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NEC Nijmegen v AZ : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 29th Mar, 20:00 BST, Sportpark De Weeren, Amsterdam

Rogier Meijer's NEC Nijmegen side enjoy home advantage in the Eredivisie on Saturday night, as Maarten Martens's AZ arrive at the Sportpark De Weeren. All statistics, including each side's 20 game form and head-to-head history, will change as you click through each of the betting markets using the tabs below. Odds and, of course, our predictions will too.


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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think NEC are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.25.

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NEC
42%
21/109/4
Draw
23%
5/213/5
AZ Alkmaar
35%
21/2011/10
Draw 1-1
10%
6/111/2
NEC 2-1
9%
10/19/1
AZ Alkmaar 2-1
8%
8/17/1
Draw 2-2
7%
12/110/1
NEC 1-0
7%
11/19/1
AZ Alkmaar 1-0
6%
8/17/1
NEC 2-0
6%
16/114/1
NEC 3-1
5%
22/118/1
AZ Alkmaar 2-0
5%
10/19/1
AZ Alkmaar 3-1
4%
14/112/1
NEC 3-2
4%
28/120/1
Draw 0-0
4%
12/19/1
AZ Alkmaar 3-2
4%
22/116/1
NEC 3-0
3%
33/125/1
AZ Alkmaar 3-0
2%
18/114/1
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
8/117/10
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
43/4021/20
Home 1st Goal
50%
13/10-
Away 1st Goal
48%
4/6-
No 1st Goal
2%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
65%
8/138/13
BTTS - No
35%
6/523/20
BTTS - Home Win
24%
9/217/4
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/210/3
BTTS - Away Win
21%
3/127/10
Home/draw
65%
4/67/10
Away/draw
58%
1/31/3
Home/away
77%
1/42/7
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
2/92/9
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
3/114/5
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
7/417/10
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
2/52/5
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
9/219/5
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
1/72/13
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
10/18/1
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/201/20
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/251/25
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
12/19/1
Home DNB
58%
11/811/8
Away DNB
52%
8/158/15
NEC win to nil
17%
11/2-
AZ Alkmaar win to nil
14%
3/1-
NEC / NEC
15%
9/24/1
NEC / AZ Alkmaar
4%
22/118/1
NEC / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / NEC
11%
13/26/1
Draw / AZ Alkmaar
15%
9/24/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/117/4
AZ Alkmaar / NEC
3%
28/122/1
AZ Alkmaar / AZ Alkmaar
25%
12/59/4
AZ Alkmaar / Draw
7%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

NEC have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 3 and won 5. NEC have conceded 26 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

NEC have played 13 games at home, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 27 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

AZ Alkmaar lay in 6th place on 44 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 25 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 31 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. AZ Alkmaar have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

AZ Alkmaar have played 13 away games, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
NEC
AZ Alkmaar
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax2620423564 
l
 
1-2F
May 11
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
2
PSV2618444858 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
3
Utrecht261475749 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
4
Feyenoord2513842547 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
l
 
3-2F
5
Twente2613761546 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
May 14
6
AZ Alkmaar Away2513571644 
Mar 29
l
 
1-0A
-
-
7
GA Eagles261358744 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
d
 
2-2F
May 4
8
Fortuna269512-1132 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
9
Groningen258710-931 
w
 
6-0F
l
 
2-1A
May 11
d
 
0-00-0
10
Heerenveen268711-1431 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 27
w
 
9-1F
l
 
3-1A
11
NEC Home268513029 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Mar 29
12
NAC268513-1629 
May 14
l
 
1-0A
Apr 24
w
 
1-2A
13
Heracles2661010-1428 
l
 
1-2A
May 18
w
 
1-0F
Apr 13
14
PEC Zwolle266812-1126 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
15
S.Rotterdam2651011-1025 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 6
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
16
Willem II266614-1424 
May 3
l
 
4-1A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
17
Waalwijk254516-2017 
Apr 11
w
 
0-3F
Apr 1
w
 
0-3F
18
Almere City263617-3415 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
May 18
w
 
