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AZ v Heracles Almelo : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

Sunday afternoon at the AFAS Stadion, and it’s a Eredivisie showdown between AZ and Heracles Almelo. Maarten Martens and Erwin van de Looi going all-out to guide their side to victory. Stats for our tip of AZ Alkmaar to win are shown below, including head-to-head history. Flipping the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.

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AZ's next match is v NAC at 19:00 on Sunday 15th December
Heracles Almelo's next match is v Feyenoord at 20:00 on Saturday 14th December
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between AZ Alkmaar and Heracles was on Sunday 1st December 2024
Dutch Eredivisie
December 1st 2024
AZ Alkmaar 1
0 Heracles
 
M. Lahdo 89'
 
AZ
HER
Shots On
5
2
Shots Off
10
4
Corners
8
1
Possession
63%
37%
Fouls
8
16
Yellow/red cards
3/0
 
AZ AlkmaarHeracles
 
J. Zoet
S. Maikuma
W. Goes
D. Wolfe (D. Kasius 81')
A. Penetra Correia
S. Mijnans
J. Clasie (Z. Buurmeester 74')
K. Smit (K. Belic 81')
P. Koopmeiners
R. van Bommel (M. Lahdo 64')
M. Meerdink (T. Parrott 74')
F. de Keijzer
D. Mirani
M. Benita
I. Mesík
R. Roosken
B. De Keersmaecker
(S. Scheperman 68') J. Žambůrek
(T. Bruns 68') L. Kulenović
J. Hornkamp
(J. Talvitie 78') S. Podgoreanu
M. Engels

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Best Tip: AZ Alkmaar to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this match, and it's AZ Alkmaar. Their latest form stats show what they've got in their locker on home turf, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they know how to beat Heracles too. The odds point towards Maarten Martens's side winning in the win / draw / win market, and that's definitely our prediction for Sunday afternoon too.

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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think AZ Alkmaar are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 69% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.35.

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AZ Alkmaar
69%
2/5
12%
2/5
12%
Draw
18%
4/1
17%
4/1
17%
Heracles
14%
13/2
38%
6/1
46%
AZ Alkmaar 2-0
10%
13/2
25%
6/1
22%
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
10%
15/2
11%
13/2
6%
AZ Alkmaar 1-0
8%
15/2
13%
13/2
15%
Draw 1-1
8%
17/2
14%
15/2
15%
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
8%
9/1
33%
8/1
29%
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
8%
10/117/2
5%
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1
35%
14/1
29%
AZ Alkmaar 4-0
5%
16/1
55%
12/1
30%
AZ Alkmaar 4-1
5%
18/1
12%
14/1
Heracles 2-1
4%
20/1
28%
16/1
35%
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
4%
20/1
28%
16/1
19%
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1
31%
12/1
8%
Heracles 1-0
3%
20/1
9%
16/1
19%
AZ Alkmaar 5-0
2%
28/1
38%
20/1
24%
AZ Alkmaar 4-2
2%
33/1
17%
22/1
21%
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
8/15
4%
8/15
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
7/5
4%
7/5
7%
Home 1st Goal
58%
2/7
9%
-
Away 1st Goal
40%
13/5
28%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1
31%
-
BTTS - Yes
56%
3/4
17%
3/4
20%
BTTS - No
44%
1/1
20%
1/1
23%
BTTS - Home Win
34%
7/4
11%
17/10
10%
BTTS - Draw
14%
5/1
20%
19/4
23%
BTTS - Away Win
8%
10/1
48%
9/1
41%
Home/draw
86%
1/10
5%
1/11
6%
Away/draw
31%
7/4
27%
19/10
26%
Home/away
82%
1/6
4%
1/6
4%
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/6
1%
1/6
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
4/1
11%
19/5
11%
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
5/4
10%
5/4
6%
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
4/7
5%
4/7
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
25%
3/1
8%
14/5
10%
Under 4.5 Goals
75%
2/9
2%
2/9
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
7/1
11%
6/1
7%
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
1/12
1%
1/12
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/40
2%
1/40
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1
31%
12/1
8%
Home DNB
81%
1/7
8%
1/8
8%
Away DNB
26%
9/2
45%
17/4
42%
AZ Alkmaar win to nil
34%
6/4
37%
-
Heracles win to nil
6%
12/1
32%
-
AZ Alkmaar / AZ Alkmaar
39%
21/20
19%
21/20
19%
AZ Alkmaar / Heracles
2%
40/1
20%
33/1
33%
AZ Alkmaar / Draw
5%
16/1
19%
14/1
21%
Draw / AZ Alkmaar
20%
3/1
7%
3/1
3%
Draw / Heracles
6%
14/1
29%
12/1
32%
Draw / Draw
11%
13/2
12%
6/1
7%
Heracles / AZ Alkmaar
4%
18/116/1
11%
Heracles / Heracles
7%
11/1
43%
9/1
41%
Heracles / Draw
5%
18/1
17%
14/1
21%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

