AZ Alkmaar are tipped to win the match against Groningen, with the model favouring a home victory. The odds lean 50% for a win, 25% for a draw and 25% for an away win, so the home side is the clear favourite. The average number of goals expected is three, and the most likely total is two goals, with a 23% chance. The single scoreline the model deems most probable is 1-1, which carries a 11.8% probability. AZ’s home form shows they average 1.67 goals scored and 1.11 conceded against weaker opposition, while Groningen’s away record against stronger teams is 0.0 goals scored and 2.0 conceded. The model’s selection list includes an Over 1.5 goal pick with an 81.4% probability. The final score of 4-1 confirms the home win prediction. The recent form narrative is that AZ are on a four-game winning run after a 5-2 victory over GO Ahead Eagles, whereas Groningen have returned to the table after two straight defeats, losing 2-3 to Fortuna Sittard.
Results analysis
The match saw AZ Alkmaar extend their four-game winning streak, securing a 4-1 victory over Groningen. The model’s favourite, a Home win, was correct, with a 50% pre-match probability. The predicted 2-goal total missed, but the single suggested pick, Over 1.5, hit with an 81.4% chance. The final score matched the actual result, confirming the home side’s dominance. AZ’s strong home form, averaging 1.67 goals scored and 1.11 conceded, contrasted with Groningen’s away struggles, scoring none and conceding twice on average. The model’s selections largely came through, underscoring its accuracy in this fixture.
🎯 1. Model Analysis
AZ Alkmaar win✓ Hit
50.2%
Avg Implied -
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.
Draw✗ Miss
25.2%
Avg Implied -
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.
Groningen win✗ Miss
24.5%
Avg Implied -
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.
⚽ 2. Goal Analysis
AZ Alkmaar
Last 10 – goals for & against
Avg total
3.5
Avg scored
2.1
Avg conceded
1.4
Split
Total Scored
Total Conceded
Home Scored
Home Conceded
Away Scored
Away Conceded
Avg goals/game
1.78
1.48
1.75
1.42
1.82
1.55
vs Stronger (1)
0.00
3.00
-
-
0.00
3.00
vs Similar (4)
1.75
2.50
2.00
2.33
1.00
3.00
vs Weaker (18)
1.89
1.17
1.67
1.11
2.11
1.22
Clean sheet %
22% (-2pp vs league)
This opponent (Groningen) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Groningen
Last 10 – goals for & against
Avg total
2.4
Avg scored
1.2
Avg conceded
1.2
Split
Total Scored
Total Conceded
Home Scored
Home Conceded
Away Scored
Away Conceded
Avg goals/game
1.26
1.30
1.58
0.92
0.91
1.73
vs Stronger (7)
0.71
1.86
1.25
1.75
0.00
2.00
vs Similar (15)
1.47
1.07
1.71
0.43
1.25
1.62
vs Weaker (1)
2.00
1.00
2.00
1.00
-
-
Clean sheet %
26% (+2pp vs league)
This opponent (AZ Alkmaar) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Total goals distribution
The model estimates around 3.0 goals in this match; the single most likely total is 2 (23%).
Over/Under 1.5Actual: Over
Over 1.5
81.4%
Under 1.5
18.6%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Over/Under 2.5Actual: Over
Over 2.5
58.0%
Under 2.5
42.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Over/Under 3.5Actual: Over
Over 3.5
35.6%
Under 3.5
64.4%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Both teams to scoreActual: Yes
Yes
59.7%
No
40.3%
Best 5 market prices
Yes
No market prices yet.
No
No market prices yet.
Correct score
Top 8 scorelines with probability, best odds and edge (left); the full probability grid (right).
