Vitesse vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction, Tips & Odds – Mar. 03, 2023
Vitesse vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction 03.03.2023. One very interesting game will be played in Eredivisie between the team who is trying to win a title and the other one who is trying to escape the relegation fight.
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Vitesse vs AZ Alkmaar Odds
Vitesse vs AZ Alkmaar 1×2: 3.45/3.80/2.00
Asian Handicap (+0.5/-0.5): 1.83/2.00
Total Over/Under (2.5): 1.70/2.15
Odds via Unibet Sportsbook.
Vitesse Team News
After 4th and 6th places in the last two seasons, Vitesse is in the second half of the table now. After 23 games they are 13th with 23 points and only five wins. They are only five points above the 16th place that leads into the play-out and only six points above the relegation zone.
In the last 11 years, Vitesse was never below 9th place in the table and the last time that they were in the second half of the table was in the 2010/11 season.
Vitesse has two consecutive defeats in Eredivisie against Volendam and Ajax and since October they have only two wins in the last 12 games.
Vitesse has a very tough schedule in the next three weeks. They will play against AZ, Sparta, and PSV. These clubs are 3rd, 4th, and 6th in the table. If they lose all three games they are in a relegation fight, potentially in the relegation zone.
Phillip Cocu simply must find a way to motivate his players to perform better because they will have a hell of a job staying in the league in the last 7-8 games.
Vitesse kept only two clean sheets in the last 13 games and failed to score on four occasions in the last 15 games.
One of their problems is the results at home. Only Cambuur is worse at home than Vitesse. Vitesse has two wins In 11 games and only two clean sheets at home. They conceded 23 goals and only Volendam concede more.
AZ Alkmaar Team News
This is another good season for AZ Alkmaar. They are in the fight for the title and for the Champions League. Currently, they are 3rd in the table with 47 points and 14 wins after 23 games. They are two points behind Ajax and five behind Feyenoord.
AZ is struggling a little recently. They have won only two games from the last six in all competitions. They allowed Feyenoord to increase the point difference at the top and allowed Ajax to overtake them.
In Eredivisie, AZ suffered only one defeat since the start of November and it was against Fayenoord.
AZ is the only team in the league which scored at least a goal in every game this season. The last time when AZ failed to score a goal in Eredivisie was in March last year. But they almost conceded goals regularly and in the last nine games, they kept two clean sheets.
They are the team with the most BTTS games in the league – 74% (17/23). An interesting stat about them is that AZ has won more points away from home (25) than at their stadium (22).
AZ almost has no problem when they play against the teams from the second half of the table. They suffered only one defeat in 13 games winning 10 of them.
Vitesse vs AZ Alkmaar H2H
07.01.23 – AZ Alkmaar : Vitesse – 1:1
29.05.22 – AZ Alkmaar : Vitesse – 6:1
26.05.22 – Vitesse : AZ Alkmaar – 2:1
02.04.22 – AZ Alkmaar : Vitesse – 3:1
28.11.21 – Vitesse : AZ Alkmaar – 0:0
Injuries and suspensions
Vitesse: Davy Propper is injured.
AZ Alkmaar: Riechedly Bazoer is injured. Sam Beukema, Bruno Martins Indi, Maxim Dekker, and Dani de Wit are questionable.
Vitesse vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction
Points in this game are needed for both clubs. Vitesse has a very tough schedule and AZ must keep in touch with Feyenoord and Ajax. AZ is a favourite here. They are playing much better. No doubt about that. And in the next four games, AZ will play three of them against the teams from the second part of the table against which they are very good.
We think that this game is very good for goals because both teams have very good reasons to attack and try to win points and in their history, they had some very interesting games.
Kick-off Time: Friday, 03.03.2023, 8:00 PM Local Time (GMT 0) / 20:00 CET
Prediction: BTTS & Over 2.5 Goals
Odds: 2.02
Sportsbook: Unibet
