Go Ahead Eagles vs AZ, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Go Ahead Eagles vs AZ — Eredivisie at De Adelaarshorst.
- Go Ahead Eagles 34 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
- AZ 34 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jeroen Manschot
21 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 3.7 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 23 Apr AZ H 0–0 D 11 Apr FC Groningen A 0–0 D 05 Apr PEC Zwolle H 5–0 W 22 Mar FC Utrecht A 0–2 L 15 Mar NAC Breda H 6–0 W 08 Mar FC Twente '65 H 1–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Apr Go Ahead Eagles A 0–0 D 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 Season Stats
Go Ahead Eagles AZ #12 Position #7 38 Points 52 34 Played 34 8 / 14 / 12 W / D / L 14 / 10 / 10 54 Scored 58 53 Conceded 51 +1 GD +7 1.12 PPG 1.53 24% Win % 41% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Go Ahead Eagles this season26% Clean Sheets
AZ this seasonGo Ahead Eagles are 12th (38 pts). AZ are 7th (52 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Go Ahead Eagles0-153/116-301/231-45–/246-603/161-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ ConcededAZ0-158/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/261-751/276+2/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to De Adelaarshorst that hosts another battle between Go Ahead Eagles and AZ.
- 5' 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.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. AZ is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' Melle Meulensteen is having his name booked by the referee on 15.
- 20' Billy van Duijl has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' Go Ahead Eagles 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.
- 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Go Ahead Eagles needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 40' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Denso Kasius, as he is very good at scoring at De Adelaarshorst with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 50' Victor Edvardsen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 55' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 60' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 60 minutes.
- 63' Denso Kasius has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mateo Chavez on 63 minute.
- 64' The Go Ahead Eagles manager makes a substitution. Stefan Ingi Sigurdarson departs to be replaced by Finn Stokkers.
- 66' The referee calls foul for Julius Dirksen. He receives a card.
- 71' The travelling AZ supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 74' The whistle greets Alfons Sampsted as he departs to be replaced by Dean James.
- 79' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 80' It’s a booking for AZ player. Denso Kasius gets a card.
- 85' AZ is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 86' Another substitution for AZ to replace Rion Ichihara by Wouter Goes on 86 minute.
- 89' It is a substitution in Go Ahead Eagles team. Jakob Breum is replaced by Oskar Sivertsen on 89 minute.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Go Ahead Eagles Lineups
Starting XI
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- 21
- 22
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2
Alfons Sampsted ↓ Dean James 74'
- 9
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10
Soren Tengstedt ↓ Thibo Baeten 64'
- 26
- 16
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7
Jakob Breum ↓ Oskar Sivertsen 89'
- 17
- 29
Bench
- 1
- 8
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24
Kenzo Goudmijn ↑ 89'
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27
Finn Stokkers ↑ 64'
- 18
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23
Thibo Baeten ↑ 64'
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5
Dean James ↑ 74'
- 25
- 19
- 20
- 34
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11
Oskar Sivertsen ↑ 89'
AZ Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
- 17
- 5
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35
Mexx Meerdink ↓ Bendeguz Kovacs 74'
- 1
- 7
- 23
- 22
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18
Rion Ichihara ↓ Wouter Goes 86'
- 33
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15
Mateo Chavez ↓ Denso Kasius 63'
Bench
- 12
- 11
- 2
- 34
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Denso Kasius ↑ 63'
- 4
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Wouter Goes ↑ 86'
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26
Kees Smit ↑ 63'
- 24
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27
Ro-Zangelo Daal ↑ 74'
- 20
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45
Bendeguz Kovacs ↑ 74'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Vangelis Pavlidis 5 Dani de Wit 3 Jesper Karlsson 3 Sam Beukema 2 Myron van Brederode 2 Djordje Mihailovic 2 Zico Buurmeester 1 Victor Edvardsen 1 Head to Head
Go Ahead Eagles Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.67 Go Ahead Eagles xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.35 AZ xGI would bet for: Go Ahead Eagles or AZ 73% + Both teams to score 60%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.02Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Go Ahead Eagles or Draw 69%Draw or AZ 58%Go Ahead Eagles or AZ 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.9%2 – 1 8.8%1 – 0 7.3%1 – 2 7.1%2 – 0 6.7%0 – 0 Actual2 – 2 6%0 – 1 5.7%3 – 1 4.9%0 – 2 4.4%3 – 0 3.7%3 – 2 3.4%Asian Handicap — Go Ahead Eagles
Handicap Go Ahead Eagles covers Push AZ covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 13% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 20% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 16% 14% +1.5 86% — 14% +2 86% 9% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Go Ahead Eagles keeps clean sheet 27% ✗AZ keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.