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Eredivisie · Matchweek 4

AZ Alkmaar

AZA

5–2Full time

Go Ahead Eagles

GOA

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

56%Possession52%
47%Territory34%
30%From set plays16%
0.15Chance quality0.09
4.7%Directness6.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for AZ Alkmaar, 3 for Go Ahead Eagles. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 26 of 99 matches, not the full season.