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AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie | Gameweek 23
Feb 23, 2025 at 3.45pm UK
AFAS Stadion
Fortuna Sittard

AZ
1 - 0
Sittard

Buurmeester (52')
Poku (46'), Koopmeiners (63')
FT(HT: 0-0)

Guth (45'), Da Cruz (77'), Bullaude (90')

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: Galatasaray 2-2 AZ
Thursday, February 20 at 5.45pm in Europa League
Last Game: Sittard 0-2 Ajax
Sunday, February 9 at 1.30pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Fortuna Sittard

On the back of such an impressive win in midweek, it remains to be seen whether AZ can reproduce that level of performance. Nevertheless, we feel that they should still have enough in the tank to inflict more misery on Sittard, potentially through a late goal. 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 69.34%. A draw had a probability of 18% and a win for Fortuna Sittard had a probability of 12.67%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.18%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.79%) and 2-1 (9.68%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.47%), while for a Fortuna Sittard win it was 0-1 (3.71%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that AZ Alkmaar would win this match.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
69.34% (0.97699999999999 0.98) 17.98% (-0.467 -0.47) 12.67% (-0.513 -0.51)
Both teams to score 52.01% (0.116 0.12)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
60.97% (0.926 0.93)39.03% (-0.929 -0.93)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
38.64% (0.967 0.97)61.35% (-0.97 -0.97)
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
89.82% (0.498 0.5)10.18% (-0.501 -0.5)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
66.57% (1.128 1.13)33.43% (-1.131 -1.13)
Fortuna Sittard Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
57.91% (-0.195 -0.2)42.09% (0.192 0.19)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
21.49% (-0.165 -0.16)78.51% (0.163 0.16)
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 69.34%
    Fortuna Sittard 12.67%
    Draw 17.98%
AZ AlkmaarDrawFortuna Sittard
2-0 @ 11.18% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
1-0 @ 9.79% (-0.213 -0.21)
2-1 @ 9.68% (-0.061 -0.06)
3-0 @ 8.52% (0.17 0.17)
3-1 @ 7.37% (0.109 0.11)
4-0 @ 4.87% (0.198 0.2)
4-1 @ 4.21% (0.149 0.15)
3-2 @ 3.19% (0.03 0.03)
5-0 @ 2.22% (0.135 0.14)
5-1 @ 1.93% (0.108 0.11)
4-2 @ 1.82% (0.055 0.06)
Other @ 4.57%
Total : 69.34%
1-1 @ 8.47% (-0.236 -0.24)
0-0 @ 4.28% (-0.19 -0.19)
2-2 @ 4.19% (-0.048 -0.05)
3-3 @ 0.92% (0.004 0)
Other @ 0.12%
Total : 17.98%
0-1 @ 3.71% (-0.185 -0.19)
1-2 @ 3.66% (-0.122 -0.12)
0-2 @ 1.6% (-0.088 -0.09)
2-3 @ 1.21% (-0.02 -0.02)
1-3 @ 1.06% (-0.041 -0.04)
Other @ 1.44%
Total : 12.67%

How you voted: AZ vs Sittard

AZ Alkmaar
Draw
Fortuna Sittard
AZ Alkmaar
100%
Draw
0.0%
Fortuna Sittard
0.0%
5
Head to Head
Oct 6, 2024 7pm
Gameweek 8
Sittard
1-0
AZ
Guth (78')
Halilovic (20'), Aiko (29'), Erceg (83'), Bullaude (84')

Dekker (45'), van Bommel (75')
Feb 17, 2024 5.45pm
Gameweek 22
Sittard
1-2
AZ
Cordoba (18')
Lonwijk (41')
Pavlidis (63'), De Wit (90')
Bazoer (69')
Oct 1, 2023 3.45pm
Gameweek 7
AZ
4-0
Sittard
Clasie (45+1'), Pavlidis (49'), Siovas (82' og.), Dantas (88')
de Wit (28')

Sierhuis (24'), Siovas (35'), Duarte (90+2')
Apr 16, 2023 7pm
Gameweek 29
Sittard
0-3
AZ
Odgaard (24'), Milos (42'), Pavlidis (84')
Jan 22, 2023 3.45pm
Gameweek 17
AZ
3-1
Sittard
De Wit (4'), Navarro (24' og.), Pavlidis (56')
Yilmaz (11' pen.)
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Ajax26204255203564
2PSV EindhovenPSV26184478304858
3FC UtrechtUtrecht2614754639749
4Feyenoord25138454292547
5FC Twente26137652371546
6AZ AlkmaarAZ25135742261644
7Go Ahead Eagles2613584740744
8Fortuna SittardSittard2695123243-1132
9Groningen2587102433-931
10Heerenveen2687113246-1431
11NECNijmegen2685133737029
12NAC BredaNAC Breda2685132844-1629
13Heracles26610103347-1428
14PEC Zwolle2668123041-1126
15Sparta RotterdamSparta26510112535-1025
16Willem II2666142842-1424
17RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk2545163252-2017
18Almere CityAlmere City2636171650-3415


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