AZ vs FC Utrecht, Eredivisie 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2023-24

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FC Utrecht

Sun 19 May 2024 · 12:30 UTC AFAS Stadion HT 45' · FT 45'

Mees De Wit 15' 1–0

Ruben van Bommel 16' 2–0

Vangelis Pavlidis 37' 3–0

3–1 55' Othman Boussaid

3–2 71' Sam Lammers

3–3 81' Victor Jensen

Vangelis Pavlidis 38' Y

Ibrahim Sadiq 51' Y

Dani de Wit 60' R

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs FC Utrecht — Eredivisie at AFAS Stadion.

AZ 12 games · 23 pts (2026/27)
FC Utrecht 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Bas Nijhuis
Assistant 1 Charles Schaap
Assistant 2 Freek Vandeursen

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

AZ 16 games · Avg 3.8 goals FC Utrecht

Last 5 meetings

2024-05-19 AZ 3–3 FC Utrecht 2023-12-03 FC Utrecht 1–1 AZ 2023-01-28 AZ 5–5 FC Utrecht 2022-10-09 FC Utrecht 1–2 AZ 2022-05-11 FC Utrecht 2–2 AZ

Recent Form

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	FC Utrecht	H	3–3	D
12 May	Go Ahead Eagles	A	3–0	W
05 May	FC Twente '65	H	2–1	W
28 Apr	NEC	A	3–0	W
13 Apr	RKC Waalwijk	H	3–2	W
06 Apr	PSV	A	1–5	L

FC Utrecht

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	AZ	A	3–3	D
12 May	Sparta Rotterdam	H	0–1	L
05 May	SBV Vitesse	H	1–0	W
28 Apr	RKC Waalwijk	A	2–2	D
14 Apr	Go Ahead Eagles	H	2–1	W
07 Apr	SC Heerenveen	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

AZ		FC Utrecht
#5	Position	#14
23	Points	12
12	Played	12
7 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 6
24	Scored	21
16	Conceded	34
+8	GD	-13
1.92	PPG	1.00
58%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

69% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

0% Clean Sheets
FC Utrecht this season

AZ are 5th (23 pts). FC Utrecht are 14th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

FC Utrecht

0-15

1/5

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/7

46-60

5/9

61-75

5/3

76+

7/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

FC Utrecht

Artem Stepanov	5 G
Yoann Cathline	4 G	2 A
Angel Alarcon	4 G	1 A
Dani de Wit	3 G	1 A
Adrian Blake	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between AZ and FC Utrecht is underway.
5' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' FC Utrecht come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' Brilliant from the ! Mees De Wit makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 15.
16' Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ruben van Bommel makes no mistake. 2-0!
21' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 21 minutes.
26' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
31' It looks surprising AZ does not make any changes. Alexandre Penetra has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
36' FC Utrecht is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
37' GOAL! Vangelis Pavlidis fires home to make it 3-0!
38' Vangelis Pavlidis catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 38.
43' With 0 assists to his name this season, Hidde ter Avest is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Utrecht.
48' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
51' The referee has no hesitation. Ibrahim Sadiq is booked for AZ — card on 51.
55' Othman Boussaid makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and FC Utrecht are in front.
60' That looks like a foul for a card for Dani de Wit.
64' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Denso Kasius is hanging Ruben van Bommel on the field on 64 minute.
65' Jeppe Okkels gets the nod from FC Utrecht. He replaces Mark van der Maarel and will look to change the dynamic.
70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
71' Sam Lammers does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Utrecht surge ahead!
72' A change in the FC Utrecht ranks — Taylor Booth exits the field as Marouan Azarkan enters on 72.
77' A change in the AZ ranks — Riechedly Bazoer exits the field as Bruno Martins Indi enters on 77.
79' The crowd applauds Jordy Clasie as he leaves the pitch. Tiago Dantas steps in for AZ.
81' Brilliant from the ! Victor Jensen makes it 3-3 with a superb finish on 81.
86' Can Bozdogan has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
89' Oscar Fraulo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Zidane Iqbal on 89 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-3.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

1
Maty Ryan
10
Dani de Wit
8
Jordy Clasie ↓ Tiago Dantas 79'
25
Riechedly Bazoer ↓ Bruno Martins Indi 77'
9
Vangelis Pavlidis ↓ Ernest Poku 77'
2
Yukinari Sugawara
11
Ibrahim Sadiq
16
Sven Mijnans
34
Mees De Wit ↓ David Wolfe 64'
5
Alexandre Penetra
15
Ruben van Bommel ↓ Denso Kasius 64'

Bench

FC Utrecht Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2
Mark van der Maarel ↓ Jeppe Okkels 65'
26
Othman Boussaid ↓ Victor Jensen 72'
18
Jens Toornstra
9
Sam Lammers
5
Hidde ter Avest ↓ Niklas Vesterlund 72'
16
Souffian El Karouani
6
Can Bozdogan
10
Taylor Booth ↓ Marouan Azarkan 72'
34
Ryan Flamingo
14
Zidane Iqbal ↓ Oscar Fraulo 89'
1
Vassilis Barkas

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Vangelis Pavlidis	10
Anastasios Douvikas	7
Dani de Wit	4
Sander van de Streek	4
Mees De Wit	3
Victor Jensen	2
Ricardo van Rhijn	2
Calvin Stengs	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

3.02 AZ xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.83 FC Utrecht xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 85% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

AZ58% Draw19% FC Utrecht23%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.85

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	85%	15%
± 3.5	70%	30%
± 4.5	52%	48%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw

77%

Draw or FC Utrecht

42%

AZ or FC Utrecht

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

AZ47% Draw32% FC Utrecht21%

Actual: AZ win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

6.6%

3 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 2

5.8%

1 – 1

4 – 1

4.8%

4 – 2

4.4%

1 – 2

2 – 0

3.8%

3 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

3.5%

3 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap	AZ covers	Push	FC Utrecht covers
-2.5	26%	—	74%
-2	26%	17%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	18%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	11%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

AZ vs FC Utrecht, Eredivisie 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

AZ Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

FC Utrecht Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

AZ Form

FC Utrecht Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — AZ

Clean Sheet