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AZ v Almere City FC : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 18th May, 13:30 BST, AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

AZ and their boss Maarten Martens will be looking to get one over on Recep Ucar and his Almere City FC side on Sunday afternoon, as the pair meet at the AFAS Stadion in the Eredivisie. We've got bespoke stats for all of the main betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come straight from leading bookmakers.


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AZ Alkmaar
55%
--
Draw
26%
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Almere City
20%
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AZ Alkmaar 1-0
15%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
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AZ Alkmaar 2-0
11%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
9%
--
Almere City 1-0
8%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
6%
--
Almere City 2-1
5%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Almere City 2-0
3%
--
AZ Alkmaar 4-0
2%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
2%
--
AZ Alkmaar 4-1
2%
--
Almere City 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Home 1st Goal
55%
--
Away 1st Goal
39%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
44%
--
BTTS - No
56%
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BTTS - Home Win
20%
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BTTS - Draw
16%
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BTTS - Away Win
8%
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Home/draw
80%
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Away/draw
45%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
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Under 0.5 Goals
9%
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Home DNB
73%
--
Away DNB
37%
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AZ Alkmaar win to nil
35%
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Almere City win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

AZ Alkmaar have played 31 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 22 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 5 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. AZ Alkmaar have outscored their opponents by 51 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 15 games at home winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 26 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Almere City are in 17th position in the Eredivisie on 20 points having played 31 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 27 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 10 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 8 and won 4. Almere City have conceded 53 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 15 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
AZ Alkmaar
Almere City
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax3123533674 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
2
PSV3122455870 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-7A
l
 
5-0A
3
Feyenoord3119843965 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2F
l
 
1-4A
l
 
2-1F
4
Utrecht3118851962 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-1F
5
Twente3114981451 
w
 
1-0F
May 14
l
 
0-5A
l
 
1-0A
6
AZ Alkmaar Home3114891750 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
May 18
7
GA Eagles3113810347 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
8
Heerenveen3111713-1440 
w
 
9-1F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1F
9
Groningen3110813-838 
May 11
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
10
Fortuna3110615-1836 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
May 14
l
 
3-0A
11
S.Rotterdam3181112-535 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
May 10
d
 
2-2F
12
Heracles3181112-1835 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
13
NEC319715-234 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
14
PEC Zwolle3181013-1134 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
15
NAC318815-2032 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
16
Willem II316718-2025 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
17
Almere City A314819-3820 
May 18
w
 
0-1F
-
-
18
Waalwijk314720-3219 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-3F
l
 
1-4F
l
 
2-0A
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Win / draw / win form
AZ Alkmaar 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1NAC
AZ Alkmaar0 - 1Feyenoord
AZ Alkmaar2 - 2Waalwijk
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0Fortuna
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0PEC Zwolle
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0Twente
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1Ajax
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0Heracles
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2Willem II
AZ Alkmaar2 - 2GA Eagles
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2PSV
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar9 - 1Heerenveen
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0NEC
AZ Alkmaar3 - 3Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1Twente
AZ Alkmaar3 - 2Waalwijk
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0Vitesse
AZ Alkmaar4 - 0Excelsior
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAZ Alkmaar3 - 0GA Eagles
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 1NAC
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 1Heracles
HAZ Alkmaar0 - 1Feyenoord
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 2Waalwijk
AAZ Alkmaar3 - 3NEC
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 2Ajax
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 3Heerenveen
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Fortuna
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 0PEC Zwolle
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 0Willem II
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2S.Rotterdam
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 0Utrecht
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 2PSV
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Twente
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1NAC
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 1Ajax
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Heracles
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1S.Rotterdam
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2Willem II
Almere City 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
2
Draw
6
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heerenveen2 - 1Almere City
PSV5 - 0Almere City
Willem II0 - 2Almere City
Twente1 - 0Almere City
Feyenoord2 - 1Almere City
NEC2 - 2Almere City
Utrecht0 - 1Almere City
Groningen0 - 0Almere City
Ajax3 - 0Almere City
NAC1 - 0Almere City
GA Eagles3 - 0Almere City
Waalwijk2 - 0Almere City
S.Rotterdam2 - 2Almere City
PEC Zwolle1 - 0Almere City
Heracles0 - 0Almere City
Fortuna3 - 0Almere City
Ajax3 - 0Almere City
Twente3 - 1Almere City
GA Eagles1 - 1Almere City
Waalwijk0 - 0Almere City
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAlmere City0 - 0GA Eagles
AAlmere City1 - 2Heerenveen
AAlmere City0 - 5PSV
HAlmere City2 - 2PEC Zwolle
AAlmere City2 - 0Willem II
HAlmere City1 - 1NAC
AAlmere City0 - 1Twente
HAlmere City0 - 1Ajax
AAlmere City1 - 2Feyenoord
AAlmere City2 - 2NEC
AAlmere City1 - 0Utrecht
HAlmere City1 - 4Waalwijk
HAlmere City0 - 2Heracles
AAlmere City0 - 0Groningen
HAlmere City3 - 0Heerenveen
AAlmere City0 - 3Ajax
HAlmere City1 - 3Utrecht
AAlmere City0 - 1NAC
AAlmere City0 - 3GA Eagles
HAlmere City1 - 4Feyenoord
Goal Statistics

