Saturday , 14 November 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
4 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 12.3 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

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
25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AZ
0-15
3/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
3/1
46-60
4/3
61-75
5/1
76+
7/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Mexx Meerdink 6 G 3 A
Ro-Zangelo Daal 5 G 1 A
Ayoub Oufkir 3 G
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! AZ welcome Almere City FC for this crunch clash at AFAS Stadion.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' Almere City FC come into this ranked 18 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 20' The 34-year-old Jamie Lawrence has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 28' The deadlock is broken! Thomas Robinet gets on the scoresheet on 28 minutes.
  • 33' Almere City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 33.
  • 38' Joey Jacobs needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 40' Thom Haye was booked on 40.
  • 45' Netherlands international Zico Buurmeester has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Almere City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 55' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 58' A tactical swap from AZ — Seiya Maikuma on, Denso Kasius off on 58 minutes.
  • 59' Fresh legs for AZ! Ibrahim Sadiq comes on to replace Mexx Meerdink.
  • 64' David Wolfe doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 69' Emanuel Poku has so much to prove this time. He replaces Junior Kadile on 69 minute.
  • 74' A tactical swap from AZ — Mayckel Lahdo on, Ernest Poku off on 74 minutes.
  • 79' AZ currently sit 5 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 81' Fresh legs for Almere City FC! Jonas Wendlinger comes on to replace Nordin Bakker.
  • 82' The crowd applauds Charles-Andreas Brym as he leaves the pitch. Baptiste Guillaume steps in for Almere City FC.
  • 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' Almere City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — AZ 1-1 Almere City FC.

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.