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AZ v NAC Breda : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 17th May, 13:30 BST, AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

Sunday afternoon at the AFAS Stadion, and it’s a Eredivisie clash between AZ and NAC Breda. Leeroy Echteld and Carl Hoefkens will be doing all they can to claim victory. For every Eredivisie match preview, KickOff dives into the statistics for multiple markets. Meaningful stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then published alongside the best odds.


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Both Teams To Score
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Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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AZ Alkmaar
64%
--
Draw
21%
--
NAC
15%
--
AZ Alkmaar 1-0
12%
--
AZ Alkmaar 2-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
10%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
8%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
NAC 1-0
5%
--
NAC 2-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
AZ Alkmaar 4-0
4%
--
AZ Alkmaar 4-1
3%
--
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
3%
--
NAC 2-0
2%
--
AZ Alkmaar 5-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
59%
--
Away 1st Goal
38%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
49%
--
BTTS - No
51%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
7%
--
Home/draw
85%
--
Away/draw
36%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
79%
--
Away DNB
30%
--
AZ Alkmaar win to nil
37%
--
NAC win to nil
8%
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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 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. AZ Alkmaar have outscored their opponents by 54 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 16 games at home winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 2 games. They have scored 36 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 23 goals at home.

NAC are in 17th position in the Eredivisie on 25 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 32 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

30 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 10 and won 3. NAC have conceded 54 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 14 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
AZ Alkmaar
NAC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV3225344978 
l
 
1-5A
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
2
Feyenoord3218772461 
d
 
3-3F
May 10
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
3
NEC32151162456 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
3-4A
l
 
3-0A
4
Ajax32141352255 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
5
Twente32141351955 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
6
AZ Alkmaar3214810750 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
May 17
7
Heerenveen3214810650 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
May 10
d
 
3-3A
8
Utrecht32138111047 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
9
S.Rotterdam3212713-1743 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
10
Groningen3212614242 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
11
GA Eagles3281410538 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
l
 
6-0A
12
PEC Zwolle3291013-2437 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
13
Fortuna3210616-1336 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-3A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
14
Excelsior329716-1434 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
15
Telstar3271015-1031 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
16
FC Volendam328717-1931 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
17
NAC3251017-2525 
May 17
w
 
0-1F
-
-
18
Heracles325423-4619 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
UEFA Champions League
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Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
NAC have not won in 5 consecutive away league games
AZ Alkmaar 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
47
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
11
Draw
7
L
2
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
NAC 17TH
20 league games
Away
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
1
Draw
6
Lost
13
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
2
Draw
7
Lost
11
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
AZ Alkmaar have not lost to NAC in 7 consecutive league meetings
League games at AZ Alkmaar since 2017
AZ Alkmaar
NAC
Goals: Scored
8
2
Games: Scored
3 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
0 / 3
AZ
2
D
1
League games at NAC since 2018
NAC
AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
2
9
Games: Scored
2 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
2 / 4
AZ
4
Goal Statistics

With a PG of just 0.8, NAC Breda look set to find it difficult here. Add in the fact that AZ have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive Eredivisie games, and it could be a long afternoon for C. Hoefkens's men.

AZ Alkmaar 6th NAC 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of NAC scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+11
AZ Alkmaar have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted
-40
NAC have scored 40% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
AZ Alkmaar
PG (predicted goals)
NAC
2
0.8
Attack rating
41%
better
AZ
BRE
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Games scored27
18
Failed to score4
14
Scored first18
8
Goals scored52
30
Avg. goals scored1.6
0.9
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal7
11
Conversion rate for15
9
Avg. XG for1.9
1.3
KickOff rating
+41%
Defence rating
22%
better
AZ
BRE
view stats
Games conceded22
27
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first12
22
Goals conceded45
55
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
18%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+22%

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

AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
311569
A PenetraT ParrottM WitW Goes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
W Goes DEF311
9
-
A Penetra DEF3121
5
-
I Jensen FWD3124
-
M Wit DEF3036
9
-
S Mijnans MID28105
1
-
P Koopmeiners MID272
5
-
K. Smit MID2633
5
-
T Parrott FWD26153
3
-
Weslley FWD2522
-
R. Daal FWD221
1
-
R Owusu-Oduro GLK211
1
-
I Sadiq FWD202
3
-
M. Chávez García DEF192
5
-
E. Dijkstra DEF18
1
-
M Šín MID1811
1
-
M Meerdink FWD1741
1
-
D Kasius DEF1622
3
-
J Zoet GLK111
-
J Clasie MID101
3
1
K. Boogaard MID102
1
-
J Hornkamp FWD8
-
B Duijl DEF71
-
A. Oufkir FWD7
1
-
M Dekker DEF6
-
S Maikuma DEF6
-
W. Bouziane FWD41
-
R Ichihara DEF2
-
H Verhulst GLK1
-
NAC Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
31559
D BielicaM NassohL HoltbyR Hillen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Bielica GLK31
3
-
B Kemper  DEF3133
3
-
K Sowah MID3111
3
-
C Leemans MID301
4
-
M. Balard MID301
4
1
L Holtby MID2815
2
1
M Nassoh MID2851
4
1
C. Valerius DEF26
5
-
J. Talvitie FWD2622
-
R Hillen DEF241
8
1
C Brym FWD2324
4
-
R. Paula MID2122
1
-
B Lucassen DEF201
1
-
D Odoi DEF18
2
-
A Ayew FWD151
1
-
L Greiml DEF141
2
1
P. Reulen FWD141
1
-
M Soumano FWD143
-
E Mahmutovic DEF13
2
-
F Jensen MID10
1
A Salama FWD81
-
B Ghalidi FWD8
1
-
J. Candelaria DEF6
-
K Lamprou GLK1
-