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Saturday, 10/10/2026 at 18:45

6d 17h to kick-off
Match preview · Eredivisie

Feyenoord – AZ Alkmaar

Feyenoord 2nd in Eredivisie Home 1.72 projected goals by the model
AZ Alkmaar 1st in Eredivisie Away 1.20 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Best odds updated 10 October, 12:00

What the model expects

expected goals
1.72 1.20
Feyenoord AZ Alkmaar
Feyenoord
48%
Draw
28%
AZ Alkmaar
24%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Feyenoord Draw AZ Alkmaar
Fair odds 2.08 3.59 4.17
Total goals
2.92
Over 2.5 goals
58%
Both teams to score
63%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

The model sees an edge in 6 outcomes.

  • Feyenoord

    Model
    48.2%
    Market, margin removed
    51.6%
    Probability gap
    −3.4 pp
    Edge
    −13.3%
    Fair odds
    2.08
    Market odds
    1.80 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    2.18
    Bookmaker margin
    7.7%
  • Draw

    Model
    27.9%
    Market, margin removed
    22.6%
    Probability gap
    +5.2 pp
    Edge
    +14.2%
    Fair odds
    3.59
    Market odds
    4.10 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.77
    Bookmaker margin
    7.7%
  • AZ Alkmaar

    Model
    24.0%
    Market, margin removed
    25.8%
    Probability gap
    −1.8 pp
    Edge
    −13.7%
    Fair odds
    4.17
    Market odds
    3.60 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    4.38
    Bookmaker margin
    7.7%

Best opportunity

Feyenoord at most 1 goal

odds · Bet365 2.25 value +5.7%

Model 47.0% vs. bookmaker 41.1%, margin removed.

Markets 6 / 17

Match result

Draw model 27.9% · book 22.6% (no margin) +14.2% 4.10 fair 3.59
Worth playing

No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).

Feyenoord to win model 48.2% · book 51.6% (no margin) -13.3% 1.80 fair 2.08
Stay away
AZ Alkmaar to win model 24.0% · book 25.8% (no margin) -13.7% 3.60 fair 4.17
Stay away

Goals

Under 2.5 goals model 42.4% · book 34.8% (no margin) +14.5% 2.70 fair 2.36
Worth playing

No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).

Under 1.5 goals model 17.1% · book 15.8% (no margin) +2.9% 6.00 fair 5.83
Marginal

No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).

Over 1.5 goals model 82.9% · book 84.2% (no margin) -6.8% 1.13 fair 1.21
Not worth it
Over 2.5 goals model 57.6% · book 65.2% (no margin) -16.8% 1.44 fair 1.74
Stay away

Both teams to score

Both teams not to score model 36.9% · book 35.5% (no margin) -3.2% 2.63 fair 2.71
Not worth it
Both teams to score model 63.1% · book 64.5% (no margin) -8.9% 1.44 fair 1.58
Not worth it

Goals by team

Feyenoord at most 1 goal model 47.0% · book 41.1% (no margin) +5.7% 2.25 fair 2.13
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +3.62%.

AZ Alkmaar at most 1 goal model 65.6% · book 58.9% (no margin) +3.1% 1.57 fair 1.52
Marginal

Measured model skill on this market: +2.61%.

Feyenoord not to score model 15.5% · book 14.6% (no margin) +0.7% 6.50 fair 6.46
Marginal

Measured model skill on this market: +3.77%.

AZ Alkmaar not to score model 27.2% · book 26.9% (no margin) -4.9% 3.50 fair 3.68
Not worth it
Feyenoord to score model 84.5% · book 85.4% (no margin) -6.1% 1.11 fair 1.18
Not worth it
AZ Alkmaar to score model 72.8% · book 73.1% (no margin) -6.3% 1.29 fair 1.37
Not worth it
Feyenoord 2+ goals model 53.0% · book 58.9% (no margin) -16.7% 1.57 fair 1.89
Stay away
AZ Alkmaar 2+ goals model 34.4% · book 41.1% (no margin) -22.7% 2.25 fair 2.91
Stay away
Hide the outcomes without value

Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →

Why the model disagrees with the market

The leading outcome: Feyenoord at most 1 goal

What the model's reading is made of

  • The model makes Feyenoord at most 1 goal 47.0%. The market, with the bookmaker's margin taken out, makes it 41.1%. The gap between the two is 5.9%.
  • The defence Feyenoord plays against is AZ Alkmaar's, which the fit rates at 0.78 — below the competition's average of 1.00, so an average side creates less against them than against the field.

These are the parts of the model's own number, not an account of the bookmaker's. The fit reads two ratings a side, the competition's average home and away expected goals, the window it looks back over and how many matches it found in it — and nothing else is a reason this page can give.

What the model did not read

Readings for Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaar that the model does not use.
Reading Feyenoord AZ Alkmaar
Form — xG difference, the last 6 matches +1.87 +1.58
Goals scored minus expected +5.68 +0.15
Points won minus expected -0.41 +2.91
npxG per shot 0.12 0.13

All of this is in the database and none of it entered the fit. A reading here may point the other way from every line above it — where it does, both are true, and only one of them is in the model.

The model's case

Why the model leans Feyenoord

48% Feyenoord to win

Attack
3rd vs 3rd
Feyenoord attack v AZ Alkmaar defence
Defence
1st vs 5th
Feyenoord defence v AZ Alkmaar attack
Recent xG form
+1.87 vs +1.58
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.72 – 1.20
Feyenoord v AZ Alkmaar
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaar compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Feyenoord AZ Alkmaar
xG / match (better) 2.76 · 2nd 2.55 · 4th
xGA / match (better) 0.80 · 2nd 0.95 · 3rd
xGD / match (better) +1.96 · 1st +1.60 · 2nd
xPts / match (better) 2.49 · 1st 2.30 · 3rd
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +1.87 +1.58

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 33% of the model's distribution.

Feyenoord clean sheet
27%
Feyenoord 2+ goals
53%
Under 2.5 goals
42%
Both teams to score: no
37%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
13.7%
2:1
11.2%
2:0
7.9%
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Model details

Show
Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Feyenoord sample
20 matches
AZ Alkmaar sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Feyenoord
3 matches
Away xG sample · AZ Alkmaar
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30
Odds updated
1 minute ago

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.