Ajax vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction

Form Guide

Looking at the last 20 matches each side has played across all competitions, AZ Alkmaar have won 11, drawn seven and lost just two, scoring 46 and conceding 22. Ajax's record over the same stretch reads 13 wins, four draws and three losses, with 52 scored and 26 conceded. Both have been scoring heavily, but that sample mixes cup games, friendlies and European fixtures in with the league, so it's a rough guide rather than a pure Eredivisie picture.

Ajax: 20 completed matches; AZ Alkmaar: 20 completed matches.

Ajax

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

52

Conceded

26

Difference

+26

AZ Alkmaar

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

10% 2 / 20

Scored

46

Conceded

22

Difference

+24

In the league alone, Ajax's wobbles are clearer: a 1-3 home defeat to PSV and a 1-5 loss away at Fortuna Sittard sit alongside home wins over Willem II and a draw with Excelsior. AZ have been steadier domestically, backing up a 5-2 win over GO Ahead Eagles with only one league defeat, 3-2 at Heerenveen, across their recent run.

AZ's table position looks built on genuine defensive solidity rather than a one-off hot streak.

Comparative Team Statistics: Ajax vs AZ Alkmaar

Head-to-Head

These two have met 20 times since 2018, and the recent meetings have been mixed rather than one-sided. Ajax won 2-0 away at AZ last October, but before that AZ had won the cup tie 6-0 and the league fixture had finished 1-1. Scorelines have swung from tight draws to heavy wins in both directions over the years.

That 6-0 cup scoreline is an outlier and shouldn't be read as a guide to how the league meetings tend to go.

League Table Picture

AZ Alkmaar currently top the Eredivisie with 19 points from seven games, built on six wins, one draw and no defeats, plus the division's best defensive record so far at six goals against. Ajax sit fifth with 14 points, having won four, drawn two and lost one, with a more open record at 21 scored and nine conceded.

On the league table alone, AZ arrive with the stronger platform, though this snapshot covers just seven rounds.

Players to Watch

J. Brandt has four goals in seven matches for Ajax, matching AZ's R. Daal on the same tally, while M. Meerdink has chipped in three goals and two assists for AZ. Ajax's O. Gloukh leads the assist charts with four, with K. Dolberg adding three from fewer appearances, and AZ's M. Chávez also has three. On discipline, nobody stands out as a particular worry, with the busiest names so far - AZ's A. Oufkir and Ajax's A. Ouazane, D. Klaassen and Y. Baas - all sitting on two yellow cards apiece.

Ajax:

Best scorers:

J. Brandt - 4

Best assist providers:

O. Gloukh - 4

K. Dolberg - 3

Penalty cards:

A. Ouazane x 2

D. Klaassen x 2

Y. Baas x 2

AZ Alkmaar:

Best scorers:

R. Daal - 4

M. Meerdink - 3

Best assist providers:

M. Chávez - 3

M. Meerdink - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Oufkir x 2