1-1
11.8%
2-1
9.7%
2-0
8.0%
1-0
7.8%
1-2
6.5%
0-0
6.0%
2-2
5.9%
3-1
5.8%
AZ Alkmaar goals ↓
Groningen goals →
0
1
2
3
4
0
6.0%
4.9%
3.6%
1.5%
0.4%
1
7.8%
12%
6.5%
2.6%
0.8%
2
8.0%
9.7%
5.9%
2.4%
0.7%
3
4.8%
5.8%
3.5%
1.4%
0.4%
4
2.2%
2.6%
1.6%
0.6%
0.2%
Each cell is the % chance of that exact scoreline. Rows = AZ Alkmaar goals (down), columns = Groningen goals (across).
💪 3. Team Strengths Analysis
🏆 Total PPG
Points / game
PSV Eindhoven
2.47
Ajax
2.41
Feyenoord
1.85
AZ Alkmaar
1.74
Utrecht
1.56
Heracles
1.50
Groningen
1.47
PEC Zwolle
1.41
Vitesse
1.35
NEC Nijmegen
1.35
Den Haag
1.26
Twente
1.26
Heerenveen
1.24
Roda
1.00
Excelsior
0.88
Willem II
0.85
De Graafschap
0.68
Cambuur
0.53
AZ Alkmaar is 0.26 points better than Groningen in terms of average points per game (1.74 vs 1.47).
⚔️ Attack
Goals scored / game
PSV Eindhoven
2.59
Ajax
2.38
AZ Alkmaar
2.06
Feyenoord
1.82
Utrecht
1.68
PEC Zwolle
1.65
Vitesse
1.62
Twente
1.44
Den Haag
1.41
Heracles
1.38
Heerenveen
1.35
Groningen
1.21
De Graafschap
1.15
NEC Nijmegen
1.09
Willem II
1.03
Roda
1.00
Excelsior
1.00
Cambuur
0.97
AZ Alkmaar is 0.85 goals better than Groningen in terms of goals scored per game (2.06 vs 1.21).
🛡️ Defense
Conceded / game · lower better
Ajax
0.62
PSV Eindhoven
0.94
Vitesse
1.12
Feyenoord
1.18
NEC Nijmegen
1.24
Groningen
1.41
Utrecht
1.41
Heracles
1.44
Den Haag
1.44
AZ Alkmaar
1.56
Willem II
1.56
PEC Zwolle
1.59
Roda
1.62
Excelsior
1.76
Heerenveen
1.79
Twente
1.88
De Graafschap
1.94
Cambuur
2.32
AZ Alkmaar is 0.15 goals worse than Groningen in terms of goals conceded per game (1.56 vs 1.41).
⏱️ Possession
Not available for this league.
Not enough data to compare these two teams.
🎲 4. Props Analysis
AZ Alkmaar
🚩 Corners
No recent corners data for this league.
🟨 Cards
No recent cards data for this league.
⚠️ Fouls
No recent fouls data for this league.
Groningen
🚩 Corners
No recent corners data for this league.
🟨 Cards
No recent cards data for this league.
⚠️ Fouls
No recent fouls data for this league.
AZ Alkmaar
Split
Corners
Cards
Fouls
Tot
Hme
Awy
Tot
Hme
Awy
Tot
Hme
Awy
Overall (23)
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
vs Stronger (1)
-
-
-
0.0
-
0.0
-
-
-
vs Similar (4)
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
vs Weaker (18)
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
% over line
-
-
-
0%
0%
0%
-
-
-
% under line
-
-
-
100%
100%
100%
-
-
-
This opponent (Groningen) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Groningen
Split
Corners
Cards
Fouls
Tot
Hme
Awy
Tot
Hme
Awy
Tot
Hme
Awy
Overall (23)
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
vs Stronger (7)
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
vs Similar (15)
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
vs Weaker (1)
-
-
-
0.0
0.0
-
-
-
-
% over line
-
-
-
0%
0%
0%
-
-
-
% under line
-
-
-
100%
100%
100%
-
-
-
This opponent (AZ Alkmaar) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
🚩 Total Corners
Not collected for this league yet.
🟨 Total Cards
Not collected for this league yet.
⚠️ Total Fouls
Not collected for this league yet.
