AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Groningen — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Netherlands - KNVB Cup, 18 Dec 2024

📅18/12/2024 · 🕒23:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
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
47%
1.42
Draw
26%
4.49
Away
27%
6.38
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
53%
2.15
Over 2.5
47%
1.64
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.9
No
49%
1.81
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
28%
4.21
2-3 Goals
37%
1.88
4-5 Goals
24%
3.07
6+ Goals
11%
9.63
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
21%
1.7
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
6%
19.55
X/1
16%
3.56
X/2
7%
14.95
X/X
9%
6.77
2/1
10%
22.55
2/2
13%
11.85
2/X EV+ ✗
11%
20.2
Value flag · 2/X at 20.2 — our 11% vs market 2.5%. 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
47%
Home Win
67%
-20.0pp
26%
Draw
20%
+6.2pp
27%
Away Win
13%
+13.9pp
53%
Under 2.5
43%
+10.0pp
47%
Over 2.5
57%
-10.0pp
51%
BTTS Yes
49%
+2.3pp
49%
BTTS No
51%
-2.3pp
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 70%
Head to Head
AWAY Groningen EU Bookmakers 16%
+2% / +2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -9% / -9%
2.83/0.72 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.24/2.99
+10% / +116% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -4% / +56%
51% Ball Possession 49%
13 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
372 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 337 · 79%
35.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 5.0
21.8 Crosses 11.0
0.8 Yellow Cards 3.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME AZ Alkmaar
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Groningen
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.21 xG 0.61
61% Ball Possession 39%
14 Total Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 2
497 Passes 282
83% Pass Accuracy 74%
25 Box Touches 12
19 Crosses 11
1 Yellow Cards 2
25.08.2024 Groningen Groningen 0-0 HT 0-0 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
11.03.2023 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 1-0 HT 1-0 Groningen Groningen HOL
01.10.2022 Groningen Groningen 1-4 HT 1-2 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
21.12.2021 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 1-0 HT 0-0 Groningen Groningen HOL
24.10.2021 Groningen Groningen 2-0 HT 1-0 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
13.05.2021 Groningen Groningen 0-0 HT 0-0 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME AZ Alkmaar
3-1
AWAY Groningen
3.00 xG 1.56
56% Ball Possession 44%
22 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
460 Passes 339
83% Pass Accuracy 77%
39 Box Touches 14
7 Crosses 8
POST-MATCH AZ Alkmaar vs Groningen
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

AZ Alkmaar got the better of Groningen 3-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had AZ Alkmaar as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 47% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, AZ Alkmaar had 56% of the ball to Groningen's 44%, shots finished 22-11, expected goals 3.00 to 1.56.

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 1.00 goals for AZ Alkmaar and 0.50 for Groningen.

What was the final score of AZ Alkmaar vs Groningen?

AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Groningen in the Netherlands - KNVB Cup on 18/12/2024. 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 Groningen?

Before kick-off our model rated a AZ Alkmaar win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split AZ Alkmaar 47%, draw 26%, Groningen 27%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (AZ Alkmaar), BTTS Yes — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (AZ Alkmaar) ✗ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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