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AZ v NEC Nijmegen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 31st Jan, 15:30 BST, AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

The Eredivisie is the focus for both AZ and NEC Nijmegen on Saturday afternoon, as managers Maarten Martens and Dick Schreuder go head to head at the AFAS Stadion. All statistics, including 20-game form for both teams and head to head (H2H) records, will change as you explore each of the seventeen betting markets using the tabs below. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and, of course, KickOff's predictions will too.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As you can see, our prediction for Saturday's fixture is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect AZ Alkmaar and NEC to score 3 goals or more combined during the traditional 90 minutes. 2 goals or less would mean the time doesn't win but, with statistics below suggesting there are goals in both sides, we think it could well be a winner.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think AZ Alkmaar are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
AZ Alkmaar
42%
23/20
17%
-
Draw
21%
14/5
5%
-
NEC
38%
2/1
20%
-
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
8%
17/2
6%
-
Draw 2-2
7%
9/1
9%
-
Draw 1-1
7%
15/2-
NEC 2-1
7%
11/1
8%
-
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
5%
14/1
15%
-
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
5%
16/1-
NEC 3-2
5%
20/1
9%
-
NEC 3-1
5%
20/1
9%
-
AZ Alkmaar 2-0
4%
14/1
15%
-
AZ Alkmaar 1-0
4%
14/1
15%
-
NEC 1-0
4%
16/1
11%
-
NEC 2-0
3%
20/1
19%
-
Draw 3-3
3%
25/1
10%
-
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
3%
22/1
21%
-
AZ Alkmaar 4-1
3%
28/1
26%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
76%
2/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
24%
15/8-
Home 1st Goal
50%
8/11
7%
-
Away 1st Goal
49%
1/1
9%
-
No 1st Goal
1%
22/1-
BTTS - Yes
75%
4/11
3%
-
BTTS - No
25%
2/1
9%
-
BTTS - Home Win
29%
9/4
13%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
3/1
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
27%
10/3
21%
-
Home/draw
62%
4/11
9%
-
Away/draw
58%
4/6
13%
-
Home/away
79%
1/4
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
91%
1/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
9%
11/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
57%
10/11-
Under 3.5 Goals
43%
4/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
37%
9/4-
Under 4.5 Goals
63%
1/3-
Over 5.5 Goals
22%
5/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
78%
1/8-
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
1/80-
Under 0.5 Goals
2%
22/1-
Home DNB
56%
8/13
16%
-
Away DNB
52%
6/5
20%
-
AZ Alkmaar win to nil
12%
9/2
27%
-
NEC win to nil
11%
7/1
20%
-
AZ Alkmaar / AZ Alkmaar
24%
12/5
18%
-
AZ Alkmaar / NEC
4%
20/1
19%
-
AZ Alkmaar / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / AZ Alkmaar
14%
5/1
9%
-
Draw / NEC
11%
13/2
17%
-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1
7%
-
NEC / AZ Alkmaar
4%
18/1
12%
-
NEC / NEC
18%
7/2
25%
-
NEC / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

AZ Alkmaar have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 7th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 2. AZ Alkmaar have conceded 12 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and scored in every home league game.

NEC lay in 4th place on 32 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 38 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. NEC have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

NEC have played 10 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 2.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
AZ Alkmaar
NEC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1917113652 
l
 
1-5A
Mar 7
l
 
3-5A
Mar 14
2
Feyenoord1911352036 
d
 
3-3F
May 10
Apr 12
w
 
2-4F
3
Ajax199731134 
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2F
Feb 21
4
NEC189541532 
Jan 31
l
 
2-1A
-
-
5
Groningen19946531 
w
 
4-1F
Mar 22
w
 
2-0F
May 10
6
Twente19784729 
May 3
l
 
1-0A
d
 
3-3A
Apr 25
7
AZ Alkmaar19856229 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
Jan 31
8
S.Rotterdam19928-1029 
Feb 22
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
Feb 15
9
Heerenveen19667124 
Apr 12
l
 
3-1A
Mar 22
l
 
3-2A
10
Utrecht18657423 
w
 
4-1F
Mar 1
-
l
 
1-0A
11
PEC Zwolle19658-1523 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-1A
Jan 24
d
 
2-2F
12
Fortuna19649-522 
Apr 4
l
 
4-3A
Feb 28
l
 
3-2A
13
GA Eagles19496-321 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 23
May 17
d
 
1-1F
14
Excelsior196310-1521 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 14
w
 
5-0F
Apr 4
15
FC Volendam194510-1217 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
Mar 6
w
 
2-3A
16
Telstar19379-816 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 25
May 2
d
 
2-2A
17
NAC193511-1114 
May 17
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
3-4F
18
Heracles194213-2214 
Mar 15
w
 
