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Heracles Almelo v AZ : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 13th Apr, 13:30 BST, Erve Asito, Almelo

It's a long trek for Maarten Martens's AZ side on Sunday afternoon, as they make their way to the Erve Asito for a Eredivisie meeting with Erwin van de Looi's Heracles Almelo. Team form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping both teams to score, but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?


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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Heracles are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 5.00.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Heracles
38%
3/1
20%
-
Draw
23%
5/2
13%
-
AZ Alkmaar
39%
9/10
21%
-
Draw 1-1
10%
11/2
19%
-
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
8%
15/2-
Heracles 2-1
8%
12/1
24%
-
Draw 2-2
7%
14/1
15%
-
AZ Alkmaar 1-0
6%
13/2
21%
-
Heracles 1-0
6%
11/1
37%
-
AZ Alkmaar 2-0
5%
8/1-
Heracles 2-0
5%
20/1
28%
-
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
5%
14/1
25%
-
Heracles 3-1
5%
33/1
17%
-
Draw 0-0
4%
10/1
35%
-
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
4%
25/1
24%
-
Heracles 3-2
4%
33/1-
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
3%
16/1
31%
-
Heracles 3-0
3%
40/1
20%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
64%
17/20
18%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
36%
19/20
17%
-
Home 1st Goal
49%
13/8
13%
-
Away 1st Goal
49%
4/7
12%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
10/1
35%
-
BTTS - Yes
65%
3/4
8%
-
BTTS - No
35%
1/1
9%
-
BTTS - Home Win
23%
13/2
12%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
10%
-
BTTS - Away Win
23%
3/1
33%
-
Home/draw
62%
10/11
17%
-
Away/draw
62%
2/9
4%
-
Home/away
77%
2/7
6%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
1/4
7%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
11/4
25%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
9/4
37%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
1/3
13%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
5/1
50%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
1/8
8%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
12/1
63%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/25
4%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/20
3%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
10/1
35%
-
Home DNB
55%
7/4
31%
-
Away DNB
55%
2/5
15%
-
Heracles win to nil
16%
6/1
36%
-
AZ Alkmaar win to nil
16%
12/5
5%
-
Heracles / Heracles
13%
11/2
24%
-
Heracles / AZ Alkmaar
4%
22/1
21%
-
Heracles / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Heracles
10%
15/2
23%
-
Draw / AZ Alkmaar
18%
15/4
6%
-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
21%
-
AZ Alkmaar / Heracles
2%
33/1-
AZ Alkmaar / AZ Alkmaar
27%
21/10
29%
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AZ Alkmaar / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 3 and won 4. Heracles have conceded 37 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 5 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Heracles have played 14 games at home, winning 5, drawing 7 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

AZ Alkmaar lay in 6th place on 46 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored 36 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. AZ Alkmaar have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
AZ Alkmaar
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax2822423970 
l
 
3-4F
l
 
4-0A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
2
PSV2819454861 
l
 
1-3F
May 14
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
3
Feyenoord2917843259 
May 3
l
 
5-2A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2F
4
Utrecht281585953 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
5
Twente2813871447 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
5-0A
w
 
1-0F
May 14
6
AZ Alkmaar Away2813781546 
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
-
-
7
GA Eagles281369645 
w
 
4-2A
l
 
4-1F
d
 
2-2F
May 4
8
Heerenveen289712-1434 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
9-1F
l
 
3-1A
9
NEC299614-133 
May 18
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3F
10
Fortuna299614-1633 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
11
Heracles Home2871110-1332 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Apr 13
12
Groningen288812-1432 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 23
May 11
d
 
0-00-0
13
S.Rotterdam2871011-531 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
14
PEC Zwolle287912-930 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
15
NAC288614-1830 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 24
w
 
1-2A
16
Willem II286616-1824 
d
 
1-1F
May 9
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
17
Waalwijk294718-2319 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-3F
18
Almere City284717-3219 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
May 18
w
 