Corners O/U 9.5
Over 9.5
0.0%
Under 9.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Cards O/U 3.5
Over 3.5
0.0%
Under 3.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Fouls O/U 21.5
Over 21.5
0.0%
Under 21.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
🔀 5. Double Chance
Double Chance
Two of the three results in one selection. The probability is the sum of those outcomes from the model above, so any edge here is the market pricing the combination out of line with its own 1X2.
🥅 6. Home & Away Over/Under
⚖️ 7. Handicap
⏱️ 8. Half Time Goals O/U
AZ Alkmaar
Half Time · Last 10 – goals for & against
Avg total
2.0
Avg scored
1.2
Avg conceded
0.8
Split
Total Scored
Total Conceded
Home Scored
Home Conceded
Away Scored
Away Conceded
Avg goals/game
0.91
0.87
0.92
0.75
0.91
1.00
vs Stronger (1)
0.00
3.00
-
-
0.00
3.00
vs Similar (4)
1.00
1.25
1.00
1.33
1.00
1.00
vs Weaker (18)
0.94
0.67
0.89
0.56
1.00
0.78
Clean sheet %
43% (+19pp vs league)
This opponent (Groningen) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Groningen
Half Time · Last 10 – goals for & against
Avg total
0.9
Avg scored
0.5
Avg conceded
0.4
Split
Total Scored
Total Conceded
Home Scored
Home Conceded
Away Scored
Away Conceded
Avg goals/game
0.57
0.48
0.75
0.25
0.36
0.73
vs Stronger (7)
0.43
0.57
0.75
0.25
0.00
1.00
vs Similar (15)
0.67
0.40
0.86
0.14
0.50
0.62
vs Weaker (1)
0.00
1.00
0.00
1.00
-
-
Clean sheet %
57% (+33pp vs league)
This opponent (AZ Alkmaar) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Half Time Over/Under 0.5Actual: Over
Over 0.5
0.0%
Under 0.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Half Time Over/Under 1.5Actual: Over
Over 1.5
0.0%
Under 1.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Half Time Over/Under 2.5Actual: Under
Over 2.5
0.0%
Under 2.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
🥅 9. Half Time Home & Away O/U
How many goals each side scores in the first half on its own. Each line is modelled directly from that team's half-time goals rather than read off a scoreline grid, so unlike the full-time version the two sides need not sum exactly to the half-time match total.
AZ Alkmaar over/under 0.5 HTActual: Over
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
AZ Alkmaar over/under 1.5 HTActual: Over
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
AZ Alkmaar over/under 2.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Groningen over/under 0.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Groningen over/under 1.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Groningen over/under 2.5 HTActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
⏱️ 10. Second Half Goals O/U
AZ Alkmaar
Second Half · Last 10 – goals for & against
Avg total
1.5
Avg scored
0.9
Avg conceded
0.6
Split
Total Scored
Total Conceded
Home Scored
Home Conceded
Away Scored
Away Conceded
Avg goals/game
0.87
0.61
0.83
0.67
0.91
0.55
vs Stronger (1)
0.00
0.00
-
-
0.00
0.00
vs Similar (4)
0.75
1.25
1.00
1.00
0.00
2.00
vs Weaker (18)
0.94
0.50
0.78
0.56
1.11
0.44
Clean sheet %
57% (+33pp vs league)
This opponent (Groningen) is Weaker. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Groningen
Second Half · Last 10 – goals for & against
Avg total
1.5
Avg scored
0.7
Avg conceded
0.8
Split
Total Scored
Total Conceded
Home Scored
Home Conceded
Away Scored
Away Conceded
Avg goals/game
0.70
0.83
0.83
0.67
0.55
1.00
vs Stronger (7)
0.29
1.29
0.50
1.50
0.00
1.00
vs Similar (15)
0.80
0.67
0.86
0.29
0.75
1.00
vs Weaker (1)
2.00
0.00
2.00
0.00
-
-
Clean sheet %
43% (+19pp vs league)
This opponent (AZ Alkmaar) is Stronger. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.
