Sunday , 16 August 2026

AZ vs NEC, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2025-26
AZ
1 – 3
Full Time
NEC
Sat 31 Jan 2026 · 15:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs NEC — Eredivisie .

  • AZ 2 games · 6 pts (2026/27)
  • NEC 2 games · 3 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
7 games this season 🟨 0.1/game ⚽ 3.4 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

4
3
3
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

AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#1 Position #6
6 Points 3
2 Played 2
2 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 1
6 Scored 5
1 Conceded 3
+5 GD +2
3.00 PPG 1.50
100% Win % 50%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
AZ this season
0% Clean Sheets
NEC this season

AZ are 1st (6 pts). NEC are 6th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! AZ welcome NEC for this crunch clash at .
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-3.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

NEC Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.4 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.44 NEC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
AZ50% Draw23% NEC27%
Actual: NEC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes69% 0% No31%
Avg goals/match: 3.84
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 53%
47%
± 4.5 34%
66%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw
73%
Draw or NEC
50%
AZ or NEC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
AZ43% Draw37% NEC20%
Actual: NEC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–3 not predicted
1 – 3
Actual
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 1
8.2%
3 – 1
6.8%
2 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
6.1%
1 – 2
5.2%
3 – 2
4.9%
3 – 0
4.9%
1 – 0
4.8%
4 – 1
4.1%
0 – 0
3.3%
4 – 2
3%

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap AZ covers Push NEC covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 17% 63%
-1.5 37% — 63%
-1 37% 20% 42%
-0.5 58% — 42%
+0.5 78% — 22%
+1 78% 12% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 6% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
NEC keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

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