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AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 23
Feb 23, 2025 at 3.45pm UK
AFAS Stadion
Fortuna Sittard

AZ
1 - 0
Sittard

Buurmeester (52')
Poku (46'), Koopmeiners (63')
FT(HT: 0-0)

Guth (45'), Da Cruz (77'), Bullaude (90')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Galatasaray 2-2 AZ
Thursday, February 20 at 5.45pm in Europa League
Last Game: Sittard 0-2 Ajax
Sunday, February 9 at 1.30pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Fortuna Sittard

On the back of such an impressive win in midweek, it remains to be seen whether AZ can reproduce that level of performance. Nevertheless, we feel that they should still have enough in the tank to inflict more misery on Sittard, potentially through a late goal. 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 69.34%. A draw had a probability of 18% and a win for Fortuna Sittard had a probability of 12.67%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.18%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.79%) and 2-1 (9.68%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.47%), while for a Fortuna Sittard win it was 0-1 (3.71%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that AZ Alkmaar would win this match.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
69.34% (0.97699999999999 0.98) 17.98% (-0.467 -0.47) 12.67% (-0.513 -0.51)
Both teams to score 52.01% (0.116 0.12)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
60.97% (0.926 0.93)39.03% (-0.929 -0.93)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
38.64% (0.967 0.97)61.35% (-0.97 -0.97)
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
89.82% (0.498 0.5)10.18% (-0.501 -0.5)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
66.57% (1.128 1.13)33.43% (-1.131 -1.13)
Fortuna Sittard Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
57.91% (-0.195 -0.2)42.09% (0.192 0.19)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
21.49% (-0.165 -0.16)78.51% (0.163 0.16)
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 69.34%
    Fortuna Sittard 12.67%
    Draw 17.98%
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
2-0 @ 11.18% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
1-0 @ 9.79% (-0.213 -0.21)
2-1 @ 9.68% (-0.061 -0.06)
3-0 @ 8.52% (0.17 0.17)
3-1 @ 7.37% (0.109 0.11)
4-0 @ 4.87% (0.198 0.2)
4-1 @ 4.21% (0.149 0.15)
3-2 @ 3.19% (0.03 0.03)
5-0 @ 2.22% (0.135 0.14)
5-1 @ 1.93% (0.108 0.11)
4-2 @ 1.82% (0.055 0.06)
Other @ 4.57%
Total : 69.34%
1-1 @ 8.47% (-0.236 -0.24)
0-0 @ 4.28% (-0.19 -0.19)
2-2 @ 4.19% (-0.048 -0.05)
3-3 @ 0.92% (0.004 0)
Other @ 0.12%
Total : 17.98%
0-1 @ 3.71% (-0.185 -0.19)
1-2 @ 3.66% (-0.122 -0.12)
0-2 @ 1.6% (-0.088 -0.09)
2-3 @ 1.21% (-0.02 -0.02)
1-3 @ 1.06% (-0.041 -0.04)
Other @ 1.44%
Total : 12.67%

How you voted: AZ vs Sittard

AZ Alkmaar
100%
Draw
0.0%
Fortuna Sittard
0.0%
5
Head to Head
Oct 6, 2024 7pm
Gameweek 8
Sittard
1-0
AZ
Guth (78')
Halilovic (20'), Aiko (29'), Erceg (83'), Bullaude (84')

Dekker (45'), van Bommel (75')
Feb 17, 2024 5.45pm
Gameweek 22
Sittard
1-2
AZ
Cordoba (18')
Lonwijk (41')
Pavlidis (63'), De Wit (90')
Bazoer (69')
Oct 1, 2023 3.45pm
Gameweek 7
AZ
4-0
Sittard
Clasie (45+1'), Pavlidis (49'), Siovas (82' og.), Dantas (88')
de Wit (28')

Sierhuis (24'), Siovas (35'), Duarte (90+2')
Apr 16, 2023 7pm
Gameweek 29
Sittard
0-3
AZ
Odgaard (24'), Milos (42'), Pavlidis (84')
Jan 22, 2023 3.45pm
Gameweek 17
AZ
3-1
Sittard
De Wit (4'), Navarro (24' og.), Pavlidis (56')
Yilmaz (11' pen.)
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Ajax25203253183563
2PSV EindhovenPSV25174475304555
3FC UtrechtUtrecht2514744638849
4FC Twente25137550311946
5Feyenoord24128448272144
6AZ AlkmaarAZ24134740241643
7Go Ahead Eagles2512584640641
8Fortuna SittardSittard2595113242-1032
9Heerenveen2586113145-1430
10Groningen2477102333-1028
11NAC BredaNAC Breda2584132743-1628
12Heracles2569103246-1427
13NECNijmegen2575133637-126
14PEC Zwolle2567122940-1125
15Sparta RotterdamSparta2559112434-1024
16Willem II2566132841-1324
17RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk2445153249-1717
18Almere CityAlmere City2535171549-3414


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