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FC Utrecht v AZ : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jan, 17:45 BST, Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Ron Jans welcomes Maarten Martens to the Stadion Galgenwaard on Saturday evening, as their FC Utrecht and AZ teams meet in the Eredivisie. We have predictions, tips, and odds from leading bookmakers and head-to-head statistics across every major market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this Eredivisie clash.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Here we have a pair of effective, attacking teams going head-to-head and, as such, we are predicting both of them to score at least 1 goal during the 90 minutes. Can respective bosses Ron Jans or Maarten Martens find a tactical plan to top their opponent? Recent form stats and historical head-to-heads, as well as the latest odds from the bookies, show that doesn't seem likely.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 45% chance of AZ Alkmaar coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Utrecht 32%	2.62 7%	2.62 7%
Draw 23%	3.50 5%	3.60 5%
AZ Alkmaar 45%	2.50 4%	2.50 4%
Draw 1-1 10%	7.00 7%	6.50 7%
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 9%	10.00	8.50 6%
Utrecht 2-1 7%	10.00	9.00 6%
AZ Alkmaar 1-0 7%	10.00 33%	9.00 18%
Draw 2-2 7%	12.00 9%	11.00 10%
AZ Alkmaar 2-0 6%	13.00 24%	12.00 8%
Utrecht 1-0 6%	11.00 15%	9.00 18%
AZ Alkmaar 3-1 5%	19.00	15.00
Utrecht 2-0 4%	15.00	12.00 8%
Draw 0-0 4%	13.00 32%	11.00 15%
AZ Alkmaar 3-2 4%	23.00 10%	19.00 27%
AZ Alkmaar 3-0 4%	23.00 21%	19.00 10%
Utrecht 3-1 4%	21.00 24%	15.00 15%
Utrecht 3-2 3%	26.00 24%	19.00 27%
AZ Alkmaar 4-1 2%	41.00 21%	29.00 12%
Over 2.5 Goals 62%	1.73 15%	1.70 15%
Under 2.5 Goals 38%	2.08 17%	2.05 18%
Home 1st Goal 47%	2.05 14%	2.00
Away 1st Goal 51%	1.80 10%	1.95
No 1st Goal 2%	13.00 32%	10.00
BTTS - Yes 63%	1.62 13%	1.60 11%
BTTS - No 37%	2.20 16%	2.20 15%
BTTS - Home Win 19%	4.75 27%	4.40 19%
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.33	4.20
BTTS - Away Win 26%	4.50 13%	4.20 11%
Home/draw 55%	1.50	1.50
Away/draw 68%	1.44 6%	1.48 3%
Home/away 77%	1.29	1.29 3%
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	1.22 7%	1.22 6%
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	4.00 27%	3.90 22%
Over 3.5 Goals 40%	2.75 25%	2.70 26%
Under 3.5 Goals 60%	1.40 14%	1.40 14%
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	5.50 47%	4.80 33%
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	1.14 9%	1.15 8%
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	11.00 57%	9.00 38%
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1.05 5%	1.05 5%
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1.04 2%	1.03 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	13.00 32%	11.00 15%
Home DNB 48%	1.91 6%	1.91 6%
Away DNB 61%	1.80 6%	1.80 6%
Utrecht win to nil 13%	5.00 9%	-
AZ Alkmaar win to nil 19%	5.00 17%	-
Utrecht / Utrecht 19%	4.33 8%	4.00 7%
Utrecht / AZ Alkmaar 4%	23.00 10%	19.00
Utrecht / Draw 6%	13.00	12.00
Draw / Utrecht 13%	6.50	6.00
Draw / AZ Alkmaar 14%	6.00 8%	5.75 4%
Draw / Draw 15%	5.50 15%	5.25 13%
AZ Alkmaar / Utrecht 3%	26.00 24%	21.00 24%
AZ Alkmaar / AZ Alkmaar 20%	4.00	3.90 3%
AZ Alkmaar / Draw 6%	13.00	12.00

Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Utrecht have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Utrecht have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 33 goals.

Home League Performance

Utrecht have played 9 games at home winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 20 goals at home.

