Wednesday , 30 September 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
3 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 15.3 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

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
43% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AZ
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/3
31-45
3/–
46-60
4/–
61-75
4/1
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Ro-Zangelo Daal 4 G
Mexx Meerdink 3 G 2 A
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Ayoub Oufkir 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! AZ vs Almere City FC — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 10' AZ currently sit 5 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 20' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
  • 25' AZ have won 584 goals from 308 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 28' What a strike from Thomas Robinet! The score is 0-1.
  • 33' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 38' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 40' Thom Haye was booked on 40.
  • 45' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Maarten Martens will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 50' Marvin Martins has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 55' Sven Mijnans has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 4 goals this season.
  • 58' The crowd applauds Denso Kasius as he leaves the pitch. Seiya Maikuma steps in for AZ.
  • 59' Mexx Meerdink makes way for Ibrahim Sadiq at the 59 minute mark. A tactical switch from AZ.
  • 64' A goal from the Norway international David Wolfe! He fires home on 64 to make it 1-1!
  • 69' Time for substitution for Almere City FC. Junior Kadile is replaced by Emanuel Poku.
  • 74' AZ make a change. Ernest Poku trudges off to be replaced by Mayckel Lahdo on 74 minutes.
  • 79' 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.
  • 81' Another substitution for Almere City FC to replace Nordin Bakker by Jonas Wendlinger on 81 minute.
  • 82' The Almere City FC manager makes a substitution. Charles-Andreas Brym departs to be replaced by Baptiste Guillaume.
  • 83' Ruben van Bommel makes way for Ro-Zangelo Daal at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from AZ.
  • 88' 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.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

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.