Athletic Bilbao 2-0 AZ Alkmaar — Result, Statistics & Match Review — UEFA Europa League, 3 Oct 2024

📅03/10/2024 · 🕒22:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 1-2
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
48%
1.57
Draw
25%
3.72
Away
27%
4.85
Under/Over 2.5
Under
45%
1.91
Over Pick
55%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.85
No
49%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1
24%
3.5
2-3
41%
1.8
4-5
25%
3.41
6+
10%
12.8
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
25%
2.0
1/2
6%
34.5
1/X
6%
15.75
X/1
14%
3.78
X/2
9%
11.0
X/X
12%
5.33
2/1
9%
23.6
2/2
12%
8.79
2/X
7%
16.65
Value flag · 2/1 at 23.6 — our 9% vs market 1.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Over 2.5 — 55%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our Pick is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Home Win Over 2.5 — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
48%
Home Win
59%
-11.6pp
25%
Draw
23%
+1.6pp
27%
Away Win
17%
+10.0pp
45%
Under 2.5
48%
-3.6pp
55%
Over 2.5
52%
+3.6pp
51%
BTTS Yes
50%
+1.2pp
49%
BTTS No
50%
-1.2pp
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 Athletic Bilbao EU Bookmakers 64%
Head to Head
AWAY AZ Alkmaar EU Bookmakers 21%
+2% / +8% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -7% / -11%
1.71/0.92 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.84/2.83
-7% / -29% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -70% / -12%
55% Ball Possession 45%
14 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 3
362 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 290 · 74%
25.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.3
29.1 Crosses 13.1
2.4 Yellow Cards 2.1
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Athletic Bilbao
0W-1D-1L
AWAY AZ Alkmaar
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
58% Ball Possession 42%
14 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 6
8 Corners 2
392 Passes 236
76% Pass Accuracy 66%
10.12.2015 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao 2-2 HT 1-1 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar AVL
01.10.2015 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 2-1 HT 0-0 Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao AVL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Athletic Bilbao
2-0
AWAY AZ Alkmaar
1.42 xG 0.37
55% Ball Possession 45%
17 Total Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 1
444 Passes 344
84% Pass Accuracy 78%
28 Box Touches 7
26 Crosses 10
1 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Athletic Bilbao vs AZ Alkmaar
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Athletic Bilbao beat AZ Alkmaar 2-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Athletic Bilbao as the likeliest winner at 48%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead. The goals read — over 2.5 goals (55%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Athletic Bilbao had 55% of the ball to AZ Alkmaar's 45%, shots finished 17-5, expected goals 1.42 to 0.37.

Coming into the game, across their last 2 meetings in our records, AZ Alkmaar led the recent series with 1 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Athletic Bilbao and 2.00 for AZ Alkmaar.

What was the final score of Athletic Bilbao vs AZ Alkmaar?

Athletic Bilbao 2-0 AZ Alkmaar in the UEFA Europa League on 03/10/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Athletic Bilbao vs AZ Alkmaar?

Before kick-off our model rated a Athletic Bilbao win the most likely single outcome at about 48%, with the full match-result split Athletic Bilbao 48%, draw 25%, AZ Alkmaar 27%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Athletic Bilbao) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Athletic Bilbao) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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