AZ Alkmaar are in 6th position in the Eredivisie on 33 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 9 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 14 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 2. AZ Alkmaar have conceded 10 goals, scored 9, scored in every game and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Utrecht AZ Alkmaar
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSV	18	15	1	2	46	46	l 2-5A	Feb 15	l 1-2A	d 2-2F
2	Ajax	18	13	3	2	22	42	-	d 2-2F	w 2-1F	Mar 16
3	Utrecht Home	18	12	3	3	7	39	-	-	l 1-2F	Jan 18
4	Feyenoord	18	10	5	3	18	35	l 0-2A	w 1-2F	Apr 5	l 3-2F
5	Twente	18	10	4	4	15	34	w 2-1A	May 11	w 1-0F	May 14
6	AZ Alkmaar Away	18	10	3	5	14	33	Jan 18	w 1-2A	-	-
7	GA Eagles	18	8	4	6	6	28	d 3-3A	Apr 6	d 2-2F	May 4
8	Fortuna	18	7	4	7	-3	25	l 2-5F	May 18	Feb 23	l 1-0A
9	Heerenveen	18	7	3	8	-12	24	Mar 30	d 1-1F	w 9-1F	Mar 2
10	Willem II	18	6	4	8	-2	22	w 3-2F	Mar 9	l 1-2A	Feb 2
11	NAC	18	7	1	10	-10	22	Mar 1	w 1-2A	Apr 24	w 1-2A
12	NEC	18	6	2	10	0	20	Mar 15	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	Mar 29
13	PEC Zwolle	18	4	5	9	-11	17	w 1-0F	Feb 1	Feb 9	w 1-2F
14	Groningen	17	4	5	8	-12	17	Apr 13	w 0-1F	May 11	d 0-00-0
15	Heracles	17	3	6	8	-15	15	w 1-0F	Jan 24	w 1-0F	Apr 13
16	S.Rotterdam	18	2	7	9	-12	13	May 14	w 1-4F	Jan 26	w 1-2F
17	Almere City	18	2	4	12	-27	10	Feb 9	w 1-3F	May 18	w 0-1F
18	Waalwijk	18	1	4	13	-24	7	w 3-2A	Apr 25	Mar 9	w 0-3F

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Win / draw / win form

AZ Alkmaar have not lost in 6 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Utrecht	2 - 5	Fortuna
Utrecht	3 - 3	GA Eagles
Utrecht	2 - 5	PSV
Utrecht	1 - 0	Heracles
Utrecht	0 - 2	Feyenoord
Utrecht	3 - 2	Waalwijk
Utrecht	3 - 2	Willem II
Utrecht	2 - 1	Twente
Utrecht	1 - 0	PEC Zwolle
Utrecht	1 - 1	GA Eagles
Utrecht	3 - 1	S.Rotterdam
Utrecht	0 - 1	S.Rotterdam
Utrecht	1 - 0	Vitesse
Utrecht	2 - 1	GA Eagles
Utrecht	5 - 1	PEC Zwolle
Utrecht	1 - 0	NEC
Utrecht	1 - 0	Heracles
Utrecht	4 - 0	Fortuna
Utrecht	4 - 2	FC Volendam
Utrecht	1 - 1	PSV

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Utrecht	2 - 1	Feyenoord
H	Utrecht	2 - 5	Fortuna
H	Utrecht	3 - 3	GA Eagles
A	Utrecht	3 - 1	Almere City
A	Utrecht	2 - 2	Ajax
H	Utrecht	2 - 5	PSV
A	Utrecht	2 - 1	NEC
H	Utrecht	1 - 0	Heracles
A	Utrecht	4 - 1	S.Rotterdam
H	Utrecht	0 - 2	Feyenoord
A	Utrecht	1 - 0	Groningen
H	Utrecht	3 - 2	Waalwijk
A	Utrecht	2 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
H	Utrecht	3 - 2	Willem II
H	Utrecht	2 - 1	Twente
A	Utrecht	2 - 1	NAC
A	Utrecht	1 - 1	Heerenveen
H	Utrecht	1 - 0	PEC Zwolle
H	Utrecht	1 - 1	GA Eagles
H	Utrecht	3 - 1	S.Rotterdam

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSV	2 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
NAC	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Feyenoord	3 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Fortuna	1 - 0	AZ Alkmaar
PEC Zwolle	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Waalwijk	0 - 3	AZ Alkmaar
Groningen	0 - 0	AZ Alkmaar
Almere City	0 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
GA Eagles	0 - 3	AZ Alkmaar
NEC	0 - 3	AZ Alkmaar
PSV	5 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
Heracles	5 - 0	AZ Alkmaar
FC Volendam	0 - 4	AZ Alkmaar
S.Rotterdam	1 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
Fortuna	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Almere City	0 - 0	AZ Alkmaar
Heerenveen	2 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Twente	2 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
Utrecht	1 - 1	AZ Alkmaar

