AZ Alkmaar have gone over 2.5 goals in 4 of 9 league games this season (44%) — 25% at home, 60% away. They've scored 20 and conceded 10, so their matches average 3.33 goals, and both teams have scored in 56% of them. Record: 6-2-1 in the Eredivisie, where the division average is 75% over 2.5.
Full AZ Alkmaar season view in the app →They are on the tighter end of the division: 44% over 2.5 against a league average of 75%, 31 points below it. That ranks them 18th of 18 for goals in their matches, 5th for scoring (2.22 a game) and 17th for goals conceded (1.11). They've kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in 9 games — a defence that shuts games down more often than the attack goes missing.
Across 9 matches with half-time data, 57% of the goals in their games have come after the break (13 before, 17 after). AZ Alkmaar themselves have scored 7 in first halves and 13 in second — a distinctly second-half team.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 44% | 44% | 56% |
| Home | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25% | 25% | 50% |
| Away | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 60% | 60% | 60% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 2–0 (2 times). Biggest win: 5–2 at home to GO Ahead Eagles (Sat 29 Aug). Heaviest defeat: 0–2 away at Feyenoord. 3 of their 9 games have produced five goals or more.
In 34 league games last season AZ Alkmaar's matches went over 2.5 goals 65% of the time. This season they're running tighter at 44%, down 20 points on 9 games.
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