Thursday , 2 July 2026

AZ vs Almere City FC, Eredivisie 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2024-25
AZ
1 – 1
Full Time
Almere City FC
Sun 18 May 2025 · 12:30 UTC AFAS Stadion 18,023 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 28' Thomas Robinet
David Wolfe 64' 1–1
Y 40' Thom Haye

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs Almere City FC — Eredivisie at AFAS Stadion.

Match Details

  • Referee Ingmar Oostrom
  • Assistant 1 Joris Westhof (Netherlands)
  • Assistant 2 Sjoerd Nanninga

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 ADO Den Haag 0 0
2 AFC Ajax 0 0
3 AZ 0 0
4 FC Groningen 0 0
5 FC Twente '65 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0
7 Feyenoord Rotterdam 0 0
8 Fortuna Sittard 0 0
9 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0
10 NEC 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0
12 PSV 0 0
13 SBV Excelsior 0 0
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 0 0
15 SC Heerenveen 0 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0
17 Telstar 1963 0 0
18 Willem II Tilburg 0 0

Head-to-Head

2
2
AZ 4 games · Avg 2.0 goals Almere City FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-05-18 AZ 1–1 Almere City FC 2024-08-10 Almere City FC 0–1 AZ 2024-02-10 Almere City FC 0–0 AZ 2023-12-09 AZ 4–1 Almere City FC

Recent Form

AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
Almere City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between AZ and Almere City FC is underway.
  • 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Almere City FC that had 69 games and scored 62 goals.
  • 10' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 15' Theo Barbet has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Anas Tahiri, as he is very good at scoring at AFAS Stadion with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
  • 28' What a strike from Thomas Robinet! The score is 0-1.
  • 33' It looks surprising AZ does not make any changes. Joey Jacobs has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 38' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 40' A meaty challenge results in booking for Thom Haye on 40.
  • 45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Thom Haye made 190 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 50' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jonas Wendlinger suffering a number of foals already.
  • 55' 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.
  • 58' The supporters are chanting for Seiya Maikuma. He replaces Denso Kasius on 58 minute.
  • 59' Another substitution for AZ to replace Mexx Meerdink by Ibrahim Sadiq on 59 minute.
  • 64' GOAL! David Wolfe scores on 64. Assisted by Ruben van Bommel
  • 69' Time for substitution for Almere City FC. Junior Kadile is replaced by Emanuel Poku.
  • 74' Mayckel Lahdo is replacing Ernest Poku for the AZ side.
  • 79' Emanuel Poku needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 81' Time for substitution for Almere City FC. Nordin Bakker is replaced by Jonas Wendlinger.
  • 82' Another change for Almere City FC made on 82 minute. Charles-Andreas Brym leaves to be changed by Baptiste Guillaume.
  • 83' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ro-Zangelo Daal is hanging Ruben van Bommel on the field on 83 minute.
  • 88' AZ 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.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maarten Martens

Almere City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jeroen Rijsdijk

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.56 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.86 Almere City FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
AZ54% Draw26% Almere City FC20%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.42
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✗ Wrong
AZ36% Draw48% Almere City FC16%
Actual: Almere City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
12.9%
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 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.