PEC Zwolle vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction and Betting Tips | September 20th 2024

PEC Zwolle will host AZ Alkmaar at the Mac3Park Stadion on Friday in another round of the 2024-25 Eredivisie campaign. The home side have endured a difficult start to their season and now find themselves 13th in the league table with four points from an obtainable 15.

They held on for a 1-1 draw against Twente in their last match, taking an early lead via a Dylan Vente strike before their opponents drew level in the second half and were perhaps fortunate to have picked up the sole point after being carved apart by their opponents on multiple occasions.

AZ Alkmaar, meanwhile, have enjoyed a brilliant start to their league campaign and will fancy themselves early title contenders. They thrashed Heerenveen 9-1 in their last league outing, with six different players getting on the scoresheet including former Tottenham Hotspur youngster Troy Parrott who netted a spectacular four goals to open his account for the club.

The visitors sit second in the league standings with 13 points from five games. They are just two points behind league leaders PSV Eindhoven and could leapfrog them with a win at the weekend.

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PEC Zwolle vs AZ Alkmaar Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 61 meetings between Zwolle and AZ. The home side have won 11 of those games while the visitors have won 24 times. There have been 16 draws between the two teams.
• The visitors are undefeated in their last three games in this fixture.
• The hosts are without a clean sheet in their last seven games in this fixture.
• AZ have the best defensive record in the Dutch top flight so far this season with a goal concession tally of just one.

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PEC Zwolle vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction

Zwolle are on a run of back-to-back unbeaten outings, although they have won just one of their last eight league outings. They have lost two of their last three home league games and could struggle here.

AZ are on a run of back-to-back victories and are undefeated in competitive action since April. They have won four of their last five games on the road and should come out on top here as well.

Preview: PEC Zwolle 1-3 AZ Alkmaar

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PEC Zwolle vs AZ Alkmaar Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: AZ Alkmaar to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Each of the last five matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in six of their last seven matchups)