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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
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1-1
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Odgaard (57')
Marquez (54')
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AZ
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Karlsson (8', 70'), Evjen (76')
Vindahl Jensen (42')
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1-1
Nijmegen
Aboukhlal (90+2')
Martins Indi (85')
Bruijn (9')
May 7, 2017 1.30pm
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2-1
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Danjuma (63'), Awoniyi (89')
Jahanbakhsh (43')
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1PSV EindhovenPSV1211014093133
2FC UtrechtUtrecht119112011928
3Ajax1182125111426
4Feyenoord1274128131525
5FC Twente1264224111322
6AZ AlkmaarAZ125252314917
7Fortuna SittardSittard125251316-317
8NECNijmegen125161910916
9Willem II124351312115
10Go Ahead Eagles124351520-515
11NAC BredaNAC Breda125071221-915
12Heerenveen124261323-1014
13Groningen123361219-712
14PEC Zwolle123361422-812
15Heracles123361223-1112
16Sparta RotterdamSparta122551218-611
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