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AZ Alkmaar
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Fortuna Sittard
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Willem II
AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 17
Jan 22, 2023 at 3.45pm UK
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Fortuna Sittard

AZ
3 - 1
Sittard

de Wit (4'), Navarro (24' og.), Pavlidis (56')
Vanheusden (41')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Yilmaz (11' pen.)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Eredivisie clash between AZ Alkmaar and Fortuna Sittard, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Heerenveen 0-2 AZ
Saturday, January 14 at 5.45pm in Eredivisie
Last Game: Sittard 2-2 PSV
Sunday, January 15 at 1.30pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Fortuna Sittard

On the back of holding PSV, Sittard will have every confidence that they can do the same with AZ. However, sense an opportunity to capitalise on Feyenoord and Ajax playing each other this weekend, we are backing the home side to run out convincing winners. 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 69.55%. A draw had a probability of 18% and a win for Fortuna Sittard had a probability of 12.45%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.04%) and 2-1 (9.66%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.5%), while for a Fortuna Sittard win it was 0-1 (3.74%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 7.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-1 win for AZ Alkmaar in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for AZ Alkmaar.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
69.55% (-0.063000000000002 -0.06) 18% (0.221 0.22) 12.45% (-0.157 -0.16)
Both teams to score 51.22% (-1.323 -1.32)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
60.29% (-1.472 -1.47)39.71% (1.473 1.47)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
37.93% (-1.547 -1.55)62.07% (1.548 1.55)
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
89.69% (-0.41 -0.41)10.31% (0.4101 0.41)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
66.27% (-0.94099999999999 -0.94)33.73% (0.942 0.94)
Fortuna Sittard Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
57.1% (-1.209 -1.21)42.89% (1.209 1.21)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
20.8% (-1.038 -1.04)79.2% (1.04 1.04)
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 69.54%
    Fortuna Sittard 12.45%
    Draw 18%
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
2-0 @ 11.41% (0.38 0.38)
1-0 @ 10.04% (0.498 0.5)
2-1 @ 9.66% (0.004999999999999 0)
3-0 @ 8.65% (0.138 0.14)
3-1 @ 7.32% (-0.127 -0.13)
4-0 @ 4.91% (-0.008 -0.01)
4-1 @ 4.16% (-0.148 -0.15)
3-2 @ 3.1% (-0.16 -0.16)
5-0 @ 2.23% (-0.044 -0.04)
5-1 @ 1.89% (-0.103 -0.1)
4-2 @ 1.76% (-0.124 -0.12)
Other @ 4.42%
Total : 69.54%
1-1 @ 8.5% (0.155 0.15)
0-0 @ 4.42% (0.296 0.3)
2-2 @ 4.09% (-0.136 -0.14)
Other @ 0.99%
Total : 18%
0-1 @ 3.74% (0.132 0.13)
1-2 @ 3.6% (-0.054 -0.05)
0-2 @ 1.58% (0.0050000000000001 0.01)
2-3 @ 1.15% (-0.078 -0.08)
1-3 @ 1.02% (-0.05 -0.05)
Other @ 1.35%
Total : 12.45%

How you voted: AZ vs Sittard

AZ Alkmaar
95.8%
Draw
4.2%
Fortuna Sittard
0.0%
24
Head to Head
Jan 16, 2022 3.45pm
Dec 2, 2021 5.45pm
AZ
2-1
Sittard
Pavlidis (41'), Karlsson (51')
Hatzidiakos (57')
Flemming (9')
Musaba (13')
May 8, 2021 7pm
AZ
1-0
Sittard
Gudmundsson (29' pen.)
Aboukhlal (31'), Bizot (90+3'), Midtsjo (90+5')
Leeuwin (49')

van Osch (27')
Sep 26, 2020 5.45pm
Sittard
3-3
AZ
Flemming (9', 90+6'), Hansson (79')
Rota (87'), Smeets (90+5')
De Wit (23'), Koopmeiners (52'), Boadu (69')
Hatzidiakos (37')
Apr 25, 2020 5.30pm
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1PSV EindhovenPSV1312014593636
2Feyenoord1384131131828
3FC UtrechtUtrecht119112011928
4Ajax1182125111426
5FC Twente1374226121425
6Go Ahead Eagles135351820-218
7AZ AlkmaarAZ125252314917
8Fortuna SittardSittard135261418-417
9NECNijmegen125161910916
10Willem II124351312115
11NAC BredaNAC Breda125071221-915
12Heerenveen134271326-1314
13Heracles133461425-1113
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15Groningen133371224-1212
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