AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Heerenveen — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Netherlands - Eredivisie, 22 May 2025

📅22/05/2025 · 🕒19:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
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
57%
1.33
Draw
24%
4.81
Away
19%
6.69
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
2.33
Over 2.5
48%
1.54
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
1.88
No
53%
1.82
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
23%
4.72
2-3 Goals
45%
1.94
4-5 Goals
23%
2.76
6+ Goals
9%
7.34
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 4.72 — our 23% vs market 16.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
26%
1.55
1/2
6%
35.0
1/X
6%
19.8
X/1
22%
3.9
X/2
7%
17.65
X/X
8%
7.76
2/1
9%
21.4
2/2
6%
14.8
2/X
10%
22.9
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
57%
Home Win
71%
-14.0pp
24%
Draw
18%
+6.9pp
19%
Away Win
12%
+7.1pp
52%
Under 2.5
39%
+12.5pp
48%
Over 2.5
61%
-12.5pp
47%
BTTS Yes
49%
-2.6pp
53%
BTTS No
51%
+2.6pp
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 75%
Head to Head
AWAY Heerenveen EU Bookmakers 15%
-8% / -24% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / -13%
2.17/0.89 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.91/2.66
-7% / -19% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -6% / -18%
59% Ball Possession 41%
16 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 3
482 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 263 · 73%
36.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.9
20.2 Crosses 12.8
1.1 Yellow Cards 1.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME AZ Alkmaar
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Heerenveen
3.00 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
2.69 xG 1.66
54% Ball Possession 46%
16 Total Shots 13
7 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 3
412 Passes 330
82% Pass Accuracy 79%
33 Box Touches 21
18 Crosses 13
2 Yellow Cards 1
02.03.2025 Heerenveen Heerenveen 3-1 HT 1-0 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
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
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME AZ Alkmaar
4-1
AWAY Heerenveen
3.31 xG 0.55
43% Ball Possession 57%
13 Total Shots 10
8 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 1
338 Passes 467
80% Pass Accuracy 85%
32 Box Touches 27
11 Crosses 16
1 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH AZ Alkmaar vs Heerenveen
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

AZ Alkmaar swept aside Heerenveen 4-1. Half-time: 3-0. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As we said in the preview, our model had AZ Alkmaar as the likeliest winner at 57%, and the 4-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 47%.

On the day, AZ Alkmaar had 43% of the ball to Heerenveen's 57%, shots finished 13-10, expected goals 3.31 to 0.55.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, AZ Alkmaar had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 3.00 goals for AZ Alkmaar and 1.17 for Heerenveen.

What was the final score of AZ Alkmaar vs Heerenveen?

AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Heerenveen in the Netherlands - Eredivisie on 22/05/2025. 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 Heerenveen?

Before kick-off our model rated a AZ Alkmaar win the most likely single outcome at about 57%, with the full match-result split AZ Alkmaar 57%, draw 24%, Heerenveen 19%. The final score 4-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (AZ Alkmaar) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

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