0-1F
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Heracles have won 3 consecutive home league games
9
Heracles have not lost in 9 consecutive home league games
5
AZ Alkmaar have not won in 5 consecutive league games
Heracles 11TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heracles2 - 1Twente
Heracles4 - 2PEC Zwolle
Heracles4 - 2GA Eagles
Heracles1 - 1Groningen
Heracles1 - 1Utrecht
Heracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Heracles2 - 2Fortuna
Heracles2 - 2Waalwijk
Heracles2 - 0NAC
Heracles3 - 4Ajax
Heracles2 - 1Heerenveen
Heracles0 - 0Almere City
Heracles1 - 1Willem II
Heracles1 - 3PSV
Heracles0 - 0Fortuna
Heracles0 - 5Waalwijk
Heracles0 - 2Heerenveen
Heracles5 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Heracles2 - 0GA Eagles
Heracles2 - 2Almere City
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHeracles0 - 0Waalwijk
HHeracles2 - 1Twente
AHeracles1 - 1Heerenveen
AHeracles0 - 1Fortuna
HHeracles4 - 2PEC Zwolle
AHeracles0 - 4Ajax
HHeracles4 - 2GA Eagles
AHeracles1 - 1NAC
HHeracles1 - 1Groningen
HHeracles1 - 1Utrecht
AHeracles2 - 0Almere City
HHeracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
AHeracles2 - 5Feyenoord
HHeracles2 - 2Fortuna
AHeracles0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HHeracles2 - 2Waalwijk
AHeracles0 - 1Utrecht
HHeracles2 - 0NAC
AHeracles0 - 5Twente
HHeracles3 - 4Ajax
AZ Alkmaar 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
5
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
NEC3 - 3AZ Alkmaar
Ajax2 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Heerenveen3 - 1AZ Alkmaar
Willem II0 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Utrecht0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
PSV2 - 2AZ Alkmaar
NAC1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Feyenoord3 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Fortuna1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
PEC Zwolle1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Waalwijk0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
Groningen0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Almere City0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
GA Eagles0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
NEC0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
PSV5 - 1AZ Alkmaar
Heracles5 - 0AZ Alkmaar
FC Volendam0 - 4AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam1 - 1AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAZ Alkmaar0 - 1Feyenoord
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 2Waalwijk
AAZ Alkmaar3 - 3NEC
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 2Ajax
AAZ Alkmaar1 - 3Heerenveen
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Fortuna
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 0PEC Zwolle
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 0Willem II
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2S.Rotterdam
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 0Utrecht
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 2PSV
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Twente
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1NAC
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 1Ajax
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 0Heracles
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1S.Rotterdam
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2Willem II
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 3Feyenoord
HAZ Alkmaar2 - 2GA Eagles
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2PSV
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Heracles since 2016
Heracles
AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
16
17
Games: Scored
6 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
1 / 7
HER
3
AZ
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
Heracles5 - 0
Heracles3 - 2
1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Heracles3 - 2
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
3 - 6AZ Alkmaar
League games at AZ Alkmaar since 2015
AZ Alkmaar
Heracles
Goals: Scored
26
5
Games: Scored
9 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
0 / 9
D
1
AZ
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1
AZ Alkmaar5 - 0
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1
AZ Alkmaar5 - 0
AZ Alkmaar5 - 1
AZ Alkmaar3 - 1
Goal Statistics

Heracles Almelo's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because AZ have conceded in each of their last 5 Eredivisie games. A PG of 1.6 for E. van de Looi's side suggests that run should continue.

Heracles 11th AZ Alkmaar 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Heracles will score 1 or more goals
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
Heracles have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
+7
AZ Alkmaar’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Heracles
PG (predicted goals)
AZ Alkmaar
1.6
1.6
Attack rating
HER
AZ
22%
better
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Games scored19
24
Failed to score9
4
Scored first15
19
Goals scored35
47
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.7
Avg. shots per game8
11
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
HER
AZ
24%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
18
Clean sheets5
10
Conceded first10
7
Goals conceded48
32
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against1.9
1.1
KickOff rating
+24%

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

Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27847
F KeijzerL. KulenovićM EngelsS Scheperman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK271
1
-
D Mirani DEF272
3
-
I Mesík DEF26
6
-
S Podgoreanu FWD2613
2
-
B Keersmaecker MID2453
2
1
J. Talvitie FWD243
1
-
M Engels FWD2434
2
-
M Benita DEF231
2
-
D Kaam MID222
2
-
J Hornkamp FWD2161
4
-
S Scheperman MID181
7
-
L. Kulenović FWD1882
-
T Bruns MID1621
3
-
J Žambůrek MID151
3
-
J Wieckhoff DEF142
3
-
B Limbombe FWD13
-
M Rots DEF91
-
J Hoogma DEF92
-
J Bruijn MID8
-
L Milani DEF6
2
-
D. van Oorschot FWD3
-
G. Sambo FWD2
-
AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
271469
P KoopmeinersT ParrottD WolfeW Goes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Koopmeiners MID2815
2
-
T Parrott FWD28142
-
D Wolfe DEF2616
5
1
A Penetra DEF25
3
1
D Kasius DEF2422
2
-
W Goes DEF233
9
-
J Clasie MID232
3
-
R Owusu-Oduro GLK22
-
S Mijnans MID2243
4
-
S Maikuma DEF21
2
-
Z Buurmeester MID2141
-
M Meerdink FWD217
2
-
R Bommel FWD1822
3
-
E Poku FWD1713
2
-
M. Lahdo FWD1732
-
K Belic MID151
4
-
J. Addai FWD13
1
-
I Sadiq FWD1364
-
M Wit DEF1211
2
-
K. Smit MID12
1
-
B Indi  DEF9
1
-
M Dekker DEF8
1
1
J Zoet GLK6
-
L Schouten DEF1
-
R. Daal FWD1
-