AZ vs NEC, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 31 Jan 2026 · 15:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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AZ vs NEC — Eredivisie .

AZ 12 games · 23 pts (2026/27)
NEC 12 games · 14 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk

12 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 13.9 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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 10 games · Avg 3.1 goals NEC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-31 AZ 1–3 NEC 2025-09-28 NEC 2–1 AZ 2025-03-29 NEC 3–3 AZ 2024-08-17 AZ 1–0 NEC 2024-04-28 NEC 0–3 AZ

Recent Form

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	NEC	H	1–3	L
25 Jan	Telstar 1963	A	1–0	W
21 Jan	SBV Excelsior	H	1–1	D
17 Jan	PEC Zwolle	A	1–3	L
10 Jan	FC Volendam	H	1–0	W
21 Dec	Fortuna Sittard	A	3–4	L

NEC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	AZ	A	3–1	W
24 Jan	PEC Zwolle	H	2–1	W
17 Jan	NAC Breda	A	4–3	W
20 Dec	AFC Ajax	H	2–2	D
13 Dec	Telstar 1963	A	2–2	D
07 Dec	FC Volendam	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

AZ		NEC
#5	Position	#11
23	Points	14
12	Played	12
7 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	3 / 5 / 4
24	Scored	20
16	Conceded	21
+8	GD	-1
1.92	PPG	1.17
58%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

0% Clean Sheets
NEC this season

AZ are 5th (23 pts). NEC are 11th (14 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

NEC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

4/4

61-75

3/5

76+

4/2

■ 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

NEC

Tjaronn Chery	4 G	2 A
Kaj Sierhuis	2 G
Adam Tahauia	2 G
Bryan Linssen	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for AZ and NEC.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from NEC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

NEC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jesper Karlsson	7
Jordy Bruijn	2
Ernest Poku	2
Hakon Evjen	2
Rodrigo Guth	2
Vito van Crooij	2
Vangelis Pavlidis	2
Magnus Mattsson	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.86 AZ xG

Expected Goals

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

1.62 NEC xG

I would bet for: AZ or NEC 74% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

AZ40% Draw26% NEC34%

Actual: NEC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.48

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw

65%

Draw or NEC

60%

AZ or NEC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

AZ33% Draw41% NEC26%

Actual: NEC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

5.4%

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 0

4.5%

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 2

4.1%