Saturday , 14 November 2026

Heracles Almelo vs AZ, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2018-19
Heracles Almelo
3 – 2
Full Time
AZ
Sun 2 Sep 2018 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Lerin Duarte 12' Y
Y 23' Guus Til
Y 46' Myron Boadu
Alexander Merkel 70' Y
Bart van Hintum 86' Y
Silvester van der Water 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Heracles Almelo vs AZ — Eredivisie .

Match Details

  • Referee Jeroen Manschot
  • Referee Jochem Kamphuis
  • Referee Cristian Dobre
  • Referee Christian Mulder
  • Referee Sjoerd Nanninga
8 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 19.9 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

Head-to-Head

4
1
8
Heracles Almelo 13 games · Avg 3.2 goals AZ
Last 5 meetings
2018-09-02 Heracles Almelo 3–2 AZ

Recent Form

Heracles Almelo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Sep AZ H 3–2 W
26 Aug Willem II Tilburg A 0–5 L
18 Aug ADO Den Haag H 4–2 W
11 Aug AFC Ajax A 1–1 D
12 Aug Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 0–4 L
AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Sep Heracles Almelo A 2–3 L
26 Aug SBV Vitesse H 0–0 D
19 Aug FC Emmen A 4–1 W
12 Aug NAC Breda H 5–0 W
02 Aug Qairat Almaty FK H 2–1 W
26 Jul Qairat Almaty FK A 0–2 L

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AZ
0-15
3/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
3/1
46-60
4/3
61-75
5/1
76+
7/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Mexx Meerdink 6 G 3 A
Ro-Zangelo Daal 5 G 1 A
Ayoub Oufkir 3 G
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Heracles Almelo and AZ has kicked off!
  • 2' What composure from Myron Boadu! The Netherlands international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 7' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 12' Heracles Almelo player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 17' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Heracles Almelo that had 233 games and scored 284 goals.
  • 21' The deadlock is broken! Mohammed Osman gets on the scoresheet on 21 minutes.
  • 23' It’s a booking for AZ player. Guus Til gets a Yellow card.
  • 28' It looks surprising Heracles Almelo does not make any changes. Albert Gudmundsson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 33' Pantelis Chatzidiakos needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 38' Robin Propper is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Heracles Almelo so far.
  • 43' AZ is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 46' AZ receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 46.
  • 46' AZ ring the changes. Mats Seuntjens has done his job and it is now time for Dorin Rotariu to step up.
  • 50' Brilliant from the ! Kristoffer Peterson makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 50.
  • 55' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Frank Wormuth will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 59' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Albert Gudmundsson is hanging Ron Vlaar on the field on 59 minute.
  • 60' Lerin Duarte doubles the advantage! 3-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 63' Another change for AZ made on 63 minute. Oussama Idrissi leaves to be changed by Bjorn Maars Johnsen.
  • 68' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 68 minutes.
  • 70' Alexander Merkel was booked on 70.
  • 75' Teun Koopmeiners, a Netherlands , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 78' A tactical swap from Heracles Almelo — Silvester van der Water on, Adrian Dalmau off on 78 minutes.
  • 83' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 84' Heracles Almelo ring the changes. Alexander Merkel has done his job and it is now time for Yoell van Nieff to step up.
  • 85' GOAL! Bjorn Maars Johnsen scores on 85. Assisted by Albert Gudmundsson
  • 86' Bart van Hintum catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 86.
  • 86' Stephen Sama has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lerin Duarte on 86 minute.
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Silvester van der Water.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Heracles Almelo to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Heracles Almelo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank Wormuth

AZ Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John van den Brom

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2 Heracles Almelo xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.68 AZ xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Heracles Almelo47% Draw23% AZ30%
Actual: Heracles Almelo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.68
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 50%
50%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

Heracles Almelo or Draw
70%
Draw or AZ
53%
Heracles Almelo or AZ
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Heracles Almelo34% Draw40% AZ26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.3%
2 – 1
8.2%
1 – 2
6.9%
2 – 2
6.8%
3 – 1
5.4%
2 – 0
5.1%
3 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
4.5%
1 – 3
3.8%
2 – 3
3.8%
0 – 0
3.8%
0 – 1
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Heracles Almelo

Handicap Heracles Almelo covers Push AZ covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 14% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 19% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 16% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Heracles Almelo keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
AZ keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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