AFC Ajax 0–2 AZ Alkmaar — Eredivisie 2025/26 Match Stats

Eredivisie · 2025Sat, 18 Oct 2025, 19:00 UTCJohan Cruijff ArenA

AFC Ajax

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0–2Historical match

AZ Alkmaar

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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 0–2.

Shots: 1713
Shots on target: 63
Expected goals: 1.262.23
Possession: 61%39%

Full time

What the match recorded

AZ Alkmaar beat AFC Ajax 2–0. Recorded in this match (AFC Ajax – AZ Alkmaar): shots 17–13, shots on target 6–3, expected goals 1.26–2.23, possession 61%–39%. 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.

Both teams have elevated corners records

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Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

6.33 corners/match ●CornersAFC Ajax · AZ Alkmaar5.89 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	AFC Ajax	AZ Alkmaar	Baseline
Corners	6.33 corners/match	5.89 corners/match	4.89 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots17 shots13 shotsAFC Ajax 17 shots, AZ Alkmaar 13 shots
Shots on target6 shots3 shotsAFC Ajax 6 shots, AZ Alkmaar 3 shots
Expected goals1.26 xG2.23 xGAFC Ajax 1.26 xG, AZ Alkmaar 2.23 xG
Possession61%39%AFC Ajax 61%, AZ Alkmaar 39%
Corners5 corners4 cornersAFC Ajax 5 corners, AZ Alkmaar 4 corners
Fouls13 fouls19 foulsAFC Ajax 13 fouls, AZ Alkmaar 19 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.

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AFC Ajax: 17 shots, 6 on target, 1.22 xG. AZ Alkmaar: 13 shots, 3 on target, 2.26 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: AFC Ajax 1.22 xG · AZ Alkmaar 2.26 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0AFC Ajax

2Draws

3AZ Alkmaar

16 Mar 2025AFC Ajax — AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie2–2

8 Dec 2024AZ Alkmaar — AFC Ajax · Eredivisie2–1

25 Feb 2024AZ Alkmaar — AFC Ajax · Eredivisie2–0

8 Oct 2023AFC Ajax — AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie1–2

6 May 2023AFC Ajax — AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: AFC Ajax favored in 3 of 11 directional metrics · AZ Alkmaar in 6 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

AFC Ajax9 matchesAZ Alkmaar9 matches

1.89 goals/matchGoals scored9/9▲ 2.11 goals/match

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowed9/91.33 goals/match

1.84 xG/matchExpected goals9/9▲ 2.02 xG/match

16.7 shots/matchShots9/9▲ 18.1 shots/match

6.89 shots/match ▲Shots on target9/95.89 shots/match

58.3% ●Possession9/955.4%

6.33 corners/match ●Corners9/95.89 corners/match

12.2 fouls/matchFouls9/912 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples9 / 9home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness 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: Sat, 18 Oct 2025, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4