NEC vs AZ, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2025-26

NEC

2 – 1

Full Time

Sun 28 Sep 2025 · 10:15 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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NEC vs AZ — Eredivisie .

NEC 12 games · 14 pts (2026/27)
AZ 12 games · 23 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Van der Eijk

10 games this season 🟨 4.4/game ⚽ 14.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

NEC 10 games · Avg 3.1 goals AZ

Last 5 meetings

2025-09-28 NEC 2–1 AZ 2025-03-29 NEC 3–3 AZ 2024-08-17 AZ 1–0 NEC 2024-04-28 NEC 0–3 AZ 2023-12-06 AZ 1–2 NEC

Recent Form

NEC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	AZ	H	2–1	W
21 Sep	SC Heerenveen	A	2–3	L
13 Sep	PSV	H	3–5	L
31 Aug	Fortuna Sittard	A	2–3	L
24 Aug	NAC Breda	H	3–0	W
16 Aug	Heracles Almelo	A	4–1	W

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Sep	NEC	A	1–2	L
24 Sep	PEC Zwolle	H	2–2	D
21 Sep	Feyenoord Rotterdam	H	3–3	D
14 Sep	Heracles Almelo	A	2–1	W
31 Aug	NAC Breda	A	1–0	W
17 Aug	FC Volendam	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

NEC		AZ
#11	Position	#5
14	Points	23
12	Played	12
3 / 5 / 4	W / D / L	7 / 2 / 3
20	Scored	24
21	Conceded	16
-1	GD	+8
1.17	PPG	1.92
25%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
NEC this season

25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

NEC are 11th (14 pts). AZ are 5th (23 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

NEC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

4/4

61-75

3/5

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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)

NEC

Tjaronn Chery	4 G	2 A
Kaj Sierhuis	2 G
Adam Tahauia	2 G
Bryan Linssen	1 G

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' What a night it is going to be! NEC welcome AZ for this crunch clash at .
NEC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

NEC Lineups

AZ Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jesper Karlsson	7
Jordy Bruijn	2
Ernest Poku	2
Hakon Evjen	2
Rodrigo Guth	2
Vito van Crooij	2
Vangelis Pavlidis	2
Zakaria Aboukhlal	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.56 NEC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.78 AZ xG

I would bet for: NEC or AZ 75% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

NEC38% Draw25% AZ37%

Actual: NEC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

NEC or Draw

63%

Draw or AZ

62%

NEC or AZ

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

NEC26% Draw42% AZ32%

Actual: NEC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

1 – 2

8.4%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.5%

0 – 1

5.6%

0 – 2

5.6%

0 – 0

1 – 3

1 – 0

4.8%

2 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

3.9%

3 – 1