AZ Alkmaar have played 13 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 10 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. AZ Alkmaar have outscored their opponents by 25 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 6 games at home winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 9 goals at home.

Heracles are in 15th position in the Eredivisie on 13 points having played 13 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 3 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Heracles have conceded 23 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
AZ Alkmaar
Heracles
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1514014442 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 11
l
 
1-3F
May 14
2
Utrecht151122935 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 18
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
3
Ajax1510321633 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 16
l
 
3-4F
Feb 16
4
Feyenoord159511932 
Apr 6
l
 
3-2F
May 4
Dec 14
5
Twente158431028 
Dec 21
May 14
Mar 30
l
 
5-0A
6
AZ Alkmaar Home158251226 
-
-
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
7
NAC15717-622 
Apr 27
Dec 15
w
 
2-0F
Jan 31
8
GA Eagles15636221 
d
 
2-2F
May 4
Feb 9
l
 
4-1F
9
Willem II16547-119 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 2
d
 
1-1F
May 11
10
Fortuna15546-419 
Feb 16
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
Mar 9
11
Heerenveen15537-1218 
w
 
9-1F
Mar 2
w
 
2-1F
Mar 16
12
NEC15519216 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 30
May 18
w
 
1-2F
13
PEC Zwolle16448-1016 
Feb 9
w
 
1-2F
Mar 2
l
 
3-0A
14
Groningen15447-1016 
May 11
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 21
Apr 27
15
Heracles Away15357-1214 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 13
-
-
16
S.Rotterdam15258-1011 
Jan 26
w
 
1-2F
Jan 11
d
 
0-00-0
17
Waalwijk151311-226 
Mar 9
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2F
Apr 6
18
Almere City151311-276 
May 18
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 19
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AZ Alkmaar 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0Ajax
AZ Alkmaar0 - 1Feyenoord
AZ Alkmaar2 - 2PEC Zwolle
AZ Alkmaar0 - 4PSV
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Almere City
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2NEC
AZ Alkmaar3 - 0FC Volendam
AZ Alkmaar3 - 0Heerenveen
AZ Alkmaar4 - 0Fortuna
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1S.Rotterdam
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2Willem II
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 3Feyenoord
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 2GA Eagles
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2PSV
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 1Fortuna
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2Utrecht
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1PEC Zwolle
HAZ Alkmaar9 - 1Heerenveen
AAZ Alkmaar3 - 0Waalwijk
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 0Groningen
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0NEC
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Almere City
HAZ Alkmaar3 - 3Utrecht
AAZ Alkmaar3 - 0GA Eagles
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 1Twente
AAZ Alkmaar3 - 0NEC
HAZ Alkmaar3 - 2Waalwijk
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 5PSV
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 5Heracles
Heracles 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
46
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
4
D
1
Lost
15
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Utrecht1 - 0Heracles
Twente5 - 0Heracles
GA Eagles4 - 1Heracles
NEC1 - 2Heracles
PEC Zwolle3 - 0Heracles
S.Rotterdam0 - 0Heracles
Excelsior4 - 0Heracles
PEC Zwolle3 - 1Heracles
S.Rotterdam1 - 2Heracles
Twente1 - 0Heracles
Feyenoord3 - 0Heracles
Utrecht1 - 0Heracles
PSV2 - 0Heracles
NEC3 - 1Heracles
Waalwijk1 - 2Heracles
Vitesse2 - 0Heracles
Almere City0 - 5Heracles
Fortuna4 - 1Heracles
Heerenveen3 - 0Heracles
GA Eagles4 - 0Heracles
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHeracles2 - 2Waalwijk
AHeracles0 - 1Utrecht
HHeracles2 - 0NAC
AHeracles0 - 5Twente
HHeracles3 - 4Ajax
AHeracles1 - 4GA Eagles
HHeracles2 - 1Heerenveen
AHeracles2 - 1NEC
HHeracles0 - 0Almere City
AHeracles0 - 3PEC Zwolle
HHeracles1 - 1Willem II
HHeracles1 - 3PSV
AHeracles0 - 0S.Rotterdam
HHeracles0 - 0Fortuna
AHeracles0 - 4Excelsior
HHeracles0 - 5Waalwijk
AHeracles1 - 3PEC Zwolle
HHeracles0 - 2Heerenveen
AHeracles2 - 1S.Rotterdam
HHeracles5 - 0AZ Alkmaar
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
8
AZ Alkmaar have not lost to Heracles in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at AZ Alkmaar since 2015
AZ Alkmaar
Heracles
Goals: Scored
25
5
Games: Scored
8 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
0 / 8
AZ
7
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT AZ Alkmaar
Draw1 - 1Draw
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1
AZ Alkmaar5 - 0
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1
AZ Alkmaar5 - 0
AZ Alkmaar5 - 1
AZ Alkmaar3 - 1
League games at Heracles since 2016
Heracles
AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
16
17
Games: Scored
6 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
1 / 7
AZ
4
HER
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
Heracles5 - 0
Heracles3 - 2
1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Heracles3 - 2
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
3 - 6AZ Alkmaar
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.4 is decent for AZ in their clash with Heracles Almelo, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 33 consecutive Eredivisie matches.

