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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
Draw
Fortuna 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
1Ajax30234362263673
2PSV EindhovenPSV29204586335364
3Feyenoord29178464323259
4FC UtrechtUtrecht30178557421559
5FC Twente29139755411448
6AZ AlkmaarAZ29137947331446
7Go Ahead Eagles2913795246646
8Heerenveen30107133853-1537
9Groningen3098133245-1335
10Heracles30811113752-1535
11Sparta RotterdamSparta29810113336-334
12NECNijmegen2996144243-133
13Fortuna SittardSittard2996143349-1633
14PEC Zwolle29710123544-931
15NAC BredaNAC Breda2987143149-1831
16Willem II2966173049-1924
17RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk2947183558-2319
18Almere CityAlmere City3047192159-3819


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