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AZ Alkmaar
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Fortuna Sittard
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Willem II
AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 10
Dec 6, 2023 at 6pm UK
AFAS Stadion
NEC

AZ
1 - 2
Nijmegen

Pavlidis (57')
FT(HT: 0-2)
Dost (11'), Mattsson (31')
van Wermeskerken (55')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: AZ 1-4 Aston Villa
Thursday, October 26 at 5.45pm in Europa Conference League
Last Game: Nijmegen 1-1 Almere City
Saturday, October 21 at 7pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 3-1 NEC

Alkmaar will be downbeat following Thursday's disappointing result, but with the hosts in fine domestic form, we think that they will cruise to a comfortable victory to prolong Nijmegen's winless away run. 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 65.26%. A draw had a probability of 20% and a win for NEC had a probability of 14.75%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.29%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.86%) and 2-1 (9.85%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.48%), while for a NEC win it was 0-1 (4.56%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 4.1% likelihood.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawNEC
65.26% (0.271 0.27) 19.97% (-0.087 -0.09) 14.75% (-0.191 -0.19)
Both teams to score 50.92% (-0.19 -0.19)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
56.58% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01)43.42% (0.0040000000000049 0)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
34.18% (-0.009999999999998 -0.01)65.81% (0.0039999999999907 0)
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
87.49% (0.072000000000003 0.07)12.5% (-0.077999999999999 -0.08)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
61.49% (0.155 0.16)38.5% (-0.161 -0.16)
NEC Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
58.2% (-0.269 -0.27)41.8% (0.262 0.26)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
21.74% (-0.232 -0.23)78.26% (0.22699999999999 0.23)
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 65.25%
    NEC 14.76%
    Draw 19.98%
AZ AlkmaarDrawNEC
2-0 @ 11.29% (0.069999999999999 0.07)
1-0 @ 10.86% (0.029999999999999 0.03)
2-1 @ 9.85% (-0.011000000000001 -0.01)
3-0 @ 7.83% (0.071 0.07)
3-1 @ 6.83% (0.012 0.01)
4-0 @ 4.07% (0.048 0.05)
4-1 @ 3.55% (0.017 0.02)
3-2 @ 2.98% (-0.017 -0.02)
5-0 @ 1.69% (0.025 0.02)
4-2 @ 1.55% (-0.004 -0)
5-1 @ 1.48% (0.011 0.01)
Other @ 3.28%
Total : 65.25%
1-1 @ 9.48% (-0.039000000000001 -0.04)
0-0 @ 5.23% (0.0010000000000003 0)
2-2 @ 4.3% (-0.036 -0.04)
Other @ 0.97%
Total : 19.98%
0-1 @ 4.56% (-0.032 -0.03)
1-2 @ 4.13% (-0.047 -0.05)
0-2 @ 1.99% (-0.029 -0.03)
2-3 @ 1.25% (-0.019 -0.02)
1-3 @ 1.2% (-0.023 -0.02)
Other @ 1.62%
Total : 14.76%

How you voted: AZ vs Nijmegen

AZ Alkmaar
96.3%
Draw
3.7%
NEC
0.0%
27
Head to Head
May 21, 2023 1.30pm
Gameweek 33
Nijmegen
0-3
AZ

Kramer (22'), Schone (42')
Proper (83')
Karlsson (28', 50'), Clasie (43')
Sep 1, 2022 7pm
Gameweek 3
AZ
1-1
Nijmegen
Odgaard (57')
Marquez (54')
Mar 6, 2022 3.45pm
Gameweek 23
Nijmegen
1-3
AZ
Guth (44')
Karlsson (8', 70'), Evjen (76')
Vindahl Jensen (42')
Nov 20, 2021 7pm
Gameweek 11
AZ
1-1
Nijmegen
Aboukhlal (90+2')
Martins Indi (85')
Bruijn (9')
May 7, 2017 1.30pm
Nijmegen
2-1
AZ
Von Haacke (30'), Awoniyi (89')
Danjuma (63'), Awoniyi (89')
Jahanbakhsh (43')
Wuytens (50'), Jahanbakhsh (82')
Haps (60')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1PSV EindhovenPSV16140256134342
2Ajax16113235161936
3FC UtrechtUtrecht1611323223936
4Feyenoord16105140182235
5FC Twente1694332201231
6AZ AlkmaarAZ1692530171329
7Go Ahead Eagles166462826222
8Fortuna SittardSittard166462023-322
9NAC BredaNAC Breda167181825-722
10Heerenveen166371728-1121
11Willem II165471718-119
12NECNijmegen165292220217
13PEC Zwolle164481525-1016
14Groningen164481426-1216
15Heracles163581833-1514
16Sparta RotterdamSparta162681424-1012
17RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk1613121740-236
18Almere CityAlmere City161312737-306


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