Groningen travel to the AFAS Stadion to face AZ Alkmaar in round 12 of the Eredivisie. Groningen enter the match as the outsider with a 17% probability of victory, while AZ Alkmaar are the favourite.
Current Form - AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar are fifth in the league with 20 points. In their last league match, the team recorded a 0-1 loss away at Ajax. They have a record of one win, one draw, and three losses in their last five, a sequence that includes a four-match winless run.
Current Form - Groningen
Groningen are eighth in the league with 15 points. In their last league match, the team suffered a 2-3 loss at home to Sparta Rotterdam. They have recorded two wins, one draw, and two losses in their last five matches and are currently on a three-match unbeaten run away from home.
Head-to-Head Record
An average of 2.4 goals per meeting have been scored in these matches, with both teams scoring in only one of the five meetings. AZ Alkmaar recorded three wins, one draw, and one loss against Groningen across the last five matches. Groningen won 3-0 at home in the most recent meeting last season. AZ Alkmaar won their last four meetings at home against Groningen.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
AZ Alkmaar features Ro-Zangelo Daal, who has five goals, alongside Mexx Meerdink, who provides four goals and two assists. The club will be without Jizz Hornkamp, who has two goals this season, due to an injury.
Groningen is led by Brynjolfur Willumsson, who has eight goals and one assist and ranks third in the scoring charts. Thom van Bergen has seven goals and three assists at an average rating of 7.6; he has scored in four of his last five matches, averaging a match rating of 7.5 over that run. Groningen will also be without Travis Hernes.
Key Numbers
↔️ AZ Alkmaar: Expected goals (xG) 2.18 per match vs Groningen: Expected goals conceded (xGA) 2.13 per match
AZ Alkmaar
➕ Touches in opposition box: 38.7 per match (4th best, league average 27.5)
➕ Shots on target conceded: 3.0 per match (best in the league, league average 5.2)
➖ Big chance conversion: 24% (2nd worst, league average 40%)
Groningen
➖ Big chances conceded: 4.1 per match (2nd worst, league average 2.9)
➖ Errors leading to goal: 7 (most in the league, league average 3.0)
Match Notes
Ayoub Oufkir has picked up four yellow cards in his last nine appearances for AZ Alkmaar.
Betting Insights
Bookmakers assign a 62% chance to both teams scoring in this match. The over/under market places a 67% probability on the total exceeding the 2.5 goal line.
Goals implied by the odds: 3.5
These figures come from the pre-match odds a day before kickoff.
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