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 2	PSV
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	Twente
A	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1	NAC
H	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1	Ajax
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	Heracles
A	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1	S.Rotterdam
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 2	Willem II
A	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 3	Feyenoord
H	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 2	GA Eagles
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 2	PSV
A	AZ Alkmaar	0 - 1	Fortuna
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 2	Utrecht
A	AZ Alkmaar	2 - 1	PEC Zwolle
H	AZ Alkmaar	9 - 1	Heerenveen
A	AZ Alkmaar	3 - 0	Waalwijk
A	AZ Alkmaar	0 - 0	Groningen
H	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	NEC
A	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	Almere City
H	AZ Alkmaar	3 - 3	Utrecht
A	AZ Alkmaar	3 - 0	GA Eagles

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

AZ Alkmaar have not lost to Utrecht in 5 consecutive away league meetings

Utrecht

AZ Alkmaar

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

Clean sheets

1 / 10

FCU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 3	AZ Alkmaar
Utrecht	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Utrecht	3 - 0
	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
	1 - 3	AZ Alkmaar

AZ Alkmaar

Utrecht

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

1 / 10

FCU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT AZ Alkmaar
	1 - 2	Utrecht
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Draw	5 - 5	Draw
AZ Alkmaar	5 - 1
	0 - 1	Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 0
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 0
AZ Alkmaar	3 - 0
	2 - 3	Utrecht
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

AZ have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 10 consecutive Eredivisie games. Their PG of 1.8 against FC Utrecht on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Utrecht 3rd	AZ Alkmaar 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Utrecht will score 1 or more goals	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that AZ Alkmaar will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+8 Utrecht’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-1 AZ Alkmaar’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.0 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season

12%

better

FCU

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Games scored	17		16
Failed to score	1		2
Scored first	11		13
Goals scored	36		33
Avg. goals scored	2		1.8
Avg. shots per game	10		11
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	21		16
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.7
KickOff rating		+12%

FCU

28%

better

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Games conceded	15		12
Clean sheets	3		6
Conceded first	7		4
Goals conceded	29		19
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	16%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.1
KickOff rating		+28%

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

Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	5	6	5
S Karouani	P Aaronson	S Karouani	P Aaronson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Karouani DEF	18		6	3 -
M Hoorn DEF	18	2	1	4 -
N Viergever DEF	17	2		1
J Toornstra MID	17	1	3	-
P Aaronson MID	17	5	2	5 -
V Jensen MID	17	2		1 -
V Barkas GLK	16			1 -
S Horemans DEF	16	1	1	-
N Ohio FWD	15	4		3 -
Y Cathline FWD	15	4	3	1 -
D Min FWD	15	2		1 -
M Rodríguez FWD	14	2	2	3 -
O Romeny FWD	13	2		2 -
O Fraulo MID	12		1	1 -
C Bozdogan MID	9	1	1	1 -
T Booth FWD	9			-
Z Iqbal MID	8	1		1 -
M Didden DEF	7			-
A. Engwanda MID	7			-
A Descotte FWD	6	1		-
N Vesterlund DEF	5	1	2	-
A Blake FWD	4	2	1	-
M Brouwer GLK	2			-
K Finnsson DEF	2			-
S. Andersen MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	6	26
P Aaronson	N Ohio	S Karouani	S Karouani

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Aaronson MID	5	7	2	11
Y Cathline FWD	4	8	3	15
N Ohio FWD	4	10		5
A Blake FWD	2	2	1	3
M Hoorn DEF	2	5	1	6
M Rodríguez FWD	2	8	2	10
D Min FWD	2	6		2
O Romeny FWD	2	6		2
V Jensen MID	2	3		12
N Viergever DEF	2	5		3
S Horemans DEF	1	3	1	4
A Descotte FWD	1	3		2
J Toornstra MID	1	4	3	8
C Bozdogan MID	1	1	1	2
Z Iqbal MID	1	2		5
N Vesterlund DEF	1	2	2	7
K Finnsson DEF				1
S Karouani DEF		5	6	26
T Booth FWD		1		2
O Fraulo MID			1	10
V Barkas GLK				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
988	65	110
N Viergever	P Aaronson	M Hoorn