1-2F
Feb 7
w
 
1-4A
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
AZ Alkmaar 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1Excelsior
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0FC Volendam
AZ Alkmaar2 - 2GA Eagles
AZ Alkmaar1 - 5PSV
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1Telstar
AZ Alkmaar2 - 2PEC Zwolle
AZ Alkmaar3 - 3Feyenoord
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Groningen
AZ Alkmaar3 - 2Twente
AZ Alkmaar4 - 1Heerenveen
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1Almere City
AZ Alkmaar3 - 0Groningen
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1NAC
AZ Alkmaar0 - 1Feyenoord
AZ Alkmaar2 - 2Waalwijk
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0Fortuna
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0PEC Zwolle
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0Twente
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 1Excelsior
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 3PEC Zwolle
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0FC Volendam
AAZ Alkmaar3 - 4Fortuna
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 2GA Eagles
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 1Twente
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 3Heerenveen
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 5PSV
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 0S.Rotterdam
HAZ Alkmaar4 - 1Utrecht
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 0Ajax
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 1Telstar
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 2NEC
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 2PEC Zwolle
HAZ Alkmaar3 - 3Feyenoord
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1Heracles
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 0NAC
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 2FC Volendam
HAZ Alkmaar4 - 1Groningen
HAZ Alkmaar3 - 2Twente
NEC 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
NAC3 - 4NEC
Telstar2 - 2NEC
FC Volendam2 - 3NEC
Feyenoord2 - 4NEC
Utrecht1 - 0NEC
PEC Zwolle2 - 2NEC
GA Eagles1 - 1NEC
Heerenveen3 - 2NEC
Fortuna3 - 2NEC
Heracles1 - 4NEC
Twente2 - 2NEC
Heracles1 - 2NEC
Ajax0 - 3NEC
Heerenveen1 - 0NEC
S.Rotterdam2 - 0NEC
Utrecht0 - 1NEC
Feyenoord0 - 0NEC
Twente2 - 0NEC
Groningen2 - 1NEC
PEC Zwolle0 - 1NEC
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANEC4 - 3NAC
HNEC2 - 2Ajax
ANEC2 - 2Telstar
ANEC3 - 2FC Volendam
HNEC3 - 1S.Rotterdam
ANEC4 - 2Feyenoord
HNEC2 - 0Groningen
ANEC0 - 1Utrecht
ANEC2 - 2PEC Zwolle
HNEC3 - 3Twente
ANEC1 - 1GA Eagles
HNEC2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
ANEC2 - 3Heerenveen
HNEC3 - 5PSV
ANEC2 - 3Fortuna
HNEC3 - 0NAC
ANEC4 - 1Heracles
HNEC5 - 0Excelsior
ANEC2 - 2Twente
ANEC2 - 1Heracles
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at AZ Alkmaar since 2015
AZ Alkmaar
NEC
Goals: Scored
8
8
Games: Scored
6 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
0 / 6
AZ
2
D
2
NEC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0
1 - 2NEC
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0
2 - 4NEC
League games at NEC since 2016
NEC
AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
8
17
Games: Scored
4 / 7
7 / 7
Clean sheets
0 / 7
3 / 7
AZ
4
D
1
NEC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
NEC2 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
1 - 3AZ Alkmaar
NEC2 - 1
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
Goal Statistics

NEC Nijmegen have been awful at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 3 consecutive Eredivisie outings. This run could continue, with AZ's PG an impressive 2.1.

AZ Alkmaar 7th NEC 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
2.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
15%
There is a 61% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
13%
There is a 86% probability that NEC will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
AZ Alkmaar’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+22
NEC have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
AZ Alkmaar
PG (predicted goals)
NEC
2.1
2
Attack rating
AZ
NEC
15%
better
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Games scored17
17
Failed to score1
1
Scored first10
10
Goals scored33
47
Avg. goals scored1.7
2.6
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal7
4
Conversion rate for15
23
Avg. XG for2.2
1.9
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
6%
better
AZ
NEC
view stats
Games conceded14
15
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first8
8
Goals conceded31
32
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
5
Conversion rate against19%
19%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+6%

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

AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
191057
A PenetraT ParrottS MijnansW Goes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Penetra DEF1911
4
-
M Wit DEF1822
6
-
W Goes DEF18
7
-
P Koopmeiners MID181
3
-
S Mijnans MID1855
1
-
K. Smit MID1822
4
-
I Jensen FWD181
-
R Owusu-Oduro GLK16
-
Weslley FWD1622
-
I Sadiq FWD152
2
-
T Parrott FWD1410
2
-
M. Chávez García DEF131
4
-
M Šín MID1211
1
-
D Kasius DEF1121
2
-
R. Daal FWD111
-
L Zeefuik FWD10
1
-
M Meerdink FWD831
1
-
E. Dijkstra DEF7
1
-
J Clasie MID7
3
1
D. Kwakman MID6
-
J Zoet GLK4
-
M Dekker DEF4
-
S Maikuma DEF2
-
NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18776
G CrettazK. ShiogaiB LinssenA Kaplan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Crettaz GLK18
2
-
S. Ouaissa MID1852
4
1
K Sano MID1823
1
-
T Chery MID1734
2
1
K Ogawa FWD1763
1
-
B Linssen FWD1667
5
-
B. Onal FWD1536
4
-
D Proper MID143
2
-
D Nejasmic MID141
1
-
D. Fonville DEF132
-
A Kaplan DEF131
6
-
B Pereira DEF13
1
-
V Misidjan FWD1312
-
P Sandler DEF1211
4
1
K. Shiogai FWD127
1
-
E Dasa DEF111
-
V Crooij MID81
-
Y Kachati FWD821
-
T Ouwejan DEF612
-
J Willems DEF3
-
R González FWD3
-
Y. Sbai DEF2
-