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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

Maarten Martens and Recep Ucar meet in the Eredivisie on Sunday afternoon, as AZ face Almere City FC at the AFAS Stadion. Team form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds are all published below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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AZ Alkmaar
58%
--
Draw
25%
--
Almere City
17%
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AZ Alkmaar 1-0
15%
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AZ Alkmaar 2-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
9%
--
Almere City 1-0
7%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
7%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
5%
--
Almere City 2-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
AZ Alkmaar 4-0
3%
--
Almere City 2-0
3%
--
AZ Alkmaar 4-1
2%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
2%
--
Almere City 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
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Home 1st Goal
56%
--
Away 1st Goal
37%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
42%
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BTTS - No
58%
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BTTS - Home Win
20%
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BTTS - Draw
15%
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BTTS - Away Win
7%
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Home/draw
83%
--
Away/draw
42%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
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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
90%
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Under 0.5 Goals
10%
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Home DNB
75%
--
Away DNB
34%
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AZ Alkmaar win to nil
38%
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Almere City win to nil
10%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

AZ Alkmaar have played 32 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 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 5 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. AZ Alkmaar have outscored their opponents by 54 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 16 games at home winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 29 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Almere City are in 18th position in the Eredivisie on 20 points having played 32 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

32 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 20 games, drawn 8 and won 4. Almere City have conceded 62 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 17 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
Ajax3223543374 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
2
PSV3223455973 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-7A
l
 
5-0A
3
Feyenoord3219853865 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2F
l
 
1-4A
l
 
2-1F
4
Utrecht3218861762 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-1F
5
Twente3215981654 
w
 
1-0F
May 14
l
 
0-5A
l
 
1-0A
6
AZ Alkmaar Home3215892053 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
May 18
7
GA Eagles3213910348 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-0A
8
Heerenveen3211714-1640 
w
 
9-1F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1F
9
Fortuna3211615-1739 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
May 14
l
 
3-0A
10
S.Rotterdam3291112-238 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-3A
d
 
2-2F
11
Groningen3210814-1138 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
12
Heracles3291112-1738 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
13
NEC3210715137 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
14
PEC Zwolle3281113-1135 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
15
NAC328816-2132 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
16
Willem II326719-2125 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
17
Waalwijk325720-3022 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-3F
l
 
1-4F
l
 
2-0A
18
Almere City A324820-4120 
May 18
w
 
0-1F
-
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Win / draw / win form
AZ Alkmaar 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
Almere City 18TH
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
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
Goal Statistics

AZ have been reliable in attack 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 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
0.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 80% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals
0
48%
1
35%
2
13%
3
4+
There is a 83% probability of Almere City scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-1
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
0.7
Attack rating
50%
better
AZ
ALM
view stats
Games scored27
15
Failed to score5
17
Scored first21
9
Goals scored54
21
Avg. goals scored1.7
0.7
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal7
13
Conversion rate for15
7
Avg. XG for1.6
1.1
KickOff rating
+50%
Defence rating
33%
better
AZ
ALM
view stats
Games conceded20
25
Clean sheets12
7
Conceded first9
20
Goals conceded34
62
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded7
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against15%
18%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+33%

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
3114710
P KoopmeinersT ParrottP KoopmeinersW Goes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Koopmeiners MID3217
2
-
D Wolfe DEF2916
5
1
A Penetra DEF29
4
1
D Kasius DEF2823
2
-
T Parrott FWD28142
-
R Owusu-Oduro GLK26
-
S Mijnans MID2653
4
-
Z Buurmeester MID2541
-
M Meerdink FWD2591
2
-
S Maikuma DEF241
3
-
W Goes DEF2413
9
1
J Clasie MID232
3
-
R Bommel FWD2223
4
-
E Poku FWD2123
2
-
M. Lahdo FWD2032
-
J. Addai FWD171
1
-
I Sadiq FWD1764
1
-
K. Smit MID16
2
-
K Belic MID151
4
-
M Wit DEF1411
2
-
M Dekker DEF11
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
32426
N BakkerJ KadileV ZagaritisJ Kadile
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Bakker GLK32
-
V Zagaritis DEF322
4
-
K Hansen FWD3122
-
T Robinet FWD3012
4
-
H Akujobi DEF2811
5
-
J Kadile FWD2841
6
-
T Haye MID272
4
-
J Kamp MID261
5
-
J Lawrence DEF241
1
-
A Tahiri MID242
1
-
Visus DEF221
5
1
A Nalic  MID221
2
-
R Providence FWD212
2
-
J Jacobs DEF181
1
1
B Guillaume FWD161
1
C Brym FWD1532
1
-
T Barbet DEF11
1
-
Álex Carbonell MID11
1
-
F Mattoir  FWD11
-
M Martins DEF101
1
-
Álex Balboa MID101
3
-
A. Al Tameemi FWD91
-
D Dankerlui DEF7
-
C Mamengi DEF6
1
-
T Receveur MID3
-