

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 39.8%. A win for NEC had a probability of 35.12% and a draw had a probability of 25.1%.
The most likely scoreline for an AZ Alkmaar win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.66%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.64%) and 0-2 (6.34%). The likeliest NEC win was 2-1 (8.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.78%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 3.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-3 win for AZ Alkmaar in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for AZ Alkmaar.
| Result | ||
| NEC | Draw | AZ Alkmaar |
| 35.12% ( | 25.07% ( | 39.8% ( |
| Both teams to score 57.31% ( |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
| 53.84% ( | 46.16% ( |
| Over 3.5 | Under 3.5 |
| 31.54% ( | 68.45% ( |
| NEC Goals |
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 |
| 74.45% ( | 25.55% ( |
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 39.59% ( | 60.41% ( |
| AZ Alkmaar Goals |
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 |
| 76.97% ( | 23.03% ( |
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 43.16% ( | 56.84% ( |
| Score Analysis |
| NEC | Draw | AZ Alkmaar |
| 2-1 @ 8.04% ( 1-0 @ 8.03% ( 2-0 @ 5.48% ( 3-1 @ 3.66% ( 3-2 @ 2.69% ( 3-0 @ 2.49% ( 4-1 @ 1.25% ( 4-2 @ 0.92% ( Other @ 2.57% Total : 35.12% | 1-1 @ 11.78% ( 2-2 @ 5.91% ( 0-0 @ 5.88% ( 3-3 @ 1.32% ( Other @ 0.18% Total : 25.06% | 1-2 @ 8.66% ( 0-1 @ 8.64% ( 0-2 @ 6.34% ( 1-3 @ 4.24% ( 0-3 @ 3.11% ( 2-3 @ 2.89% ( 1-4 @ 1.56% ( 0-4 @ 1.14% ( 2-4 @ 1.06% ( Other @ 2.18% Total : 39.8% |
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| C | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV EindhovenPSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ AlkmaarAZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta RotterdamSparta | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC UtrechtUtrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NECNijmegen | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna SittardSittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC VolendamVolendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | SBV ExcelsiorExcelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | EmmenEmmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | -32 | 28 |
| R | Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | -43 | 19 |
| R | Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | -44 | 18 |
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