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AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 10
Dec 6, 2023 at 6pm UK
AFAS Stadion
NEC

AZ
1 - 2
Nijmegen

Pavlidis (57')
FT(HT: 0-2)
Dost (11'), Mattsson (31')
van Wermeskerken (55')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Eredivisie clash between AZ Alkmaar and NEC, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: AZ 1-4 Aston Villa
Thursday, October 26 at 5.45pm in Europa Conference League
Last Game: Nijmegen 1-1 Almere City
Saturday, October 21 at 7pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 3-1 NEC

Alkmaar will be downbeat following Thursday's disappointing result, but with the hosts in fine domestic form, we think that they will cruise to a comfortable victory to prolong Nijmegen's winless away run. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a AZ Alkmaar win with a probability of 65.26%. A draw had a probability of 20% and a win for NEC had a probability of 14.75%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.29%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.86%) and 2-1 (9.85%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.48%), while for a NEC win it was 0-1 (4.56%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 4.1% likelihood.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawNEC
65.26% (0.271 0.27) 19.97% (-0.087 -0.09) 14.75% (-0.191 -0.19)
Both teams to score 50.92% (-0.19 -0.19)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
56.58% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01)43.42% (0.0040000000000049 0)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
34.18% (-0.009999999999998 -0.01)65.81% (0.0039999999999907 0)
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
87.49% (0.072000000000003 0.07)12.5% (-0.077999999999999 -0.08)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
61.49% (0.155 0.16)38.5% (-0.161 -0.16)
NEC Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
58.2% (-0.269 -0.27)41.8% (0.262 0.26)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
21.74% (-0.232 -0.23)78.26% (0.22699999999999 0.23)
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 65.25%
    NEC 14.76%
    Draw 19.98%
AZ AlkmaarDrawNEC
2-0 @ 11.29% (0.069999999999999 0.07)
1-0 @ 10.86% (0.029999999999999 0.03)
2-1 @ 9.85% (-0.011000000000001 -0.01)
3-0 @ 7.83% (0.071 0.07)
3-1 @ 6.83% (0.012 0.01)
4-0 @ 4.07% (0.048 0.05)
4-1 @ 3.55% (0.017 0.02)
3-2 @ 2.98% (-0.017 -0.02)
5-0 @ 1.69% (0.025 0.02)
4-2 @ 1.55% (-0.004 -0)
5-1 @ 1.48% (0.011 0.01)
Other @ 3.28%
Total : 65.25%
1-1 @ 9.48% (-0.039000000000001 -0.04)
0-0 @ 5.23% (0.0010000000000003 0)
2-2 @ 4.3% (-0.036 -0.04)
Other @ 0.97%
Total : 19.98%
0-1 @ 4.56% (-0.032 -0.03)
1-2 @ 4.13% (-0.047 -0.05)
0-2 @ 1.99% (-0.029 -0.03)
2-3 @ 1.25% (-0.019 -0.02)
1-3 @ 1.2% (-0.023 -0.02)
Other @ 1.62%
Total : 14.76%

How you voted: AZ vs Nijmegen

AZ Alkmaar
96.3%
Draw
3.7%
NEC
0.0%
27
Head to Head
May 21, 2023 1.30pm
Gameweek 33
Nijmegen
0-3
AZ

Kramer (22'), Schone (42')
Proper (83')
Karlsson (28', 50'), Clasie (43')
Sep 1, 2022 7pm
Gameweek 3
AZ
1-1
Nijmegen
Odgaard (57')
Marquez (54')
Mar 6, 2022 3.45pm
Gameweek 23
Nijmegen
1-3
AZ
Guth (44')
Karlsson (8', 70'), Evjen (76')
Vindahl Jensen (42')
Nov 20, 2021 7pm
Gameweek 11
AZ
1-1
Nijmegen
Aboukhlal (90+2')
Martins Indi (85')
Bruijn (9')
May 7, 2017 1.30pm
Nijmegen
2-1
AZ
Von Haacke (30'), Awoniyi (89')
Danjuma (63'), Awoniyi (89')
Jahanbakhsh (43')
Wuytens (50'), Jahanbakhsh (82')
Haps (60')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
CPSV EindhovenPSV322831107198887
2Feyenoord32246285246178
3FC Twente32196760332763
4AZ AlkmaarAZ32187764362861
5Ajax321410869591052
6NECNijmegen321311862471550
7FC UtrechtUtrecht32131094643349
8Go Ahead Eagles321110114542343
9Sparta RotterdamSparta32127134847143
10Heerenveen32107155165-1437
11Fortuna SittardSittard3299143655-1936
12PEC Zwolle3298154364-2135
13Almere CityAlmere City32713123252-2034
14Heracles3295184170-2932
15RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk3277183652-1628
16SBV ExcelsiorExcelsior32511164669-2326
RFC VolendamVolendam3247213179-4819
RVitesse3255222571-462


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