AZ have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Eredivisie matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Almere City FC on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

AZ Alkmaar 6th Almere City 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals
0
45%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Almere City scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
=0
AZ Alkmaar’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-43
Almere City have scored 43% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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AZ Alkmaar
PG (predicted goals)
Almere City
1.6
0.8
Attack rating
46%
better
AZ
ALM
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Games scored25
15
Failed to score5
16
Scored first19
9
Goals scored48
21
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.7
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal7
13
Conversion rate for14
8
Avg. XG for1.6
1.1
KickOff rating
+46%
Defence rating
26%
better
AZ
ALM
view stats
Games conceded20
24
Clean sheets10
7
Conceded first9
19
Goals conceded34
59
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded7
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
17%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+26%

AZ Alkmaar v Almere City Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3014610
P KoopmeinersT ParrottP KoopmeinersW Goes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Koopmeiners MID3116
2
-
D Wolfe DEF2816
5
1
A Penetra DEF28
4
1
T Parrott FWD28142
-
D Kasius DEF2722
2
-
R Owusu-Oduro GLK25
-
S Mijnans MID2543
4
-
S Maikuma DEF241
3
-
W Goes DEF2413
9
1
Z Buurmeester MID2441
-
M Meerdink FWD248
2
-
J Clasie MID232
3
-
R Bommel FWD2123
3
-
E Poku FWD2013
2
-
M. Lahdo FWD1932
-
J. Addai FWD161
1
-
I Sadiq FWD1664
1
-
K Belic MID151
4
-
K. Smit MID15
2
-
M Wit DEF1311
2
-
M Dekker DEF10
1
1
B Indi  DEF10
1
-
J Zoet GLK6
-
L Schouten DEF1
-
R. Daal FWD1
-
Almere City Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
31426
N BakkerJ KadileV ZagaritisJ Kadile
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Bakker GLK31
-
V Zagaritis DEF312
4
-
K Hansen FWD3022
-
T Robinet FWD2912
4
-
H Akujobi DEF2811
5
-
J Kadile FWD2741
6
-
T Haye MID262
4
-
J Kamp MID261
5
-
J Lawrence DEF231
1
-
A Tahiri MID232
1
-
Visus DEF221
5
1
A Nalic  MID221
2
-
R Providence FWD202
2
-
J Jacobs DEF171
1
1
B Guillaume FWD151
1
C Brym FWD1432
1
-
T Barbet DEF11
1
-
Álex Carbonell MID11
1
-
F Mattoir  FWD11
-
Álex Balboa MID101
3
-
M Martins DEF91
1
-
A. Al Tameemi FWD81
-
D Dankerlui DEF7
-
C Mamengi DEF6
1
-
T Receveur MID2
-