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AZ Alkmaar
Europa League | Playoffs | 2nd Leg
Aug 26, 2021 at 7.15pm UK
AFAS Stadion
Celtic logo

AZ
2 - 1
Celtic

Aboukhlal (6'), Starfelt (26' og.)
Aboukhlal (39'), Koopmeiners (66'), Gudmundsson (90')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Furuhashi (3')
McGregor (58'), Montgomery (62')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Europa League clash between AZ Alkmaar and Celtic, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 41.17%. A win for Celtic had a probability of 35.43% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.83%) and 2-0 (5.68%). The likeliest Celtic win was 1-2 (7.99%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.44%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for AZ Alkmaar in this match.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawCeltic
41.17%23.4%35.43%
Both teams to score 63.49%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
61.86%38.14%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
39.59%60.41%
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
81.05%18.95%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
49.54%50.46%
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
78.33%21.67%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
45.19%54.81%
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 41.17%
    Celtic 35.43%
    Draw 23.4%
AZ AlkmaarDrawCeltic
2-1 @ 8.69%
1-0 @ 6.83%
2-0 @ 5.68%
3-1 @ 4.82%
3-2 @ 3.68%
3-0 @ 3.15%
4-1 @ 2%
4-2 @ 1.53%
4-0 @ 1.31%
Other @ 3.47%
Total : 41.17%
1-1 @ 10.44%
2-2 @ 6.64%
0-0 @ 4.11%
3-3 @ 1.88%
Other @ 0.33%
Total : 23.4%
1-2 @ 7.99%
0-1 @ 6.28%
0-2 @ 4.8%
1-3 @ 4.07%
2-3 @ 3.39%
0-3 @ 2.45%
1-4 @ 1.56%
2-4 @ 1.3%
0-4 @ 0.94%
Other @ 2.67%
Total : 35.43%

How you voted: AZ vs Celtic

AZ Alkmaar
Draw
Celtic
AZ Alkmaar
26.8%
Draw
13.7%
Celtic
59.5%
190
Head to Head
Aug 18, 2021 7.45pm
Playoffs 1st Leg
Celtic
2-0
AZ
Furuhashi (12'), Letschert (61' og.)
Ralston (63'), McCarthy (82')

de Wit (48')
rhs 2.0
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RSouthampton3626282582-5712


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