AZ vs Real Sociedad de Futbol, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
AZ vs Real Sociedad de Futbol — Europe at AFAS Stadion.
- AZ 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Real Sociedad de Futbol 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 Futbol 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 Futbol 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' We are underway at AFAS Stadion. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' It’s high time Arne Slot made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Martin Zubimendi, as he is very good at scoring at AFAS Stadion with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' Real Sociedad de Futbol is showing some good football. However, Real Sociedad de Futbol are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 25' Aritz Elustondo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 26' AZ player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 31' 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.
- 36' It looks surprising AZ does not make any changes. Teun Koopmeiners has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 41' 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.
- 42' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jonas Svensson.
- 47' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 47 minutes.
- 52' 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.
- 57' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 62' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Alex Remiro suffering a number of foals already.
- 67' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 67.
- 71' Zakaria Aboukhlal is replacing Jesper Karlsson for the AZ side.
- 73' Another change for Real Sociedad de Futbol made on 73 minute. Adnan Januzaj leaves to be changed by Roberto Lopez.
- 74' It is a substitution in Real Sociedad de Futbol team. Alexander Isak is replaced by Willian Jose on 74 minute.
- 75' Real Sociedad de Futbol receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 75.
- 76' A meaty challenge results in booking for Bruno Martins Indi on 76.
- 79' AZ receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 79.
- 82' Real Sociedad de Futbol manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ander Barrenetxea is hanging Portu on the field on 82 minute.
- 86' The Real Sociedad de Futbol manager makes a substitution. Mikel Oiarzabal departs to be replaced by Martin Merquelanz.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Myron Boadu. He receives a Yellow card.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
AZ Lineups
Starting XI
- 28
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- 3
- 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 Futbol 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'
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- 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'
- 37
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 Futbol 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 Futbol 64%AZ or Real Sociedad de Futbol 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 Futbol 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 Futbol keeps clean sheet 40% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.