AZ Alkmaar vs Almere Prediction & Match Preview

Almere City had been on an eight-game unbeaten thread across competitions before the last international break.

Since then, they suffered two straight losses, scoring zero and conceding eight goals in the process despite facing the likes of Heracles and Heerenveen along the way.

Almere City looked completely disoriented in defense once again last Friday, allowing as many as eight shots on target in a tough 0-3 loss at Heerenveen.

They are now fourth from bottom in the Eredivisie table and they will find it very difficult to rebound from such a negative thread this Saturday evening in the match against AZ Alkmaar.

To make things worse for the visitors, AZ will be highly motivated to respond after winning just one of the last four league affairs.

They are still third in the table but can ill afford more slip-ups, especially in the home matches against bottom-half rivals like Almere City, if they want to keep ground on Feyenoord in the battle for the second-place finish.

AZ won five and drew one of six home outings this term with a brutal goal difference of 18-2 in the process and we have to consider them strong favorites here against such an out-of-form opposition.

Latest Meetings

These two teams met each other just twice in the past and AZ Alkmaar celebrated convincing 4-0 wins on both occasions.

The first win was in a preseason friendly in 2016 while the second came a year later in the second round of KNVB Beker.

The Verdict

Almere City’s defense has been all over the place in the last couple of weeks and we can’t see the visitors avoiding a catastrophic defeat on Saturday at AFAS Stadion.

The main bet is Over 1.5 goals in the first half at the 2.10 odds while we also like Evangelos Pavlidis to score anytime at the 1.72 odds. Pavlidis has 16 goals in 14 appearances this term.

Steffen Schmidt- December 7, 2023

AZ Alkmaar vs Almere Betting Tips

Over 1.5 goals in the first half

OK

2.15 Odds

Evangelos Pavlidis to score anytime

OK

1.73 Odds