NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar

NEC Nijmegen

3 - 3

AZ Alkmaar

🕒 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 20:00 Europe/London 📍 Goffertstadion 🧑‍⚖️ Erwin Blank 🔁 Regular Season - 27 🏁 match finished

Season

2024-2025 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 27

Regular Season Table

NEC Nijmegen 8 · AZ Alkmaar 5

Referee Stats

Erwin Blank

10 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	50%
Draws	40%
Away wins	10%

How the match was played

Match ended level at 3-3.
NEC Nijmegen outshot their opponent (15-9).
Possession was balanced (49%-51%).

Team Overview

NEC Nijmegen (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 6-6-5

Goals For / Against

36 / 24

Avg: 2.12 / 1.41

Points

Avg: 1.41

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

AZ Alkmaar (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 8-5-4

Goals For / Against

28 / 20

Avg: 1.65 / 1.18

Points

Avg: 1.71

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Eredivisie fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.41

PPG

1.71

2.12

1.65

1.41

1.18

76%

O2.5

65%

76%

BTTS

53%

Score 1st

League-position context

NEC Nijmegen rank8th

AZ Alkmaar rank5th

NEC Nijmegen points43

AZ Alkmaar points57

NEC Nijmegen: #8 · 43 pts · GD +5

35 pts off the top 2. 0 pts above the play-off edge. 10 pts clear of the relegation zone.

AZ Alkmaar: #5 · 57 pts · GD +21

21 pts off the top 2. 14 pts above the play-off edge. 24 pts clear of the relegation zone.

14-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

NEC Nijmegen last 5 home

W D W D L

Points8/15

Weighted index67

Goals11-8

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

AZ Alkmaar last 5 away

W W L D D

Points8/15

Weighted index67

Goals11-8

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

NEC Nijmegen trend breakdown

Over 2.576%

BTTS76%

BTTS + O2.559%

1H Over 0.576%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 94% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 35%

AZ Alkmaar trend breakdown

Over 2.565%

BTTS53%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.571%

Also: Over 0.5 88% · Over 1.5 71% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 18%

Scoring reliability

NEC Nijmegen score at home100%

NEC Nijmegen clean sheet at home24%

AZ Alkmaar score away76%

AZ Alkmaar clean sheet away35%

First-goal patterns

NEC Nijmegen score first0%

NEC Nijmegen win after scoring first0%

AZ Alkmaar score first0%

AZ Alkmaar win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: NEC Nijmegen 0% · AZ Alkmaar 0%

Vs league average

NEC Nijmegen score at home2.12 vs 1.70

NEC Nijmegen concede at home1.41 vs 1.29

AZ Alkmaar score away1.65 vs 1.29

AZ Alkmaar concede away1.18 vs 1.70

NEC Nijmegen score 25% above league average, while AZ Alkmaar score 28% above league average.

Defensive side: NEC Nijmegen are 9% above league average at home, and AZ Alkmaar are 31% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.40

BTTS60%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 3.80 goals on average across the last 5.

NEC Nijmegen goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

AZ Alkmaar goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

432

459

Passes Accurate

369

390

Passes %

85%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	14
Home Wins	5
Draws	3
Away Wins	6
Over 2.5 Goals	10 (71.4%)
BTTS	9 (64.3%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	7
Home Wins	2
Draws	1
Away Wins	4
Over 2.5 Goals	7 (100.0%)
BTTS	4 (57.1%)

NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

31 Jan 2026 AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 3 28 Sep 2025 NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar 2 - 1

2024-2025 Season

29 Mar 2025 NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar 3 - 3 17 Aug 2024 AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 0

2023-2024 Season

28 Apr 2024 NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar 0 - 3 06 Dec 2023 AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 2

2022-2023 Season

21 May 2023 NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar 0 - 3 01 Sep 2022 AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 1

2021-2022 Season

06 Mar 2022 NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar 1 - 3 20 Nov 2021 AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen 1 - 1

2016-2017 Season

07 May 2017 NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar 2 - 1 28 Aug 2016 AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen 2 - 0

2015-2016 Season

30 Jan 2016 NEC Nijmegen vs AZ Alkmaar 0 - 3 01 Nov 2015 AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen 2 - 4