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AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 27
Apr 23, 2022 at 5.45pm UK
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Heerenveen

AZ
2 - 1
Heerenveen

Karlsson (44'), Reijnders (87')
Clasie (13')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Sarr (7')
Zaal (84'), Mulder (85')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: AZ 6-1 Vitesse
Sunday, May 29 at 1.30pm in Eredivisie
Last Game: AZ 2-0 Heerenveen
Sunday, May 22 at 1.30pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Heerenveen

Heerenveen are the more in-form side coming into this one, but AZ boast the superior team on paper, and we fancy them to get the job done, albeit by only a narrow margin. 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 63.32%. A draw had a probability of 21.5% and a win for Heerenveen had a probability of 15.19%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.06%) and 2-1 (9.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.2%), while for a Heerenveen win it was 0-1 (5.35%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for AZ Alkmaar in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for AZ Alkmaar.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawHeerenveen
63.32%21.5%15.19%
Both teams to score 47.11%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
50.93%49.07%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
28.86%71.15%
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.13%14.87%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
56.79%43.21%
Heerenveen Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
55.34%44.66%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
19.34%80.66%
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 63.31%
    Heerenveen 15.19%
    Draw 21.5%
AZ AlkmaarDrawHeerenveen
1-0 @ 12.65%
2-0 @ 12.06%
2-1 @ 9.72%
3-0 @ 7.66%
3-1 @ 6.18%
4-0 @ 3.65%
4-1 @ 2.94%
3-2 @ 2.49%
5-0 @ 1.39%
4-2 @ 1.19%
5-1 @ 1.12%
Other @ 2.25%
Total : 63.31%
1-1 @ 10.2%
0-0 @ 6.64%
2-2 @ 3.92%
Other @ 0.74%
Total : 21.5%
0-1 @ 5.35%
1-2 @ 4.11%
0-2 @ 2.16%
1-3 @ 1.11%
2-3 @ 1.05%
Other @ 1.41%
Total : 15.19%

How you voted: AZ vs Heerenveen

AZ Alkmaar
57.9%
Draw
36.8%
Heerenveen
5.3%
19
Head to Head
Aug 29, 2021 3.45pm
Feb 14, 2021 11.15am
AZ
3-1
Heerenveen
Stengs (20'), Koopmeiners (47' pen.), Gudmundsson (81')
Hatzidiakos (60')
Schone (54')
Paul van Hecke (46'), Kongolo (87')
Nov 8, 2020 3.45pm
Jan 25, 2020 5.30pm
Heerenveen
1-2
AZ
Ejuke (69')
Veerman (28')
De Wit (35'), Boadu (72')
Koopmeiners (76')
Oct 19, 2019 5.30pm
AZ
2-4
Heerenveen
Vlaar (31'), Stengs (48')
De Wit (81'), Hatzidiakos (88')
Botman (7'), Kongolo (36'), Odgaard (45'), Koopmeiners (63' og.)
Floranus (88')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
CPSV EindhovenPSV332841108208888
2Feyenoord33256288266281
3FC Twente33206767353266
4AZ AlkmaarAZ33197767363164
5Ajax331510872591355
6NECNijmegen331311964501450
7FC UtrechtUtrecht331310104644249
8Sparta RotterdamSparta33137134947246
9Go Ahead Eagles331110124545043
10Heerenveen33107165268-1637
11Fortuna SittardSittard33910143756-1937
12PEC Zwolle3399154465-2136
13Almere CityAlmere City33713133255-2334
14Heracles3395194174-3332
15RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk3378183753-1629
16SBV ExcelsiorExcelsior33611165069-1929
RFC VolendamVolendam3347223386-5319
RVitesse3365222872-445


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