Second Half Over/Under 0.5Actual: Over
Over 0.5
0.0%
Under 0.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Second Half Over/Under 1.5Actual: Over
Over 1.5
0.0%
Under 1.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Second Half Over/Under 2.5Actual: Over
Over 2.5
0.0%
Under 2.5
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
🥅 11. Second Half Home & Away O/U
How many goals each side scores in the second half on its own. Each line is modelled directly from that team's second-half goals rather than read off a scoreline grid, so unlike the full-time version the two sides need not sum exactly to the second-half match total.
AZ Alkmaar over/under 0.5 2HActual: Over
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
AZ Alkmaar over/under 1.5 2HActual: Over
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
AZ Alkmaar over/under 2.5 2HActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Groningen over/under 0.5 2HActual: Over
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Groningen over/under 1.5 2HActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Groningen over/under 2.5 2HActual: Under
Over
0.0%
Under
0.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
🔥 12. Top picks for this game
Every selection Pythia rates above 70%, ordered by probability. Use Min odds to match the prices you want: slide down for near-certainties at short prices, up for longer prices. Unpriced picks are ranked on the model's fair odds. Edge defaults to Yes, showing only selections priced BELOW what the model makes them; switch to All to include the rest, and picks we hold no price for. The five columns are the best market prices (highest first) for each pick; edge is vs the average. Result grades each pick against the final score.
Min odds1.20
Edge
Pick
Probability
Avg odds
Best 1
Best 2
Best 3
Best 4
Best 5
Edge
Result
Over 1.5
81.4%
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
✓ Hit
No picks at these odds - lower the slider to see shorter-priced selections.
🎽 13. Player market rates
AZ Alkmaar · 2026/27
Anytime goalscorer
Matches in which the player scored
Ro-Zangelo Daal50%
Calvin Stengs25%
Peer Koopmeiners25%
Weslley Patati25%
Lewis Schouten25%
Dave Kwakman25%
Mexx Meerdink25%
Mateo Chávez25%
Ayoub Oufkir25%
Jari De Busser0%
Seiya Maikuma0%
Wouter Goes0%
Elijah Dijkstra0%
Kees Smit0%
To be booked (yellow)
Matches in which the player was booked
Weslley Patati25%
Mateo Chávez25%
Ayoub Oufkir25%
Jari De Busser0%
Calvin Stengs0%
Peer Koopmeiners0%
Seiya Maikuma0%
Wouter Goes0%
Ro-Zangelo Daal0%
Lewis Schouten0%
Dave Kwakman0%
Mexx Meerdink0%
Elijah Dijkstra0%
Kees Smit0%
Anytime assist
Matches in which the player assisted
Calvin Stengs50%
Kees Smit50%
Mateo Chávez50%
Dave Kwakman25%
Jari De Busser0%
Peer Koopmeiners0%
Seiya Maikuma0%
Weslley Patati0%
Wouter Goes0%
Ro-Zangelo Daal0%
Lewis Schouten0%
Mexx Meerdink0%
Elijah Dijkstra0%
Ayoub Oufkir0%
Over 2.5 shots
Matches with 3+ shots taken
Weslley Patati50%
Dave Kwakman50%
Mexx Meerdink50%
Peer Koopmeiners25%
Ro-Zangelo Daal25%
Jari De Busser0%
Calvin Stengs0%
Seiya Maikuma0%
Wouter Goes0%
Lewis Schouten0%
Elijah Dijkstra0%
Kees Smit0%
Mateo Chávez0%
Ayoub Oufkir0%
Groningen · 2026/27
