AZ Alkmaar 1-2 Sparta Rotterdam — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Netherlands - Eredivisie, 26 Jan 2025

📅26/01/2025 · 🕒18:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-0 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
57%
1.53
Draw
23%
3.8
Away
20%
5.11
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
45%
1.91
Over 2.5
55%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.9
No
50%
1.81
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
3.33
2-3 Goals
40%
1.77
4-5 Goals
24%
3.34
6+ Goals
12%
12.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
30%
1.9
1/2
7%
34.5
1/X
6%
15.85
X/1
20%
3.95
X/2
6%
11.7
X/X
13%
5.47
2/1
8%
23.0
2/2
6%
9.93
2/X
4%
18.1
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
58%
Home Win
61%
-3.4pp
23%
Draw
23%
-0.0pp
20%
Away Win
16%
+3.4pp
45%
Under 2.5
48%
-3.1pp
55%
Over 2.5
52%
+3.1pp
50%
BTTS Yes
49%
+1.1pp
50%
BTTS No
51%
-1.1pp
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 65%
Head to Head
AWAY Sparta Rotterdam EU Bookmakers 20%
-5% / -13% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / +15%
2.18/1.01 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.96/1.93
+20% / -4% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -16% / +12%
56% Ball Possession 44%
15 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 5
390 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 256 · 70%
33.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 18.1
19.2 Crosses 15.6
1.3 Yellow Cards 1.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME AZ Alkmaar
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Sparta Rotterdam
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
1.57 xG 0.99
56% Ball Possession 44%
16 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
435 Passes 328
84% Pass Accuracy 79%
35 Box Touches 15
19 Crosses 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
24.11.2024 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 1-2 HT 1-1 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
02.03.2024 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 HT 0-1 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
17.09.2023 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 2-0 HT 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam HOL
08.04.2023 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 0-1 HT 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam HOL
14.08.2022 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 2-3 HT 1-1 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
30.04.2022 Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 HT 0-0 AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar HOL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME AZ Alkmaar
1-2
AWAY Sparta Rotterdam
1.10 xG 0.87
63% Ball Possession 37%
21 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 3
544 Passes 289
86% Pass Accuracy 79%
45 Box Touches 19
17 Crosses 10
1 Yellow Cards 5
POST-MATCH AZ Alkmaar vs Sparta Rotterdam
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sparta Rotterdam nicked a narrow win over AZ Alkmaar 2-1 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

By our pre-match numbers this was an upset: we had AZ Alkmaar at 58% and the game still went the other way. Single results are noisy — probabilities earn their keep across thousands of matches, not one. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (55%) came in.

On the day, AZ Alkmaar had 63% of the ball to Sparta Rotterdam's 37%, shots finished 21-11, expected goals 1.10 to 0.87.

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 1.50 goals for AZ Alkmaar and 1.00 for Sparta Rotterdam.

What was the final score of AZ Alkmaar vs Sparta Rotterdam?

AZ Alkmaar 1-2 Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands - Eredivisie on 26/01/2025. 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 Sparta Rotterdam?

Before kick-off our model rated a AZ Alkmaar win the most likely single outcome at about 58%, with the full match-result split AZ Alkmaar 58%, draw 23%, Sparta Rotterdam 20%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5 — while Match Result (AZ Alkmaar) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (AZ Alkmaar) ✓ Over 2.5
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