AZ host Heerenveen on 2025-05-22 at 17:45 GMT, as part of the Conference League Play-offs - Semi-finals of the 2024-2025's Eredivisie in AFAS Stadion.
Expect 2-3 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 21 fouls this match from Referee M. Nagtegaal based on their last 10 games.
With the data available to us, M. Martens and R. Veldeman have not met as managers before.
AZ are missing 4 players: J. Clasie (Calf Injury), T. Parrott (Groin Injury), J. Addai (Injury), K. Belic (Ribs Injury) but Heerenveen are missing 5 players: P. Bochniewicz (Knee Injury), A. Jahanbakhsh (Inactive), M. Milovanovic (Injury), J. de Wijs (Injury), A. Noppert (Injury).
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, AZ should be met by Heerenveen's expected 4-2-3-1.
The previous match saw P. Koopmeiners lead AZ with a 8 TheyScored rating, and I. Nicolăescu top-rating for Heerenveen at 7.2.
Contrast in results: AZ had to share the points 1-1 with Almere City, whereas Heerenveen claimed victory 2-0 vs. Feyenoord.
Both teams have been in great form: AZ 3-2-0 and Heerenveen 3-0-2 over their last 5 matches.
AZ have clearly got the edge H2H: in 44 meetings, they've beaten Heerenveen 24 times, with 8 draws and only 12 losses.
We predict AZ to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (8-4-5) and 1.76 goals/game.
AZ is going head to head with Heerenveen on 22/5/2025 16:45 GMT at AFAS Stadion for the Netherlands Eredivisie. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and AZ v Heerenveen H2H statistics!