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AZ v Sparta Rotterdam : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

the AFAS Stadion is the stage on Sunday afternoon, as Maarten Martens's AZ welcome Maurice Steijn's Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie. We've got predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head stats across every major market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this Eredivisie clash.

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AZ's next match is v PSV at 19:00 on Saturday 7th March
Sparta Rotterdam's next match is v PEC Zwolle at 11:15 on Sunday 8th March
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between AZ Alkmaar and S.Rotterdam was on Sunday 22nd February 2026
Dutch Eredivisie
February 22nd 2026
AZ Alkmaar 3
1 S.Rotterdam
 
S. Mijnans 65'87' M. Zonneveld
K. Smit 83'
T. Parrott 90'
 
AZ
SPA
Shots On
5
4
Shots Off
4
5
Corners
2
7
Possession
45%
55%
Fouls
9
12
Yellow/red cards
2/0
2/0
 
AZ AlkmaarS.Rotterdam
 
W. Goes (E. Dijkstra 33')
A. Penetra Correia
M. Chávez García (M. De Wit 78')
P. Koopmeiners
T. Parrottfootball icon
I. Jensen
B. van Duijl
K. Boogaard (A. Oufkir 46')
M. Šín (K. Smit 46')
J. Zoet
J. Hornkamp (S. Mijnans 60')
J. Drommel
(M. Zonneveld 78') L. Martes
M. Young
B. Martins Indi
T. Quintero León
(J. Baas 79') P. Clement
(A. Roaldsöy 70') J. Kitolano
M. van Bergen
T. Lauritsen
A. Santos
(C. Terho 70') S. Mito

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant stats, there's one market which jumps out ahead of the rest for this fixture: both teams to score. In AZ Alkmaar and S.Rotterdam we have two sides going head-to-head with relative issues at both ends of the pitch, and we expect them to show themselves again on Sunday afternoon. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.67.

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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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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 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
AZ Alkmaar
39%
21/20
6%
1/1000
Draw
23%
13/5
5%
750/1
S.Rotterdam
37%
5/2
10%
1/50
Draw 1-1
10%
6/1
6%
17/4
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
8%
8/12/7
S.Rotterdam 2-1
8%
11/1
19%
25/1
Draw 2-2
7%
10/1
13%
6/1
AZ Alkmaar 1-0
7%
9/1
5%
8/11
S.Rotterdam 1-0
6%
14/1
9%
4/1
AZ Alkmaar 2-0
5%
11/1
12%
1/2
S.Rotterdam 2-0
5%
20/1
17%
12/1
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
5%
14/111/2
S.Rotterdam 3-1
4%
22/1
17%
80/1
Draw 0-0
4%
14/113/8
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
4%
20/1
10%
28/1
S.Rotterdam 3-2
4%
28/1
17%
50/1
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
3%
18/1
18%
19/5
S.Rotterdam 3-0
3%
40/1
37%
40/1
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
3/57/5
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
13/101/2
Home 1st Goal
49%
8/11
7%
8/5
Away 1st Goal
48%
6/5
10%
9/5
No 1st Goal
2%
14/113/8
BTTS - Yes
64%
8/15
8%
7/2
BTTS - No
36%
11/8
13%
2/11
BTTS - Home Win
23%
13/5
5%
1/12
BTTS - Draw
19%
3/16/1
BTTS - Away Win
22%
9/2
11%
40/1
Home/draw
63%
2/7
3%
1/1000
Away/draw
61%
8/11
6%
6/1
Home/away
77%
2/71/14
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/61/1
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
4/13/4
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
11/812/5
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
8/152/7
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
10/316/1
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
1/51/200
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
8/160/1
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/141/500
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/404/9
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/113/8
Home DNB
56%
1/2
3%
1/1000
Away DNB
54%
6/4
11%
40/1
AZ Alkmaar win to nil
17%
3/1
24%
-
S.Rotterdam win to nil
15%
6/1
27%
-
AZ Alkmaar / AZ Alkmaar
27%
11/5
12%
8/1
AZ Alkmaar / S.Rotterdam
3%
25/128/1
AZ Alkmaar / Draw
7%
12/118/1
Draw / AZ Alkmaar
15%
9/2
10%
23/10
Draw / S.Rotterdam
10%
7/1
8%
13/5
Draw / Draw
13%
5/1
6%
21/10
S.Rotterdam / AZ Alkmaar
4%
20/128/1
S.Rotterdam / S.Rotterdam
15%
9/2
15%
9/1
S.Rotterdam / Draw
6%
12/1
12%
20/1
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

AZ Alkmaar have played 23 matches so far this season and are in 7th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 2 and won 2. AZ Alkmaar have conceded 15 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 1 match and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 11 games at home, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 22 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and scored in every home league game.

