 16 pts) against 11th (SC Heerenveen, 6 pts), 10 points apart. SC Heerenveen rank just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: AZ Alkmaar 2.83 scored and 1 conceded per game, SC Heerenveen 1.17 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.95. A win would lift AZ Alkmaar to 19 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
AZ Alkmaar's unbeaten run stands at 15, having scored in 15 consecutive games. SC Heerenveen have not won in 5 games. AZ Alkmaar have banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; SC Heerenveen, 3.
The sides have met 40 times in the GioScore results database: 22 wins for AZ Alkmaar, 6 draws and 12 for SC Heerenveen, at 3.9 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 78% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 68%.
AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar, capacity 19,500, hosts the game.