AZ Alkmaar 4–1 FC Utrecht — Eredivisie 2025/26 Match Stats

Eredivisie · 2025Sun, 26 Oct 2025, 15:45 UTCAFAS Stadion

AZ Alkmaar

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4–1Historical match

FC Utrecht

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

AZ Alkmaar won 4–1.

Shots: 188
Shots on target: 72
Expected goals: 3.590.99
Possession: 50%50%

Full time

What the match recorded

AZ Alkmaar beat FC Utrecht 4–1. Recorded in this match (AZ Alkmaar – FC Utrecht): shots 18–8, shots on target 7–2, expected goals 3.59–0.99, possession 50%–50%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

FC Utrecht's recent record differs from the season

weak

FC Utrecht's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.9 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.6 goals/match	1.9 goals/match	1.65 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots8 shotsAZ Alkmaar 18 shots, FC Utrecht 8 shots
Shots on target7 shots2 shotsAZ Alkmaar 7 shots, FC Utrecht 2 shots
Expected goals3.59 xG0.99 xGAZ Alkmaar 3.59 xG, FC Utrecht 0.99 xG
Possession50%50%AZ Alkmaar 50%, FC Utrecht 50%
Corners8 corners2 cornersAZ Alkmaar 8 corners, FC Utrecht 2 corners
Fouls4 fouls14 foulsAZ Alkmaar 4 fouls, FC Utrecht 14 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
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AZ Alkmaar: 18 shots, 7 on target, 3.62 xG. FC Utrecht: 8 shots, 2 on target, 1.01 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: AZ Alkmaar 3.62 xG · FC Utrecht 1.01 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0AZ Alkmaar

4Draws

1FC Utrecht

18 Jan 2025FC Utrecht — AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie0–0

29 Sept 2024AZ Alkmaar — FC Utrecht · Eredivisie1–2

19 May 2024AZ Alkmaar — FC Utrecht · Eredivisie3–3

3 Dec 2023FC Utrecht — AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie1–1

28 Jan 2023AZ Alkmaar — FC Utrecht · Eredivisie5–5

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: AZ Alkmaar favored in 8 of 11 directional metrics · FC Utrecht in 1 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

AZ Alkmaar10 matchesFC Utrecht10 matches

2.3 goals/match ▲Goals scored10/101.9 goals/match

1.3 goals/match ▲Goals allowed10/101.5 goals/match

2.18 xG/match ▲Expected goals10/101.39 xG/match

18.1 shots/match ▲Shots10/1015.1 shots/match

6 shots/match ▲Shots on target10/105.4 shots/match

54.9% ●Possession10/1051.9%

6.1 corners/match ●Corners10/105.3 corners/match

11.2 fouls/matchFouls10/1010.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples10 / 10home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 26 Oct 2025, 19:45 UTC · analysis-v4