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Viergever DEF	988	31	65
M Hoorn DEF	938	22	110
S Karouani DEF	646	49	94
S Horemans DEF	522	37	66
V Barkas GLK	481		6
P Aaronson MID	433	65	106
Z Iqbal MID	370	12	26
Y Cathline FWD	290	15	79
O Fraulo MID	285	13	39
V Jensen MID	252	16	36
J Toornstra MID	241	11	22
O Romeny FWD	233	10	42
A. Engwanda MID	191	15	26
D Min FWD	181	4	51
M Rodríguez FWD	169	21	64
C Bozdogan MID	161	9	30
N Vesterlund DEF	156	7	17
N Ohio FWD	124	3	31
M Didden DEF	102	1	11
M Brouwer GLK	68
A Descotte FWD	56	1	11
T Booth FWD	48	4	21
A Blake FWD	28	1	2
K Finnsson DEF	15	3	4
S. Andersen MID	2

AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	10	5	4
S Mijnans	T Parrott	D Wolfe	S Mijnans

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Koopmeiners MID	18	1	3	1 -
S Mijnans MID	18	3	3	4 -
T Parrott FWD	18	10	1	-
A Penetra DEF	17			1 -
S Maikuma DEF	16			2 -
D Wolfe DEF	16		5	3 1
J Clasie MID	16		2	2 -
D Kasius DEF	15	2	2	1 -
R Bommel FWD	15	2	2	3 -
M Meerdink FWD	15	5		1 -
R Owusu-Oduro GLK	14			-
W Goes DEF	14		1	4 -
Z Buurmeester MID	11	1	1	-
M. Lahdo FWD	11	3		-
K Belic MID	8	1		1 -
J. Addai FWD	8			-
E Poku FWD	8		1	1 -
I Sadiq FWD	7	4	3	-
M Wit DEF	6	1	1	2 -
M Dekker DEF	6			1 1
K. Smit MID	5			-
D. Kwakman MID	5			1 -
J Zoet GLK	4			-
B Indi DEF	4			-
L Zeefuik FWD	3			1 -
R Bazoer DEF	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	21	5	18
T Parrott	T Parrott	D Wolfe	P Koopmeiners

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Parrott FWD	10	21	1	13
M Meerdink FWD	5	8		8
I Sadiq FWD	4	9	3	7
M. Lahdo FWD	3	5		4
S Mijnans MID	3	14	3	15
D Kasius DEF	2	3	2	8
R Bommel FWD	2	11	2	9
Z Buurmeester MID	1	2	1	5
M Wit DEF	1	1	1	4
K Belic MID	1	3		1
P Koopmeiners MID	1	4	3	18
W Goes DEF		2	1	2
J Clasie MID			2	10
D Wolfe DEF		3	5	7
J. Addai FWD		1		3
E Poku FWD		6	1	4
S Maikuma DEF		1		13
A Penetra DEF		4
M Dekker DEF				2
K. Smit MID				3
B Indi DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1072	61	106
A Penetra	P Koopmeiners	P Koopmeiners

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Penetra DEF	1072	14	53
P Koopmeiners MID	883	61	106
J Clasie MID	844	43	57
W Goes DEF	751	10	51
S Mijnans MID	704	28	60
D Wolfe DEF	565	18	53
S Maikuma DEF	496	57	102
R Owusu-Oduro GLK	393		7
T Parrott FWD	314	12	56
R Bommel FWD	312	23	59
D Kasius DEF	278	17	33
M Dekker DEF	260	1	11
M Wit DEF	202	3	10
K Belic MID	191	10	25
I Sadiq FWD	188	9	31
B Indi DEF	170	2	6
Z Buurmeester MID	155	13	24
J Zoet GLK	145		1
M Meerdink FWD	117	3	42
E Poku FWD	114	10	23
M. Lahdo FWD	109	5	16
K. Smit MID	100	6	16
D. Kwakman MID	77	6	13
J. Addai FWD	48	3	19
L Zeefuik FWD	10	1	6
R Bazoer DEF	2	2	2

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FC Utrecht v AZ : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Utrecht have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

AZ Alkmaar are in 6th position in the Eredivisie on 33 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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