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AZ Alkmaar
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Cambuur
Emmen
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FC Utrecht
FC Volendam
Feyenoord
Fortuna Sittard
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Heerenveen
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Waalwijk logo
Excelsior
Sparta Rotterdam logo
Vitesse
Feb 10, 2023 at 7pm UK at AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
AZ
5 - 0
Excelsior
Mijnans (20', 30'), Karlsson (27'), Odgaard (35'), Pavlidis (38')
FT(HT: 5-0)

Azarkan (14')
The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Friday's Eredivisie clash between AZ Alkmaar and SBV Excelsior, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
More game data and we say below the videos

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: AZ 1-2 Utrecht
Tuesday, February 7 at 5.45pm in KNVB Beker
Last Game: Excelsior 0-0 RKC Waalwijk
Saturday, February 4 at 8pm in Eredivisie

We said: AZ Alkmaar 3-1 SBV Excelsior

Having now gone three games across all competitions without a victory, AZ will need to return to winning ways as soon as possible to avoid losing any more ground in the title race. We are tipping them to cruise to all three points at the sound of the final whistle here. 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 74.7%. A draw had a probability of 15.6% and a win for SBV Excelsior had a probability of 9.73%.

The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (9.67%) and 1-0 (9.21%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.32%), while for a SBV Excelsior win it was 0-1 (2.92%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that AZ Alkmaar would win this match.

Result
AZ AlkmaarDrawSBV Excelsior
74.7% (0.41699999999999 0.42) 15.57% (-0.252 -0.25) 9.73% (-0.1639 -0.16)
Both teams to score 50.39% (0.292 0.29)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
64.16% (0.714 0.71)35.83% (-0.713 -0.71)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
42.08% (0.781 0.78)57.91% (-0.78100000000001 -0.78)
AZ Alkmaar Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.87% (0.26100000000001 0.26)8.13% (-0.261 -0.26)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
71.47% (0.652 0.65)28.52% (-0.652 -0.65)
SBV Excelsior Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
54.85% (0.163 0.16)45.14% (-0.163 -0.16)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
18.95% (0.128 0.13)81.05% (-0.129 -0.13)
Score Analysis
    AZ Alkmaar 74.69%
    SBV Excelsior 9.73%
    Draw 15.57%
AZ AlkmaarDrawSBV Excelsior
2-0 @ 11.55% (-0.12 -0.12)
3-0 @ 9.67% (0.027000000000001 0.03)
1-0 @ 9.21% (-0.21 -0.21)
2-1 @ 9.19% (-0.048999999999999 -0.05)
3-1 @ 7.69% (0.056 0.06)
4-0 @ 6.07% (0.093999999999999 0.09)
4-1 @ 4.83% (0.095999999999999 0.1)
3-2 @ 3.06% (0.036 0.04)
5-0 @ 3.05% (0.085 0.09)
5-1 @ 2.42% (0.078 0.08)
4-2 @ 1.92% (0.046 0.05)
6-0 @ 1.27% (0.051 0.05)
6-1 @ 1.01% (0.046 0.05)
5-2 @ 0.96% (0.035 0.03)
Other @ 2.79%
Total : 74.69%
1-1 @ 7.32% (-0.134 -0.13)
0-0 @ 3.67% (-0.132 -0.13)
2-2 @ 3.66% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Other @ 0.92%
Total : 15.57%
0-1 @ 2.92% (-0.091 -0.09)
1-2 @ 2.91% (-0.04 -0.04)
0-2 @ 1.16% (-0.031 -0.03)
2-3 @ 0.97% (0.004 0)
Other @ 1.77%
Total : 9.73%

How you voted: AZ vs Excelsior

AZ Alkmaar
90.4%
Draw
5.8%
SBV Excelsior
3.8%
52
Head to Head
Oct 23, 2022 11.15am
May 15, 2019 6.30pm
Excelsior
4-2
AZ
Fortes (21'), Van Rhijn (51' og.), Bruins (60' pen.), Omarsson (66')
Mattheij (41')
Koopmeiners (30'), Johnsen (70')
Gudmundsson (59')
Dec 15, 2018 6.45pm
AZ
2-1
Excelsior
Til (39'), Johnsen (94')
Ouwejan (57')
Mahmudov (30')
Fortes (75')
Mar 3, 2018 5.30pm
Excelsior
1-2
AZ
Messaoud (64')
Koolwijk (34'), Bruins (70')
Zwarthoed (19' og.), Jahanbakhsh (44')
Svensson (75')
Sep 24, 2017 3.45pm
AZ
0-2
Excelsior

Vlaar (8')
Bruins (2' pen., 8')
rhs 2.0
Todays Game Header Right
Result
Alcaraz
Sinner
77 4 2
64 6 6
Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Feyenoord26187159253461
2PSV EindhovenPSV27175571333856
3Ajax26167372284455
4AZ AlkmaarAZ27166553312254
5FC Twente27139544222248
6Sparta RotterdamSparta26137641271446
7FC UtrechtUtrecht2610884241138
8Heerenveen2798103237-535
9NECNijmegen2771373730734
10RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk258894140132
11Go Ahead Eagles2578103644-829
12Fortuna SittardSittard2685133246-1429
13FC VolendamVolendam2675143156-2526
14Vitesse2659123047-1724
15EmmenEmmen2759132546-2124
16SBV ExcelsiorExcelsior2773172561-3624
17Groningen2645172552-2717
18Cambuur2744192151-3016

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