Heerenveen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Netherlands - Eredivisie, 2 Mar 2025

📅02/03/2025 · 🕒14:15 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
23%
3.17
Draw
28%
3.18
Away
49%
2.11
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
53%
1.86
Over 2.5
47%
1.86
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.7
No
51%
2.03
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
25%
3.2
2-3 Goals
48%
1.76
4-5 Goals
19%
3.45
6+ Goals
8%
13.55
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
8%
5.2
1/2
7%
25.0
1/X
7%
13.15
X/1
8%
7.17
X/2
11%
4.94
X/X
13%
4.52
2/1
7%
34.5
2/2
31%
2.9
2/X
8%
12.4
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
24%
Home Win
28%
-4.7pp
28%
Draw
28%
-0.2pp
49%
Away Win
44%
+4.9pp
53%
Under 2.5
50%
+2.6pp
47%
Over 2.5
50%
-2.6pp
49%
BTTS Yes
55%
-6.2pp
51%
BTTS No
45%
+6.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Heerenveen EU Bookmakers 32%
Head to Head
AWAY AZ Alkmaar EU Bookmakers 48%
+2% / +3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +4% / +14%
1.45/1.22 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.55/1.14
+26% / -15% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +1% / +23%
46% Ball Possession 54%
11 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 4
285 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 370 · 79%
25.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 27.1
19.3 Crosses 16.8
1.7 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Heerenveen
0W-2D-4L
AWAY AZ Alkmaar
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 3.17
1.34 xG 2.78
45% Ball Possession 55%
13 Total Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 5
327 Passes 432
80% Pass Accuracy 83%
22 Box Touches 32
14 Crosses 19
1 Yellow Cards 3
14.09.2024 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 9-1 HT 2-1 Heerenveen Heerenveen HOL
28.01.2024 Heerenveen Heerenveen 2-2 HT 1-1 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
21.10.2023 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 3-0 HT 1-0 Heerenveen Heerenveen HOL
01.04.2023 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 1-1 HT 0-1 Heerenveen Heerenveen HOL
14.01.2023 Heerenveen Heerenveen 0-2 HT 0-1 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
22.05.2022 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 2-0 HT 1-0 Heerenveen Heerenveen HOL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Heerenveen
3-1
AWAY AZ Alkmaar
2.03 xG 1.29
42% Ball Possession 58%
10 Total Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 6
276 Passes 436
73% Pass Accuracy 82%
16 Box Touches 30
10 Crosses 13
2 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Heerenveen vs AZ Alkmaar
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Heerenveen got the better of AZ Alkmaar 3-1. Half-time: 1-0.

Our pre-match lean was AZ Alkmaar at 49%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 47% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.

On the day, Heerenveen had 42% of the ball to AZ Alkmaar's 58%, shots finished 10-10, expected goals 2.03 to 1.29.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, AZ Alkmaar led the recent series with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Heerenveen and 3.17 for AZ Alkmaar.

What was the final score of Heerenveen vs AZ Alkmaar?

Heerenveen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands - Eredivisie on 02/03/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Heerenveen vs AZ Alkmaar?

Before kick-off our model rated an AZ Alkmaar win the most likely single outcome at about 49%, with the full match-result split Heerenveen 24%, draw 28%, AZ Alkmaar 49%. The final score 3-1 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (AZ Alkmaar) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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