FC Utrecht vs AZ Prediction & Betting Tips

AZ will visit Galgenwaard on Saturday for the Eredivisie tie with home side FC Utrecht.

Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for FC Utrecht v AZ are shown on this page (inc. the best betting odds).

📊 Form Guide

FC Utrecht WDWLWW

FC Utrecht are hoping to win again after their last result, a 5-1 Eredivisie victory over Sparta Rotterdam.

For FC Utrecht, goals were scored by Bart Ramselaar (41', 59'), Adrián Dalmau (50'), Simon Gustafson (51') and Sean Klaiber (72'). Joël Piroe (89') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

Fixtures involving FC Utrecht have proved to be absorbing affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 15 of them accredited to Utreg. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see whether that trend might be sustained here in this game.

AZ DWLWWW 📈

AZ come into this meeting after a 3-1 UCL Qualifiers win in the defeat of Viktoria Plzeň in their last fixture.

A series of very capable performances by the AZ defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their past 6 outings in total. In that period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 12.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 28/05/2017 shows us that FC Utrecht have won 2 of these & AZ 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 from Utreg and 11 created by AZ. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league meeting between these sides was Eredivisie match day 14 on 23/11/2019 and the score finished FC Utrecht 0-3 AZ.

The referee was Bjorn Kuipers.

📰 Team News: FC Utrecht

Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the FC Utrecht boss John van den Brom to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Willem Janssen (Knee Injury) misses out.

📰 Team News: AZ

AZ boss Arne Slot has multiple availability issues to deal with. Pantelis Chatzidiakos (Cruciate Ligament Injury) and Jeremy Helmer (Leg Injury) won’t be making appearances.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that AZ and FC Utrecht might both not be able to do quite enough to get on the scoresheet here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. That is why we are leaning toward a very even match with a 0-0 score when the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 23:14 07/09/2020