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AZ v SC Heerenveen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 12th Apr, 15:45 BST, AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

AZ and SC Heerenveen go head to head at the AFAS Stadion on Sunday afternoon, with both Leeroy Echteld and Robin Veldeman aiming for victory in the Eredivisie. Eredivisie statistics are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head history included too. You can view it all, with infographics and odds from leading bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets via the tabs.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

AZ Alkmaar may feel positive ahead of this fixture and, funnily enough, so might Heerenveen. The bookies see them as well matched and so do we – there's no clear winner in this clash. So we look to the both teams to score market, where there's far more reason to be certain. The form statistics, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookmakers odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and that's what we'd recommend too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think AZ Alkmaar are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.85.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
AZ Alkmaar 47%	17/20	-
Draw 22%	14/5	-
Heerenveen 30%	11/4	-
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1	-
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Heerenveen 2-1 7%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 7%	10/1	-
AZ Alkmaar 1-0 6%	10/1	-
AZ Alkmaar 2-0 6%	11/1	-
AZ Alkmaar 3-1 6%	12/1	-
Heerenveen 1-0 5%	16/1	-
AZ Alkmaar 3-2 4%	18/1	-
AZ Alkmaar 3-0 4%	16/1	-
Heerenveen 2-0 4%	22/1	-
Heerenveen 3-1 4%	25/1	-
Draw 0-0 3%	18/1	-
Heerenveen 3-2 3%	25/1	-
AZ Alkmaar 4-1 3%	22/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 66%	1/2	-
Under 2.5 Goals 34%	6/4	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	8/13	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	6/5	-
No 1st Goal 2%	18/1	-
BTTS - Yes 66%	1/2	-
BTTS - No 34%	6/4	-
BTTS - Home Win 28%	21/10	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	9/2	-
Home/draw 70%	1/4	-
Away/draw 53%	10/11	-
Home/away 78%	1/4	-
Over 1.5 Goals 85%	1/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 15%	9/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 44%	6/5	-
Under 3.5 Goals 56%	8/13	-
Over 4.5 Goals 25%	11/4	-
Under 4.5 Goals 75%	1/4	-
Over 5.5 Goals 13%	6/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 87%	1/10	-
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/50	-
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	18/1	-
Home DNB 63%	2/5	-
Away DNB 46%	7/4	-
AZ Alkmaar win to nil 19%	3/1	-
Heerenveen win to nil 12%	8/1	-
AZ Alkmaar / AZ Alkmaar 29%	15/8	-
AZ Alkmaar / Heerenveen 3%	25/1	-
AZ Alkmaar / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / AZ Alkmaar 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Heerenveen 10%	15/2	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	-
Heerenveen / AZ Alkmaar 4%	18/1	-
Heerenveen / Heerenveen 14%	5/1	-
Heerenveen / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

AZ Alkmaar have played 28 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 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 4 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 49 goals to 47 goals.

