AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Ajax — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Netherlands - Eredivisie, 8 Dec 2024

📅08/12/2024 · 🕒16:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 2-1
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
36%
2.46
Draw
25%
3.35
Away
39%
2.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
40%
2.18
Over 2.5
60%
1.62
Both Teams to Score
Yes
57%
1.53
No
43%
2.33
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
23%
4.39
2-3 Goals
35%
1.9
4-5 Goals
29%
3.0
6+ Goals
13%
9.02
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
12%
3.98
1/2
7%
29.0
1/X
7%
13.95
X/1
14%
6.58
X/2
11%
6.47
X/X
11%
5.76
2/1 EV+ ✗
10%
29.5
2/2
21%
3.9
2/X
7%
13.95
Value flag · 2/1 at 29.5 — our 10% vs market 2.1%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
37%
Home Win
37%
-0.3pp
25%
Draw
26%
-1.6pp
39%
Away Win
37%
+2.0pp
40%
Under 2.5
42%
-1.7pp
60%
Over 2.5
58%
+1.7pp
57%
BTTS Yes
61%
-4.5pp
43%
BTTS No
39%
+4.5pp
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 AZ Alkmaar EU Bookmakers 41%
Head to Head
AWAY Ajax EU Bookmakers 40%
+1% / +2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / -11%
1.28/1.49 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.81/1.71
+1% / -15% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +11% / -34%
53% Ball Possession 47%
14 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 4
370 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 314 · 79%
20.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 27.2
12.7 Crosses 20.3
2.5 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME AZ Alkmaar
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Ajax
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
1.21 xG 1.49
41% Ball Possession 59%
10 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 5
322 Passes 487
79% Pass Accuracy 85%
19 Box Touches 31
11 Crosses 18
2 Yellow Cards 1
25.02.2024 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 2-0 HT 1-0 Ajax Ajax HOL
08.10.2023 Ajax Ajax 1-2 HT 0-1 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
06.05.2023 Ajax Ajax 0-0 HT 0-0 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
18.09.2022 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 2-1 HT 2-1 Ajax Ajax HOL
08.05.2022 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 2-2 HT 0-1 Ajax Ajax HOL
03.03.2022 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 0-2 HT 0-1 Ajax Ajax HOK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME AZ Alkmaar
2-1
AWAY Ajax
2.02 xG 0.28
43% Ball Possession 57%
12 Total Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
307 Passes 463
76% Pass Accuracy 88%
20 Box Touches 24
14 Crosses 23
1 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH AZ Alkmaar vs Ajax
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

AZ Alkmaar squeezed past Ajax 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match split (37% / 25% / 39%) promised a tight game; AZ Alkmaar found the edge the numbers couldn't. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (60%), both teams to score (57%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, AZ Alkmaar had 43% of the ball to Ajax's 57%, shots finished 12-7, expected goals 2.02 to 0.28 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold AZ Alkmaar's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, AZ Alkmaar had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for AZ Alkmaar and 1.00 for Ajax.

What was the final score of AZ Alkmaar vs Ajax?

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Ajax in the Netherlands - Eredivisie on 08/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for AZ Alkmaar vs Ajax?

Before kick-off our model rated an Ajax win the most likely single outcome at about 39%, with the full match-result split AZ Alkmaar 37%, draw 25%, Ajax 39%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Ajax) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Ajax) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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