Football tips: FC Utrecht vs AZ Alkmaar - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

A new Eredivisie season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for FC Utrecht and AZ Alkmaar. Bring it on!

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FC Utrecht form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Utrecht friendly games in pre-season: FC Utrecht played four friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that FC Utrecht scored 7 goals and conceded 11 in these four games.

Last season, FC Utrecht's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 25 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season FC Utrecht managed 8-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 12 conceded.

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AZ Alkmaar form and stats

Just as the home team, Alkmaar have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 AZ Alkmaar win, 0 draws and 3 losses.

Let's have a look at how AZ Alkmaar performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 22/9 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht-AZ Alkmaar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Utrecht four wins, AZ Alkmaar five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht AZ Alkmaar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
FC Utrecht Last season AZ Alkmaar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
12 8   Won W   8 18
5 0   Drew D   1 2
8 4   Lost L   3 5
50 30   Scored S   22 54
34 12   Conceded C   9 17
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 84%
72% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 60%
40% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 28%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
68% 50%   BTTS BTTS   25% 24%
20% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   58% 68%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   17% 12%
 
5.9 7.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 6.4
4.4 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.5
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.3
3 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
368 193   Total Shots T S   137 362
118 58   Shots on Target S O   63 138
42% 52%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ADO Den Haag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Emmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 VVV-Venlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ Alkmaar 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ADO Den Haag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Emmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 VVV-Venlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.