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AZ Alkmaar
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AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 5
Sep 14, 2024 at 8pm UK
AFAS Stadion
Heerenveen

AZ
9 - 1
Heerenveen

Mijnans (4'), Parrott (23', 48', 50', 56'), Sadiq (72'), Meerdink (75'), Belic (82'), Buurmeester (85')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Brouwers (19')
Karlsbakk (80')

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: RKC Waalwijk 0-3 AZ
Friday, August 30 at 7pm in Eredivisie
Last Game: Heerenveen 4-0 NAC Breda
Saturday, August 31 at 7pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heerenveen

AZ Alkmaar are without defeat in 13 straight home outings and will back themselves to get the job done in front of their fans.   We can see the hosts cruising to a relatively routine victory to continue their sizzling start to the campaign. 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 64.91%. A draw had a probability of 19.1% and a win for Heerenveen had a probability of 16.02%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.57%) and 1-0 (8.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.74%), while for a Heerenveen win it was 1-2 (4.48%). The actual scoreline of 9-1 was predicted with a 0% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that AZ Alkmaar would win this match.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawHeerenveen
64.91%19.07% (0.00099999999999767 0) 16.02%
Both teams to score 57.34%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
63.46% (0.0010000000000048 0)36.54%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
41.32% (0.00099999999999767 0)58.68%
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
89.41% (0.0010000000000048 0)10.59%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
65.63% (0.0010000000000048 0)34.37%
Heerenveen Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
64.13% (0.0010000000000048 0)35.87%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
27.36%72.64%
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 64.91%
    Heerenveen 16.02%
    Draw 19.07%
AZ AlkmaarDrawHeerenveen
2-1 @ 9.82%
2-0 @ 9.57%
1-0 @ 8.53%
3-1 @ 7.35%
3-0 @ 7.17%
4-1 @ 4.12%
4-0 @ 4.02%
3-2 @ 3.77%
4-2 @ 2.11%
5-1 @ 1.85%
5-0 @ 1.81%
5-2 @ 0.95%
Other @ 3.84%
Total : 64.91%
1-1 @ 8.74%
2-2 @ 5.03%
0-0 @ 3.8%
3-3 @ 1.29% (0.0010000000000001 0)
Other @ 0.2%
Total : 19.07%
1-2 @ 4.48%
0-1 @ 3.89%
0-2 @ 2%
2-3 @ 1.72%
1-3 @ 1.53%
Other @ 2.4%
Total : 16.02%

How you voted: AZ vs Heerenveen

AZ Alkmaar
81.1%
Draw
16.2%
Heerenveen
2.7%
37
Head to Head
Jan 28, 2024 11.15am
Gameweek 19
Heerenveen
2-2
AZ
Clasie (24' og.), Brouwers (51')
van Amersfoort (8'), Brouwers (80')
Pavlidis (20'), Bochniewicz (88' og.)
de Wit (23'), Mijnans (33')
Kasius (40')
Oct 21, 2023 8pm
Gameweek 9
AZ
3-0
Heerenveen
Pavlidis (11', 59', 76')
Bazoer (24')

Brouwers (11')
Apr 1, 2023 3.30pm
Gameweek 27
AZ
1-1
Heerenveen
Mous (75' og.)
Jan 14, 2023 5.45pm
Gameweek 16
Heerenveen
0-2
AZ
De Wit (33'), Reijnders (46')
May 22, 2022 1.30pm
AZ
2-0
Heerenveen
De Wit (5'), Aboukhlal (88')
Pavlidis (24'), Milos (41'), Martins Indi (45+1'), Aboukhlal (89')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1PSV EindhovenPSV88002752224
2FC UtrechtUtrecht7610148619
3AZ AlkmaarAZ85121751216
4FC Twente8422147714
5Ajax6411134913
6Feyenoord7340147713
7Go Ahead Eagles84131010013
8Willem II8323119211
9Sparta RotterdamSparta824299010
10Fortuna SittardSittard8314813-510
11Groningen8233111109
12Heracles8233713-69
13NAC BredaNAC Breda8305614-89
14PEC Zwolle8224811-38
15Heerenveen82241017-78
16NECNijmegen821579-27
17Almere CityAlmere City8026219-172
18RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk8008522-170


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