AZ Alkmaar 6th Heracles 15th
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2.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
9%
1
22%
2
26%
3
21%
4+
22%
There is a 69% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Heracles scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
AZ Alkmaar have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-31
Heracles have scored 31% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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AZ Alkmaar
PG (predicted goals)
Heracles
2.4
1
Attack rating
31%
better
AZ
HER
view stats
Games scored11
8
Failed to score2
5
Scored first9
8
Goals scored25
14
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.1
Avg. shots per game12
9
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for16
12
Avg. XG for1.6
1.2
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
17%
better
AZ
HER
view stats
Games conceded9
10
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first3
3
Goals conceded15
25
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded7
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against1.2
2
KickOff rating
+17%

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

AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15844
S MijnansT ParrottD WolfeS Mijnans
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Zoet GLK4
-
S Maikuma DEF13
2
-
W Goes DEF111
3
-
A Penetra DEF14
-
D Wolfe DEF144
2
1
J Clasie MID132
-
S Mijnans MID1532
4
-
P Koopmeiners MID1512
-
K. Smit FWD4
-
M Meerdink FWD124
1
-
R Bommel FWD1222
2
-
Subs
H Verhulst GLK
-
T Kuijsten GLK
-
B Indi  DEF2
-
D Kasius DEF1222
1
-
M Wit DEF41
1
-
K Belic MID81
1
-
Z Buurmeester MID811
-
D. Kwakman MID4
1
-
T Parrott FWD1581
-
E Poku FWD61
1
-
M. Lahdo FWD92
-
R. Daal FWD1
-
Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15624
F KeijzerL. KulenovićR RooskenR Roosken
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK15
1
-
M Benita DEF151
1
-
D Mirani DEF151
-
I Mesík DEF15
3
-
R Roosken DEF1412
4
-
B Keersmaecker MID1431
2
1
J Žambůrek MID7
-
L. Kulenović MID116
-
S Podgoreanu MID131
1
-
M Engels MID1532
2
-
J Hornkamp FWD1011
2
-
Subs
T Jansink GLK
-
R Mantel GLK
-
K Leerdam DEF
-
J Hoogma DEF4
-
L Milani DEF4
1
-
J Wieckhoff DEF4
-
T Bruns MID61
1
-
D Kaam MID131
1
-
S Scheperman MID7
3
-
J Bruijn MID8
-
S. ’t Zand MID14
1
-
J. Talvitie FWD131
-