AZ vs Almere City FC, Eredivisie 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AZ vs Almere City FC — Eredivisie at AFAS Stadion.
- AZ 34 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- Almere City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ingmar Oostrom
- Assistant 1 Joris Westhof (Netherlands)
- Assistant 2 Sjoerd Nanninga
11 games this season 🟨 0.1/game ⚽ 4.2 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 May Almere City FC H 1–1 D 14 May FC Twente '65 A 3–2 W 11 May FC Groningen H 3–0 W 04 May Go Ahead Eagles A 3–0 W 24 Apr NAC Breda H 1–1 D 13 Apr Heracles Almelo A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 May AZ A 1–1 D 14 May Fortuna Sittard H 1–1 D 10 May Sparta Rotterdam H 0–3 L 27 Apr Go Ahead Eagles H 0–0 D 19 Apr SC Heerenveen A 1–2 L 12 Apr PSV A 0–5 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
AZ this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
AZ0-158/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/261-751/276+2/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. AZ is hosting Almere City FC for another epic battle.
- 5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alexandre Penetra made 236 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' It looks like no one’s ball. AZ is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 28' What a strike from Thomas Robinet! The score is 0-1.
- 33' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 33 minutes.
- 38' Mexx Meerdink has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 32 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 40' Almere City FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 45' AZ is showing some good football. However, AZ are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AZ needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 58' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Seiya Maikuma is hanging Denso Kasius on the field on 58 minute.
- 59' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ibrahim Sadiq is hanging Mexx Meerdink on the field on 59 minute.
- 64' What an equalizer from David Wolfe!
- 69' Emanuel Poku is replacing Junior Kadile for the Almere City FC side.
- 74' The AZ manager makes a substitution. Ernest Poku departs to be replaced by Mayckel Lahdo.
- 79' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 81' Time for substitution for Almere City FC. Nordin Bakker is replaced by Jonas Wendlinger.
- 82' Baptiste Guillaume has so much to prove this time. He replaces Charles-Andreas Brym on 82 minute.
- 83' It is a substitution in AZ team. Ruben van Bommel is replaced by Ro-Zangelo Daal on 83 minute.
- 88' Almere City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
AZ Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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28
Zico Buurmeester ↓ Kees Smit 59'
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21
Ernest Poku ↓ Mayckel Lahdo 74'
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30
Denso Kasius ↓ Seiya Maikuma 58'
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35
Mexx Meerdink ↓ Ibrahim Sadiq 59'
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- 7
- 18
Bench
- 41
- 4
- 12
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11
Ibrahim Sadiq ↑ 59'
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16
Seiya Maikuma ↑ 58'
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23
Mayckel Lahdo ↑ 74'
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- 22
- 24
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26
Kees Smit ↑ 59'
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27
Ro-Zangelo Daal ↑ 83'
Coach Maarten MartensAlmere City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 8
- 15
- 27
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22
Theo Barbet ↓ Joey Jacobs 69'
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- 18
- 4
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11
Junior Kadile ↓ Emanuel Poku 69'
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- 12
Bench
- 2
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21
Baptiste Guillaume ↑ 82'
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- 28
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29
Jonas Wendlinger ↑ 81'
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3
Joey Jacobs ↑ 69'
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- 31
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Kornelius Hansen ↑ 69'
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39
Emanuel Poku ↑ 69'
Coach Jeroen Rijsdijk -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Vangelis Pavlidis 2 David Wolfe 2 Dani de Wit 1 Loic Mbe Soh 1 Ibrahim Sadiq 1 Thomas Robinet 1 Head to Head
AZ Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.56 AZ xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.86 Almere City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.42Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 43% 57% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
AZ or Draw 81%Draw or Almere City FC 46%AZ or Almere City FC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Almere City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.9%1 – 1 Actual0 – 0 10.9%2 – 0 10.5%2 – 1 9%0 – 1 6.5%3 – 0 5.4%1 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 4.8%2 – 2 3.9%0 – 2 3.1%3 – 2 2.2%Asian Handicap — AZ
Handicap AZ covers Push Almere City FC covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 16% 72% -1.5 28% — 72% -1 28% 24% 48% -0.5 52% — 48% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 13% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
AZ keeps clean sheet 43% ✓Almere City FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.