Home League Performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 13 games at home winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 29 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Heerenveen are in 8th position in the Eredivisie on 41 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 22 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Heerenveen have conceded 24 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	AZ Alkmaar Heerenveen
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSV	28	22	2	4	41	68	l 1-5A	l 2-1F	l 0-2A	l 3-1F
2	Feyenoord	28	16	5	7	21	53	d 3-3F	May 10	d 2-2A	l 1-0A
3	NEC	28	14	8	6	22	50	l 1-3A	l 2-1A	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
4	Ajax	28	12	12	4	18	48	d 1-1F	w 0-2F	May 17	d 1-1A
5	Twente	28	12	11	5	17	47	May 3	l 1-0A	l 1-2A	l 5-0A
6	AZ Alkmaar	28	12	6	10	2	42	-	-	w 3-1F	Apr 12
7	Utrecht	28	11	8	9	11	41	w 4-1F	l 2-0A	d 1-1F	d 2-2A
8	Heerenveen	28	11	8	9	3	41	Apr 12	l 3-1A	-	-
9	S.Rotterdam	28	12	5	11	-12	41	w 3-1F	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	w 0-3F
10	Groningen	28	11	5	12	3	38	w 4-1F	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	l 2-1F
11	Fortuna	28	10	5	13	-9	35	Apr 4	l 4-3A	Apr 25	l 2-0A
12	PEC Zwolle	28	8	9	11	-15	33	d 2-2F	l 3-1A	w 4-2A	l 2-1A
13	GA Eagles	28	7	11	10	0	32	d 2-2A	Apr 23	d 2-2A	w 1-3A
14	Telstar	28	6	9	13	-8	27	w 2-1F	w 0-1F	w 3-0F	w 2-3F
15	FC Volendam	28	7	6	15	-18	27	w 1-0F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	May 3
16	Excelsior	28	7	6	15	-18	27	d 1-1F	w 1-2A	w 2-1A	w 1-2F
17	NAC	28	5	8	15	-21	23	May 17	w 0-1F	d 3-3F	May 10
18	Heracles	28	5	4	19	-37	19	w 4-0F	w 1-2F	Apr 5	w 0-3F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 0	Heracles
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 1	S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 1	Ajax
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 3	NEC
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 1	Excelsior
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	FC Volendam
AZ Alkmaar	2 - 2	GA Eagles
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 5	PSV
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1	Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1	Telstar
AZ Alkmaar	2 - 2	PEC Zwolle
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 3	Feyenoord
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1	Groningen
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 2	Twente
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1	Heerenveen
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 1	Almere City
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 0	Groningen
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 1	NAC
AZ Alkmaar	0 - 1	Feyenoord
AZ Alkmaar	2 - 2	Waalwijk

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	AZ Alkmaar	0 - 3	Groningen
H	AZ Alkmaar	4 - 0	Heracles
A	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 2	PSV
A	AZ Alkmaar	0 - 2	Utrecht
H	AZ Alkmaar	3 - 1	S.Rotterdam
A	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1	Excelsior
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 1	Ajax
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 3	NEC
A	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	Telstar
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 1	Excelsior
A	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 3	PEC Zwolle
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	FC Volendam
A	AZ Alkmaar	3 - 4	Fortuna
H	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 2	GA Eagles
A	AZ Alkmaar	0 - 1	Twente
A	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 3	Heerenveen
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 5	PSV
A	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	S.Rotterdam
H	AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1	Utrecht
A	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 0	Ajax

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
NEC	2 - 2	Heerenveen
Excelsior	1 - 2	Heerenveen
PSV	3 - 1	Heerenveen
GA Eagles	1 - 3	Heerenveen
Twente	5 - 0	Heerenveen
Heracles	0 - 3	Heerenveen
S.Rotterdam	0 - 3	Heerenveen
PEC Zwolle	2 - 1	Heerenveen
Fortuna	2 - 0	Heerenveen
Ajax	1 - 1	Heerenveen
Telstar	2 - 3	Heerenveen
Utrecht	2 - 2	Heerenveen
Feyenoord	1 - 0	Heerenveen
Groningen	2 - 1	Heerenveen
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1	Heerenveen
GA Eagles	1 - 0	Heerenveen
Waalwijk	3 - 1	Heerenveen
S.Rotterdam	3 - 1	Heerenveen
Utrecht	2 - 0	Heerenveen
PSV	2 - 1	Heerenveen

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Heerenveen	2 - 2	NEC
H	Heerenveen	3 - 0	Telstar
A	Heerenveen	2 - 1	Excelsior
H	Heerenveen	2 - 1	S.Rotterdam
A	Heerenveen	1 - 3	PSV
H	Heerenveen	4 - 2	PEC Zwolle
A	Heerenveen	3 - 1	GA Eagles
A	Heerenveen	0 - 5	Twente
H	Heerenveen	1 - 1	Utrecht
H	Heerenveen	0 - 2	Groningen
H	Heerenveen	2 - 2	Feyenoord
A	Heerenveen	3 - 0	Heracles
A	Heerenveen	3 - 0	S.Rotterdam
H	Heerenveen	0 - 2	PSV
A	Heerenveen	1 - 2	PEC Zwolle
H	Heerenveen	3 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
A	Heerenveen	0 - 2	Fortuna
A	Heerenveen	1 - 1	Ajax
H	Heerenveen	3 - 3	NAC
A	Heerenveen	3 - 2	Telstar

