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AZ Alkmaar
Ajax
Cambuur
Emmen
FC Twente logo
FC Utrecht
FC Volendam
Feyenoord
Fortuna Sittard
Go Ahead Eagles
Groningen
Heerenveen
NEC
PSV
Waalwijk logo
Excelsior
Sparta Rotterdam logo
Vitesse
Jan 28, 2023 at 8pm UK at AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
AZ
5 - 5
Utrecht
Dekker (20'), Pavlidis (31', 34', 78'), de Wit (70')
FT(HT: 3-3)
Douvikas (12', 16', 65'), Viergever (41'), van de Streek (80')
Viergever (90+2')
The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Saturday's Eredivisie clash between AZ Alkmaar and FC Utrecht, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
More game data and we say below the videos

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Go Ahead Eagles 1-4 AZ
Wednesday, January 25 at 5.45pm in Eredivisie
Last Game: Utrecht 1-0 Excelsior
Wednesday, January 25 at 8pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 3-1 FC Utrecht

AZ Alkmaar are firing on all cylinders at the moment, and it is hard to envisage any other result rather than a home victory. That said, we expect FC Utrecht to put up a decent fight, giving rise to an absorbing affair. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a AZ Alkmaar win with a probability of 59.12%. A draw had a probability of 20.7% and a win for FC Utrecht had a probability of 20.21%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.53%) and 1-0 (8.12%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.36%), while for a FC Utrecht win it was 1-2 (5.39%). The actual scoreline of 5-5 was predicted with a 0% likelihood.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawFC Utrecht
59.12% (-0.0050000000000026 -0.01) 20.66% (0.0019999999999989 0) 20.21% (0.0020000000000024 0)
Both teams to score 60.04% (0.0020000000000024 0)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
63.11% (0.00099999999999767 0)36.89% (-0.0020000000000024 -0)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
40.93% (0.0020000000000024 0)59.06% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
87.76% (-0.00099999999999056 -0)12.23%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
62.06% (-0.0019999999999953 -0)37.94%
FC Utrecht Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
68.41% (0.0019999999999953 0)31.59% (-0.0019999999999989 -0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
32.01% (0.0049999999999955 0)67.99% (-0.0049999999999955 -0)
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 59.12%
    FC Utrecht 20.21%
    Draw 20.66%
AZ AlkmaarDrawFC Utrecht
2-1 @ 9.83% (-0.0010000000000012 -0)
2-0 @ 8.53% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
1-0 @ 8.12% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
3-1 @ 6.88% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
3-0 @ 5.97%
3-2 @ 3.97%
4-1 @ 3.62%
4-0 @ 3.14% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
4-2 @ 2.08%
5-1 @ 1.52%
5-0 @ 1.32%
Other @ 4.15%
Total : 59.12%
1-1 @ 9.36%
2-2 @ 5.66% (0.00099999999999945 0)
0-0 @ 3.86%
3-3 @ 1.52% (0.0010000000000001 0)
Other @ 0.26%
Total : 20.66%
1-2 @ 5.39%
0-1 @ 4.45%
0-2 @ 2.57%
2-3 @ 2.18% (0.0010000000000003 0)
1-3 @ 2.07%
0-3 @ 0.99%
Other @ 2.57%
Total : 20.21%

How you voted: AZ vs Utrecht

AZ Alkmaar
85.4%
Draw
7.3%
FC Utrecht
7.3%
41
Head to Head
Oct 9, 2022 1.30pm
May 11, 2022 7pm
Utrecht
2-2
AZ
Van de Streek (37'), Douvikas (90+4')
van Overeem (57')
Pavlidis (12', 15')
de Wit (69')
Oct 17, 2021 11.15am
AZ
5-1
Utrecht
Pavlidis (6'), Karlsson (12'), De Wit (40', 56'), Gudmundsson (86' pen.)
Maduro (90')
Jan 27, 2021 5.45pm
Dec 27, 2020 1.30pm
Utrecht
2-2
AZ
Elia (30'), Dalmau (90+3')
Hoogma (16'), van Overeem (45+4'), Gustafson (63')
Koopmeiners (64' pen.), Stengs (83')
rhs 2.0
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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Feyenoord25177156233358
2Ajax25167270254555
3AZ AlkmaarAZ25165451282353
4PSV EindhovenPSV25164566303652
5FC Twente25128542212144
6Sparta RotterdamSparta25127639271243
7FC UtrechtUtrecht2510874139238
8RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk248883937232
9NECNijmegen2561363225731
10Heerenveen2587102936-731
11Fortuna SittardSittard2585123144-1329
12Go Ahead Eagles2468103443-926
13Vitesse2558122945-1623
14FC VolendamVolendam2565142955-2623
15EmmenEmmen2549122343-2021
16SBV ExcelsiorExcelsior2562172160-3920
17Groningen2545162550-2517
18Cambuur2544171945-2616

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