0-1F
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Win / draw / win form
NEC 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
NEC2 - 3GA Eagles
NEC2 - 2Almere City
NEC3 - 3PSV
NEC4 - 1Fortuna
NEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
NEC1 - 2Ajax
NEC1 - 2Utrecht
NEC6 - 0Groningen
NEC3 - 0Heerenveen
NEC1 - 1Feyenoord
NEC1 - 2Heracles
NEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
NEC1 - 2Twente
NEC1 - 2GA Eagles
NEC2 - 3Feyenoord
NEC0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
NEC2 - 2PEC Zwolle
NEC3 - 1PSV
NEC2 - 0Heerenveen
NEC2 - 0S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANEC1 - 0Utrecht
HNEC2 - 3GA Eagles
ANEC0 - 0Feyenoord
ANEC0 - 2Twente
HNEC2 - 2Almere City
ANEC1 - 2Groningen
HNEC3 - 3PSV
HNEC4 - 1Fortuna
ANEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
ANEC1 - 4Willem II
HNEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
ANEC0 - 5GA Eagles
HNEC1 - 2Ajax
HNEC1 - 2Utrecht
ANEC3 - 0Waalwijk
HNEC6 - 0Groningen
ANEC0 - 1Almere City
HNEC3 - 0Heerenveen
ANEC0 - 1NAC
HNEC1 - 1Feyenoord
AZ Alkmaar 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Fortuna1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AAZ Alkmaar0 - 1Fortuna
HAZ Alkmaar1 - 2Utrecht
AAZ Alkmaar2 - 1PEC Zwolle
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
AZ Alkmaar have beaten NEC in 3 consecutive away league meetings
League games at NEC since 2016
NEC
AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
3
13
Games: Scored
2 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
3 / 5
NEC
1
AZ
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
1 - 3AZ Alkmaar
NEC2 - 1
0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
League games at AZ Alkmaar since 2015
AZ Alkmaar
NEC
Goals: Scored
8
8
Games: Scored
6 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
0 / 6
NEC
2
D
2
AZ
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0
1 - 2NEC
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0
2 - 4NEC
Goal Statistics

AZ have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Eredivisie outings. Their PG of 1.6 against NEC Nijmegen on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

NEC 11th AZ Alkmaar 6th
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1.7
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 82% probability that NEC will score 1 or more goals
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
7%
There is a 79% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+19
NEC have scored 19% more goals at home than predicted
+4
AZ Alkmaar’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.0
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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NEC
PG (predicted goals)
AZ Alkmaar
1.7
1.6
Attack rating
NEC
AZ
19%
better
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Games scored19
22
Failed to score7
3
Scored first11
17
Goals scored37
42
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.7
Avg. shots per game9
11
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.4
1.6
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
NEC
AZ
19%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
15
Clean sheets8
10
Conceded first14
6
Goals conceded37
26
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+19%

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

NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24756
R RoefsK OgawaV CrooijC Verdonk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Verdonk DEF2511
6
-
S. Ouaissa MID256
-
B. Onal FWD253
2
-
R Roefs GLK24
-
B Pereira DEF2412
2
-
I Márquez DEF232
3
-
B Nuytinck DEF231
3
-
M Hoedemakers MID231
1
-
S Hansen FWD2341
2
-
K Ogawa FWD2271
1
-
T Ouwejan DEF2123
1
-
D Proper MID211
2
-
V Crooij FWD1975
3
-
K Sano MID171
1
1
K. Shiogai FWD1721
-
L Schöne MID15
1
1
P Sandler DEF12
-
E Lyratzis DEF8
-
B Linssen FWD81
2
-
A. Darelas MID4
-
L Larsen FWD3
-
S Gassel GLK2
-
AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241256
P KoopmeinersT ParrottP KoopmeinersW Goes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
P Koopmeiners MID2515
2
-
T Parrott FWD25121
-
A Penetra DEF24
3
1
D Wolfe DEF2315
4
1
J Clasie MID232
3
-
S Mijnans MID2243
4
-
D Kasius DEF2122
1
-
S Maikuma DEF21
2
-
R Owusu-Oduro GLK20
-
W Goes DEF202
6
-
Z Buurmeester MID1841
-
M Meerdink FWD186
2
-
M. Lahdo FWD1732
-
E Poku FWD152
2
-
R Bommel FWD1522
3
-
K Belic MID121
3
-
J. Addai FWD12
1
-
M Wit DEF1011
2
-
I Sadiq FWD1053
-
K. Smit MID9
1
-
B Indi  DEF7
-
M Dekker DEF6
1
1
J Zoet GLK5
-
L Schouten DEF1
-
R. Daal FWD1
-
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