Ararat-Armenia vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting Runs Of Form

AZ Alkmaar's sample covers twenty matches across Eredivisie, cup and European fixtures, and the headline numbers are decent: eleven wins, only two defeats, and a goal difference well in the black. There's some unevenness in there too, including a 1-4 loss at Utrecht and a narrow Europa League defeat away to Sunderland, so it's not been flawless.

Ararat-Armenia: 20 completed matches; AZ Alkmaar: 20 completed matches.

Ararat-Armenia

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

25

Difference

+9

AZ Alkmaar

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

10% 2 / 20

Scored

46

Conceded

22

Difference

+24

Ararat-Armenia's twenty-game sample also shows eleven wins, but the losses are more frequent at five, and the goals conceded tally is higher. Their European nights have been mixed, with draws against Universitatea Craiova and a heavy 1-4 defeat to Sparta Praha standing out against some comfortable Champions League qualifying wins earlier in the summer.

AZ's broader sample looks a touch steadier, though both teams have shown they can concede in bunches against sterner opposition.

Comparative Team Statistics: Ararat-Armenia vs AZ Alkmaar

Early Days In The League Phase

Both clubs sit low in the Europa League table after just one round of fixtures, with Ararat-Armenia at position 33 and AZ Alkmaar at 26. Neither has points on the board yet, Ararat having lost 1-4 at home to Sparta Praha and AZ going down 1-0 away to Sunderland.

It's only one match played each, so the table tells us more about a slow start than about where either side will finish.

Thin On Personnel Detail

The only individual numbers available concern Ararat-Armenia: Bruno Wilson has one goal in three matches and Sandro Lima has one assist in the same span. That's a small sample and doesn't tell us much about squad depth or who else might be involved, and there's nothing similar on record for AZ Alkmaar.

Ararat-Armenia:

Best scorers:

Bruno Wilson - 1

Best assist providers:

Sandro Lima - 1

What's At Stake This Time

Both teams will want a response after losing their opening Europa League game, and a home tie in Yerevan gives Ararat-Armenia a reasonable platform to try that. AZ Alkmaar arrive with the healthier overall form figures, but their own European form so far this term has been shaky too.

With both sides carrying some inconsistency into this one, and the fixture still a few weeks off from where the form data sits, there's plenty of scope for either team's pattern to shift before kickoff.