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

AZ Alkmaar have beaten Heerenveen in 3 consecutive home league meetings

AZ Alkmaar have not lost to Heerenveen in 7 consecutive home league meetings

AZ Alkmaar

Heerenveen

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 12

10 / 12

Clean sheets

2 / 12

0 / 12

HEE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1
AZ Alkmaar	9 - 1
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
AZ Alkmaar	2 - 0
AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 1
	2 - 4	Heerenveen
	2 - 3	Heerenveen
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 1

Heerenveen

AZ Alkmaar

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

12 / 12

Clean sheets

0 / 12

3 / 12

HEE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heerenveen
Heerenveen	3 - 1
Heerenveen	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Heerenveen	3 - 2
	1 - 3	AZ Alkmaar
	0 - 3	AZ Alkmaar
	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
	0 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Heerenveen	4 - 2

Goal Statistics

SC Heerenveen have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Eredivisie games. Their PG of 1.5 against AZ on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	AZ Alkmaar 6th	Heerenveen 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Heerenveen will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+3 AZ Alkmaar’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-3 Heerenveen’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.2 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	25		23
Failed to score	3		5
Scored first	16		13
Goals scored	47		49
Avg. goals scored	1.7		1.8
Avg. shots per game	11		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		17
Avg. XG for	1.9		1.7
KickOff rating		+7%

12%

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HEE

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Games conceded	22		25
Clean sheets	6		3
Conceded first	12		15
Goals conceded	45		46
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	18%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+12%

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AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	14	5	9
W Goes	T Parrott	M Wit	W Goes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Wit DEF	27	3	5	8 -
W Goes DEF	27	1		9 -
A Penetra DEF	27	2	1	5 -
I Jensen FWD	27	2	3	-
P Koopmeiners MID	26	1		5 -
S Mijnans MID	24	7	5	1 -
T Parrott FWD	23	14	3	3 -
K. Smit MID	22	3	2	5 -
Weslley FWD	21	2	2	-
I Sadiq FWD	20	2		3 -
R. Daal FWD	19	1		1 -
R Owusu-Oduro GLK	18			1 -
M. Chávez García DEF	17		2	5 -
M Šín MID	16	1	1	1 -
E. Dijkstra DEF	14			1 -
D Kasius DEF	14	2	1	2 -
M Meerdink FWD	13	3	1	1 -
J Zoet GLK	10		1	-
K. Boogaard MID	9		2	1 -
J Hornkamp FWD	8			-
J Clasie MID	7			3 1
M Dekker DEF	6			-
A. Oufkir FWD	6			1 -
B Duijl DEF	5	1		-
S Maikuma DEF	5			-
W. Bouziane FWD	4		1	-
H Verhulst GLK	1			-
R Ichihara DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	39	5	10
T Parrott	T Parrott	M Wit	S Mijnans

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Parrott FWD	14	39	3	6
S Mijnans MID	7	28	5	10
M Wit DEF	3	10	5	7
K. Smit MID	3	8	2	5
M Meerdink FWD	3	8	1	2
A Penetra DEF	2	2	1	1
I Jensen FWD	2	7	3	4
Weslley FWD	2	13	2	6
I Sadiq FWD	2	10		1
D Kasius DEF	2	8	1	5
W Goes DEF	1	2
P Koopmeiners MID	1	8		4
R. Daal FWD	1	6		5
M Šín MID	1	3	1	2
B Duijl DEF	1	1
M. Chávez García DEF		4	2	2
E. Dijkstra DEF				1
J Zoet GLK			1	1
K. Boogaard MID		1	2	3
J Hornkamp FWD		1
J Clasie MID		2		1
A. Oufkir FWD		2
W. Bouziane FWD		1	1
R Ichihara DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1569	71	124
W Goes	P Koopmeiners	P Koopmeiners

