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AZ Alkmaar
Ajax
FC Twente logo
FC Utrecht
Feyenoord
Fortuna Sittard
Go Ahead Eagles
Groningen
Heerenveen
Heracles Almelo
NAC Breda
NEC
PEC Zwolle
PSV
Waalwijk logo
Sparta Rotterdam logo
Willem II
AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 2
Dec 2, 2021 at 5.45pm UK
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Fortuna Sittard

AZ
2 - 1
Sittard

Pavlidis (41'), Karlsson (51')
Hatzidiakos (57')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Flemming (9')
Musaba (13')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Eredivisie clash between AZ Alkmaar and Fortuna Sittard, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Fortuna Sittard

 Fortuna Sittard need to turn their fortunes around sooner rather than later after defeat against Groningen last time out left them languishing in the relegation zone. However, they have struggled for results against AZ Alkmaar in recent history and we are tipping the hosts to come away with all three points and heap more misery on their floundering visitors. 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 78.51%. A draw had a probability of 14% and a win for Fortuna Sittard had a probability of 7.53%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.52%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (10.92%) and 1-0 (9.58%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.62%), while for a Fortuna Sittard win it was 0-1 (2.53%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that AZ Alkmaar would win this match.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
78.51%13.96%7.53%
Both teams to score 46.27%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
64.21%35.8%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
42.12%57.88%
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
92.69%7.31%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
73.57%26.43%
Fortuna Sittard Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
49.92%50.08%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
15.29%84.71%
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 78.5%
    Fortuna Sittard 7.53%
    Draw 13.96%
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
2-0 @ 12.52%
3-0 @ 10.92%
1-0 @ 9.58%
2-1 @ 8.66%
3-1 @ 7.56%
4-0 @ 7.15%
4-1 @ 4.94%
5-0 @ 3.74%
3-2 @ 2.61%
5-1 @ 2.59%
4-2 @ 1.71%
6-0 @ 1.63%
6-1 @ 1.13%
Other @ 3.76%
Total : 78.5%
1-1 @ 6.62%
0-0 @ 3.66%
2-2 @ 3%
Other @ 0.68%
Total : 13.96%
0-1 @ 2.53%
1-2 @ 2.29%
Other @ 2.71%
Total : 7.53%

How you voted: AZ vs Sittard

AZ Alkmaar
84.0%
Draw
12.0%
Fortuna Sittard
4.0%
50
Head to Head
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AZ
1-0
Sittard
Gudmundsson (29' pen.)
Aboukhlal (31'), Bizot (90+3'), Midtsjo (90+5')
Leeuwin (49')

van Osch (27')
> Preview
Sep 26, 2020 5.45pm
Gameweek 3
Sittard
3-3
AZ
Flemming (9', 90+6'), Hansson (79')
Rota (87'), Smeets (90+5')
De Wit (23'), Koopmeiners (52'), Boadu (69')
Hatzidiakos (37')
Apr 25, 2020 5.30pm
Gameweek 32
Sittard
P-P
AZ
Aug 4, 2019 7pm
Gameweek 1
AZ
4-0
Sittard
Vlaar (53'), Idrissi (55'), Boadu (59'), Sugawara (83')
Sugawara (68')

Passlack (28')
Mar 3, 2019 3.45pm
Gameweek 24
AZ
4-2
Sittard
Koopmeiners (26' pen., 75'), Til (54'), Idrissi (61')
Lamprou (37'), Novakovich (45')
Pinto (78')
rhs 2.0
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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1PSV EindhovenPSV17150259134645
2Ajax17123237162139
3FC UtrechtUtrecht1711333428636
4Feyenoord17105240211935
5AZ AlkmaarAZ17102531171432
6FC Twente1794432211131
7Go Ahead Eagles177463027325
8Fortuna SittardSittard177462525025
9Willem II176472119222
10NAC BredaNAC Breda177191927-822
11Heerenveen176381731-1421
12NECNijmegen1752102324-117
13PEC Zwolle174581626-1017
14Groningen164481426-1216
15Heracles163581833-1514
16Sparta RotterdamSparta172691426-1212
17Almere CityAlmere City1723121037-279
18RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk1714121841-237
> Eredivisie Full Table


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