AZ vs Real Sociedad de Fútbol, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
AZ vs Real Sociedad de Fútbol — Europe at AFAS Stadion.
- AZ 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Real Sociedad de Fútbol 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Goce Petreski
- Referee Aleksandar Stavrev
- Referee Dejan Kostadinov
- Referee
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov Real Sociedad de Fútbol H 0–0 D 22 Nov FC Emmen H 1–0 W 08 Nov SC Heerenveen A 3–0 W 05 Nov Real Sociedad de Fútbol A 0–1 L 01 Nov RKC Waalwijk H 3–0 W 29 Oct HNK Rijeka H 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov AZ A 0–0 D 22 Nov Cadiz CF A 1–0 W 08 Nov Granada CF H 2–0 W 05 Nov AZ H 1–0 W 01 Nov RC Celta de Vigo A 4–1 W 29 Oct SSC Napoli H 0–1 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between AZ and Real Sociedad de Fútbol is underway.
- 5' AZ seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' It looks surprising AZ does not make any changes. Albert Gudmundsson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' Teun Koopmeiners has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 26' Fredrik Midtsjo was booked on 26.
- 31' 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.
- 36' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 41' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 42' The referee calls foul for Jonas Svensson. He receives a Yellow card.
- 47' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Sociedad de Fútbol needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' Real Sociedad de Fútbol is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 57' The travelling Real Sociedad de Fútbol supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 62' It’s high time Imanol Alguacil made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 67' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 71' Zakaria Aboukhlal has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jesper Karlsson on 71 minute.
- 73' Roberto Lopez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Adnan Januzaj on 73 minute.
- 74' The Real Sociedad de Futbol manager makes a substitution. Alexander Isak departs to be replaced by Willian Jose.
- 75' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Mikel Oiarzabal.
- 76' AZ player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 79' AZ player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 82' Another change for Real Sociedad de Futbol made on 82 minute. Portu leaves to be changed by Ander Barrenetxea.
- 86' Real Sociedad de Futbol manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Martin Merquelanz is hanging Mikel Oiarzabal on the field on 86 minute.
- 90' AZ player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
AZ Lineups
Starting XI
- 28
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- 5
- 7
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- 8
- 6
- 15
- 10
- 11
Bench
- 24
- 14
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9
Myron Boadu ↑ 71'
- 22
- 16
- 26
- 27
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17
Zakaria Aboukhlal ↑ 71'
- 18
- 55
Coach Arne SlotReal Sociedad de Fútbol Lineups
Starting XI
- 20
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19
Alexander Isak ↓ Willian Jose 74'
- 10
- 6
- 2
- 8
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11
Adnan Januzaj ↓ Roberto Lopez 73'
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7
Portu ↓ Ander Barrenetxea 82'
- 1
- 24
- 36
Bench
- 15
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9
Willian Jose ↑ 74'
- 25
- 5
- 13
- 16
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17
Martin Merquelanz ↑ 86'
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28
Roberto Lopez ↑ 73'
- 12
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22
Ander Barrenetxea ↑ 82'
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Coach Imanol Alguacil -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.93 AZ xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.86 Real Sociedad de Fútbol xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 73% + AZ or Draw 70%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.79Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 81% 19% ± 1.5 54% 46% ± 2.5 27% 73% ± 3.5 11% 89% ± 4.5 4% 96% Double Chance
AZ or Draw 70%Draw or Real Sociedad de Fútbol 64%AZ or Real Sociedad de Fútbol 66%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.3%1 – 0 14.1%0 – 1 12.9%2 – 0 6.8%2 – 1 6.1%0 – 2 5.8%1 – 2 5.6%2 – 2 2.8%3 – 0 2.1%3 – 1 1.9%1 – 3 1.6%Asian Handicap — AZ
Handicap AZ covers Push Real Sociedad de Fútbol covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 9% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 21% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 19% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
AZ keeps clean sheet 43% ✗Real Sociedad de Fútbol keeps clean sheet 40% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

