AZ vs SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AZ vs SC Heerenveen — Eredivisie at AFAS Stadion.
- AZ 34 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- SC Heerenveen 34 games · 51 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Marc Nagtegaal
- Assistant 1 Roy de Nas
- Assistant 2 Yorick Weterings
20 games this season 🟨 0.3/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr SC Heerenveen H 3–0 W 04 Apr Fortuna Sittard H 2–0 W 22 Mar FC Groningen A 0–3 L 15 Mar Heracles Almelo H 4–0 W 07 Mar PSV A 1–2 L 01 Mar FC Utrecht A 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr AZ A 0–3 L 05 Apr Heracles Almelo H 4–1 W 22 Mar NEC A 2–2 D 14 Mar Telstar 1963 H 3–0 W 07 Mar SBV Excelsior A 2–1 W 28 Feb Sparta Rotterdam H 2–1 W Season Stats
AZ SC Heerenveen #7 Position #8 52 Points 51 34 Played 34 14 / 10 / 10 W / D / L 14 / 9 / 11 58 Scored 57 51 Conceded 53 +7 GD +4 1.53 PPG 1.50 41% Win % 41% Key Stats
69% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
AZ this season15% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this seasonAZ are 7th (52 pts). SC Heerenveen are 8th (51 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
AZ0-158/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/261-751/276+2/1■ Scored ■ ConcededSC Heerenveen0-151/316-301/131-452/146-601/–61-751/276+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: SC Heerenveen gets underway.
- 5' 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.
- 7' Goal! Sven Mijnans scores his 21 goal in 219 matches.
- 8' Sven Mijnans with the second goal in the match!
- 13' 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 Troy Parrott suffering a number of foals already.
- 18' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 23' The travelling SC Heerenveen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 28' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 33' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AZ that had 288 games and scored 474 goals.
- 38' SC Heerenveen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
- 42' The referee shows SC Heerenveen player a card on 42.
- 46' Another change for SC Heerenveen made on 46 minute. Lasse Nordas leaves to be changed by Dylan Vente.
- 51' It’s high time Leeroy Echteld made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 55' That looks like a foul for a card for Mees De Wit.
- 60' It looks surprising SC Heerenveen does not make any changes. Bernt Klaverboer has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 65' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Joris van Overeem made 306 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 70' AZ is showing some good football. However, AZ are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 71' Goal! Troy Parrott scores his 26 goal in 372 matches.
- 75' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mateo Chavez is hanging Mees De Wit on the field on 75 minute.
- 76' Luuk Brouwers is replacing Ringo Meerveld for the SC Heerenveen side.
- 80' The SC Heerenveen manager makes a substitution. Maas Willemsen departs to be replaced by Hristiyan Petrov.
- 83' Another substitution for AZ to replace Troy Parrott by Mexx Meerdink on 83 minute.
- 88' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with SC Heerenveen winning 50% of all matches.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for AZ players.
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Lineups
AZ Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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8
Jordy Clasie ↓ Kasper Boogaard 46'
- 10
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9
Troy Parrott ↓ Mexx Meerdink 83'
- 17
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34
Mees De Wit ↓ Mateo Chavez 75'
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 26
- 22
- 27
Bench
- 41
- 12
- 11
- 2
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35
Mexx Meerdink ↑ 83'
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Weslley Patati ↑ 75'
- 23
- 24
- 18
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33
Matej Sin ↑ 83'
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15
Mateo Chavez ↑ 75'
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20
Kasper Boogaard ↑ 46'
Coach Leeroy EchteldSC Heerenveen Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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10
Ringo Meerveld ↓ Luuk Brouwers 76'
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7
Maxence Rivera ↓ Luca Oyen 80'
- 19
- 3
- 22
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18
Lasse Nordas ↓ Dylan Vente 46'
- 45
- 20
- 16
Bench
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9
Dylan Vente ↑ 46'
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11
Luca Oyen ↑ 80'
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8
Luuk Brouwers ↑ 76'
- 31
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15
Mats Egbring ↑ 76'
- 35
- 17
- 50
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28
Hristiyan Petrov ↑ 80'
- 30
- 38
- 36
Coach Robin Veldman -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Troy Parrott 5 Vangelis Pavlidis 5 Dani de Wit 4 Sven Mijnans 3 Teun Koopmeiners 3 Mexx Meerdink 2 Luuk Brouwers 2 Jesper Karlsson 2 Head to Head
AZ Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.42 AZ xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.3 SC Heerenveen xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: AZ winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.72Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 70% 30% ± 3.5 50% 50% ± 4.5 32% 68% Double Chance
AZ or Draw 79%Draw or SC Heerenveen 43%AZ or SC Heerenveen 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: AZ win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 9%1 – 1 8.4%2 – 0 7.2%3 – 1 7.1%2 – 2 5.7%3 – 0 Actual1 – 0 5.5%1 – 2 4.8%3 – 2 4.6%4 – 1 4.3%0 – 0 3.6%4 – 0 3.4%Asian Handicap — AZ
Handicap AZ covers Push SC Heerenveen covers -2.5 22% — 78% -2 22% 18% 60% -1.5 40% — 60% -1 40% 21% 39% -0.5 61% — 39% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 11% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 5% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
AZ keeps clean sheet 28% ✗SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet 10% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.