S.Rotterdam lay in 6th place on 37 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. S.Rotterdam have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

S.Rotterdam have played 11 away games, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2521224365 
l
 
1-5A
l
 
2-1F
Apr 11
l
 
6-1A
2
Feyenoord2515372048 
d
 
3-3F
May 10
l
 
0-4A
w
 
3-4F
3
Ajax26111141444 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
3-3A
Mar 14
4
NEC2512761843 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
5
Twente25101141541 
May 3
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-5A
May 10
6
AZ Alkmaar251168239 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
7
S.Rotterdam2511410-1037 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
-
-
8
Utrecht26989735 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
9
Groningen2610412034 
w
 
4-1F
Mar 22
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
10
Heerenveen25979-134 
Apr 12
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
11
Fortuna259511-632 
Apr 4
l
 
4-3A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
12
GA Eagles256118-129 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 23
May 3
w
 
0-3F
13
PEC Zwolle257711-1628 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-1A
Mar 8
l
 
1-0A
14
FC Volendam257612-1227 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
Mar 21
w
 
0-1F
15
Excelsior257513-1626 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2A
May 17
w
 
0-1F
16
NAC255713-1422 
May 17
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
17
Telstar254912-1021 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 22
18
Heracles265318-3318 
Mar 15
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
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Win / draw / win form
AZ Alkmaar 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
8
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1Ajax
AZ Alkmaar1 - 3NEC
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
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1Excelsior
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 1Ajax
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 3NEC
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Telstar
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
S.Rotterdam 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fortuna2 - 2S.Rotterdam
Utrecht0 - 1S.Rotterdam
Feyenoord3 - 4S.Rotterdam
FC Volendam0 - 1S.Rotterdam
NEC3 - 1S.Rotterdam
PEC Zwolle1 - 0S.Rotterdam
Groningen0 - 2S.Rotterdam
Heracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
Excelsior0 - 1S.Rotterdam
GA Eagles0 - 3S.Rotterdam
PSV6 - 1S.Rotterdam
Utrecht1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Almere City0 - 3S.Rotterdam
Ajax1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Fortuna0 - 3S.Rotterdam
NAC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
GA Eagles1 - 0S.Rotterdam
Feyenoord3 - 0S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2S.Rotterdam
Heracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HS.Rotterdam1 - 1NEC
AS.Rotterdam2 - 2Fortuna
HS.Rotterdam2 - 0Groningen
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0Utrecht
AS.Rotterdam4 - 3Feyenoord
HS.Rotterdam2 - 0Heracles
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0FC Volendam
HS.Rotterdam0 - 3Heerenveen
HS.Rotterdam1 - 0NAC
AS.Rotterdam1 - 3NEC
HS.Rotterdam1 - 1Fortuna
AS.Rotterdam0 - 1PEC Zwolle
HS.Rotterdam0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HS.Rotterdam1 - 0Telstar
AS.Rotterdam2 - 0Groningen
HS.Rotterdam3 - 3Ajax
AS.Rotterdam0 - 3Heracles
HS.Rotterdam1 - 5Twente
AS.Rotterdam1 - 0Excelsior
HS.Rotterdam0 - 4Feyenoord
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at AZ Alkmaar since 2017
AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
16
7
Games: Scored
7 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
1 / 8
AZ
5
D
1
SPA
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT AZ Alkmaar
1 - 2S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0
0 - 1S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar3 - 1
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0
AZ Alkmaar5 - 1
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at S.Rotterdam since 2016
S.Rotterdam
AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
13
15
Games: Scored
7 / 9
8 / 9
Clean sheets
1 / 9
2 / 9
AZ
4
D
4
SPA
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT S.Rotterdam
0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3AZ Alkmaar
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw4 - 4Draw
S.Rotterdam3 - 0
0 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

AZ have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 9 consecutive Eredivisie matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

AZ Alkmaar 6th S.Rotterdam 7th
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1.6
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that S.Rotterdam will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
AZ Alkmaar’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+12
S.Rotterdam have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
AZ Alkmaar
PG (predicted goals)
S.Rotterdam
1.6
1.6
Attack rating
21%
better
AZ
SPA
view stats
Games scored22
18
Failed to score1
5
Scored first13
13
Goals scored39
30
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.3
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for2.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
AZ
SPA
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
14
Clean sheets5
9
Conceded first10
10
Goals conceded37
37
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded9
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against18%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.7
KickOff rating
+11%

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

AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
251359
A PenetraT ParrottS MijnansW Goes
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Zoet GLK91
-
I Jensen DEF2412
-
W Goes DEF241
9
-
A Penetra DEF2521
4
-
B Duijl DEF2
-
M. Chávez García DEF172
5
-
M Šín MID1611
1
-
K. Boogaard MID82
1
-
P Koopmeiners MID231
5
-
J Hornkamp FWD7
-
T Parrott FWD20131
3
-
Subs
R Owusu-Oduro GLK17
1
-
H Verhulst GLK
-
R Ichihara DEF
-
E. Dijkstra DEF11
1
-
M Wit DEF2424
8
-
S Mijnans MID2165
1
-
K. Smit MID2032
5
-
A. Oufkir FWD5
1
-
R. Daal FWD161
-
M Meerdink FWD1031
1
-
I Sadiq FWD182
3
-
S.Rotterdam Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
251035
J DrommelT LauritsenP ClementM. Young
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Drommel GLK25
1
-
L. Martes DEF8
4
-
M. Young DEF251
5
-
B Indi  DEF211
3
1
T Quintero DEF231
3
1
J Kitolano MID2352
2
-
P Clement MID1923
2
-
M Bergen MID2232
1
-
A. Santos MID171
2
-
S Mito MID1653
-
T Lauritsen FWD25103
4
-
Subs
F Bednarek GLK
-
P Kuiper GLK
-
S Bakari DEF10
-
M. de Ligt DEF
-
P Aanholt DEF1113
1
-
M Kleijn DEF91
-
A. Roaldsöy MID3
-
J Guzmán MID5
-
J Toornstra MID14
5
-
J Baas MID18
3
-
C Terho FWD311
1
-
M. Zonneveld FWD31
-