Anytime goalscorer
Matches in which the player scored
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson75%
Thom van Bergen50%
David van der Werff50%
Etienne Vaessen0%
Pelle Clement0%
Jacob Ondrejka0%
Thijmen Blokzijl0%
Tika de Jonge0%
Márk Csinger0%
Travis Hernes0%
Jorg Schreuders0%
Tygo Land0%
Wouter Prins0%
Elvis Van der Laan0%
To be booked (yellow)
Matches in which the player was booked
Jacob Ondrejka33%
Márk Csinger33%
Etienne Vaessen25%
Travis Hernes25%
David van der Werff25%
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson0%
Pelle Clement0%
Thijmen Blokzijl0%
Tika de Jonge0%
Thom van Bergen0%
Jorg Schreuders0%
Tygo Land0%
Wouter Prins0%
Elvis Van der Laan0%
Anytime assist
Matches in which the player assisted
Thom van Bergen50%
Etienne Vaessen25%
Jorg Schreuders25%
Tygo Land25%
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson0%
Pelle Clement0%
Jacob Ondrejka0%
Thijmen Blokzijl0%
Tika de Jonge0%
Márk Csinger0%
Travis Hernes0%
Wouter Prins0%
David van der Werff0%
Elvis Van der Laan0%
Over 2.5 shots
Matches with 3+ shots taken
Thom van Bergen75%
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson25%
Tika de Jonge25%
David van der Werff25%
Etienne Vaessen0%
Pelle Clement0%
Jacob Ondrejka0%
Thijmen Blokzijl0%
Márk Csinger0%
Travis Hernes0%
Jorg Schreuders0%
Tygo Land0%
Wouter Prins0%
Elvis Van der Laan0%
Players with at least 3 appearances, top 10 per market – scroll each card for the rest. These are shares of matches played, which is how these markets settle, not per-90 rates.
💰 14. Squad value
💰 Total value
Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (29)
€280m
FEY (30)
€229m
AJA (26)
€173m
AA (32)
€136m
TWE (32)
€87m
UTR (26)
€61m
NN (29)
€54m
HEE (21)
€50m
GRO (24)
€32m
PZ (23)
€21m
EXC (24)
€16m
WI (24)
€13m
CAM (24)
€12m
HER (28)
€8m
ROD (17)
€8m
VIT (23)
€7m
DG (21)
€6m
AZ Alkmaar's squad is €104m more valuable than Groningen's (€136m vs €32m).
⚔️ Attack
Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (11)
€106m
AJA (11)
€95m
FEY (11)
€93m
AA (13)
€61m
TWE (12)
€34m
UTR (10)
€33m
HEE (9)
€24m
NN (11)
€22m
GRO (7)
€12m
PZ (8)
€8m
EXC (9)
€7m
WI (8)
€4m
ROD (7)
€4m
VIT (9)
€4m
HER (13)
€4m
CAM (10)
€3m
DG (8)
€2m
AZ Alkmaar's attack is €49m more valuable than Groningen's (€61m vs €12m).
🧠 Midfield
Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (5)
€60m
FEY (4)
€43m
AA (4)
€21m
AJA (3)
€15m
UTR (6)
€14m
TWE (5)
€13m
HEE (2)
€6m
GRO (5)
€6m
NN (5)
€5m
PZ (5)
€4m
WI (4)
€4m
EXC (4)
€3m
DG (5)
€2m
ROD (4)
€2m
HER (4)
€1m
CAM (4)
€1m
VIT (3)
€1m
AZ Alkmaar's midfield is €16m more valuable than Groningen's (€21m vs €6m).
🛡️ Defence
Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
PE (13)
€115m
FEY (15)
€93m
AJA (12)
€63m
AA (15)
€54m
TWE (15)
€39m
NN (13)
€26m
HEE (10)
€20m
UTR (10)
€15m
GRO (12)
€14m
PZ (10)
€10m
CAM (10)
€8m
EXC (11)
€6m
WI (12)
€5m
HER (11)
€3m
DG (8)
€2m
VIT (11)
€2m
ROD (6)
€2m
AZ Alkmaar's defence is €39m more valuable than Groningen's (€54m vs €14m).
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PSV Eindhoven
Ajax
Feyenoord
Utrecht
Heracles
PEC Zwolle
Vitesse
NEC Nijmegen
Twente
Heerenveen
Roda
Excelsior
Willem II
De Graafschap
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