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Willem II
AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 27
Apr 23, 2022 at 5.45pm UK
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Heerenveen

AZ
2 - 1
Heerenveen

Karlsson (44'), Reijnders (87')
Clasie (13')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Sarr (7')
Zaal (84'), Mulder (85')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: AZ 6-1 Vitesse
Sunday, May 29 at 1.30pm in Eredivisie
Last Game: AZ 2-0 Heerenveen
Sunday, May 22 at 1.30pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Heerenveen

Heerenveen are the more in-form side coming into this one, but AZ boast the superior team on paper, and we fancy them to get the job done, albeit by only a narrow margin. 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 63.32%. A draw had a probability of 21.5% and a win for Heerenveen had a probability of 15.19%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.06%) and 2-1 (9.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.2%), while for a Heerenveen win it was 0-1 (5.35%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for AZ Alkmaar in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for AZ Alkmaar.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawHeerenveen
63.32%21.5%15.19%
Both teams to score 47.11%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
50.93%49.07%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
28.86%71.15%
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.13%14.87%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
56.79%43.21%
Heerenveen Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
55.34%44.66%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
19.34%80.66%
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 63.31%
    Heerenveen 15.19%
    Draw 21.5%
AZ AlkmaarDrawHeerenveen
1-0 @ 12.65%
2-0 @ 12.06%
2-1 @ 9.72%
3-0 @ 7.66%
3-1 @ 6.18%
4-0 @ 3.65%
4-1 @ 2.94%
3-2 @ 2.49%
5-0 @ 1.39%
4-2 @ 1.19%
5-1 @ 1.12%
Other @ 2.25%
Total : 63.31%
1-1 @ 10.2%
0-0 @ 6.64%
2-2 @ 3.92%
Other @ 0.74%
Total : 21.5%
0-1 @ 5.35%
1-2 @ 4.11%
0-2 @ 2.16%
1-3 @ 1.11%
2-3 @ 1.05%
Other @ 1.41%
Total : 15.19%

How you voted: AZ vs Heerenveen

AZ Alkmaar
57.9%
Draw
36.8%
Heerenveen
5.3%
19
Head to Head
Aug 29, 2021 3.45pm
Feb 14, 2021 11.15am
AZ
3-1
Heerenveen
Stengs (20'), Koopmeiners (47' pen.), Gudmundsson (81')
Hatzidiakos (60')
Schone (54')
Paul van Hecke (46'), Kongolo (87')
Nov 8, 2020 3.45pm
Jan 25, 2020 5.30pm
Heerenveen
1-2
AZ
Ejuke (69')
Veerman (28')
De Wit (35'), Boadu (72')
Koopmeiners (76')
Oct 19, 2019 5.30pm
AZ
2-4
Heerenveen
Vlaar (31'), Stengs (48')
De Wit (81'), Hatzidiakos (88')
Botman (7'), Kongolo (36'), Odgaard (45'), Koopmeiners (63' og.)
Floranus (88')
rhs 2.0
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1PSV EindhovenPSV22163369244551
2Ajax21163245182751
3FC UtrechtUtrecht2212644034642
4AZ AlkmaarAZ22124638211740
5Feyenoord21116446262039
6FC Twente21106544301436
7Go Ahead Eagles219573934532
8Fortuna SittardSittard2275102940-1126
9Heerenveen2275102641-1526
10NAC BredaNAC Breda2282122641-1526
11NECNijmegen2173113230224
12Willem II2266102531-624
13PEC Zwolle2266102634-824
14Heracles225982839-1124
15Groningen2266101931-1224
16Sparta RotterdamSparta2248101932-1320
17RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk2245133145-1417
18Almere CityAlmere City2134141243-3113


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