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
W Goes DEF	1569	32	103
A Penetra DEF	1540	38	91
M Wit DEF	1167	57	113
K. Smit MID	1029	33	88
P Koopmeiners MID	895	71	124
S Mijnans MID	842	22	65
I Jensen FWD	554	22	117
R Owusu-Oduro GLK	505		7
D Kasius DEF	458	15	37
T Parrott FWD	431	21	92
Weslley FWD	415	37	99
E. Dijkstra DEF	382	18	42
M. Chávez García DEF	368	51	82
J Clasie MID	362	12	21
R. Daal FWD	325	25	69
K. Boogaard MID	313	12	31
J Zoet GLK	279		3
I Sadiq FWD	224	9	31
B Duijl DEF	222	15	23
M Šín MID	163	8	14
M Meerdink FWD	152	7	39
M Dekker DEF	108	3	10
J Hornkamp FWD	60	1	11
S Maikuma DEF	48	4	12
A. Oufkir FWD	46	6	12
W. Bouziane FWD	27	2	8
H Verhulst GLK	13
R Ichihara DEF	5		1

Heerenveen Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	11	7	6
J Overeem	J Trenskow	J Overeem	M. Linday

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Zagaritis DEF	28	2	2	4 -
J Overeem MID	28	2	7	4 -
M Rivera FWD	27	3	4	5 -
J Trenskow FWD	27	11	3	-
O. Johansen Braude DEF	26		4	5 -
M. Linday MID	26		2	6 -
S Kersten DEF	25	1		5 -
D Vente FWD	25	6	2	1 -
M. Willemsen DEF	24	1		4 -
R Meerveld MID	24	5	3	1 -
L Brouwers MID	24	5	4	1 1
B Klaverboer GLK	23			1 -
N Hopland DEF	18	1		1 -
H Petrov DEF	16			2 1
E. Gürbüz FWD	13	1		1 -
L Nordas FWD	10	5	1	1 -
L Oyen FWD	8			-
A Dongen FWD	7	1		-
M. Egbring DEF	6		1	1 -
A Noppert GLK	4			-
N. Courtens Mabeneyshi MID	3			-
I. Ahmed MID	2			-
N Bakker GLK	1			-
L. Smans MID	1		1	-
J. Rijssel FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	32	7	7
J Trenskow	J Trenskow	J Overeem	M Rivera

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Trenskow FWD	11	32	3	7
D Vente FWD	6	21	2	4
R Meerveld MID	5	15	3	7
L Brouwers MID	5	13	4	4
L Nordas FWD	5	12	1
M Rivera FWD	3	22	4	7
V Zagaritis DEF	2	5	2	6
J Overeem MID	2	4	7	6
S Kersten DEF	1	2		1
M. Willemsen DEF	1	8
N Hopland DEF	1	1
E. Gürbüz FWD	1	5
A Dongen FWD	1	2
O. Johansen Braude DEF		3	4	5
M. Linday MID		1	2	3
L Oyen FWD		1
M. Egbring DEF			1	2
L. Smans MID			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1588	59	162
J Overeem	M. Linday	V Zagaritis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Overeem MID	1588	45	126
M. Willemsen DEF	1397	25	105
O. Johansen Braude DEF	1090	54	146
S Kersten DEF	1023	30	75
V Zagaritis DEF	963	54	162
B Klaverboer GLK	895		13
M. Linday MID	874	59	110
L Brouwers MID	775	37	97
J Trenskow FWD	685	18	61
R Meerveld MID	627	21	95
M Rivera FWD	550	32	96
D Vente FWD	420	13	70
N Hopland DEF	358	10	29
H Petrov DEF	208	6	25
L Nordas FWD	145	6	48
A Noppert GLK	140		5
E. Gürbüz FWD	64	4	21
L Oyen FWD	60	3	11
M. Egbring DEF	40	6	16
N Bakker GLK	31
A Dongen FWD	22		11
L. Smans MID	16	1	6
N. Courtens Mabeneyshi MID	15	1	2
I. Ahmed MID	2
J. Rijssel FWD	1