Monday heralds the showpiece of the decisive KNVB Beker Final featuring AZ and Go Ahead Eagles. Which side will be leaving with the honours? Here’s hoping for a great contest.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the AZ v Go Ahead Eagles match are shown here - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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AZ
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AZ will be wanting a better result here after a 1-0 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Heracles Almelo.
In that match, AZ had 49% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Heracles Almelo had 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. Jizz Hornkamp (47') scored for Heracles Almelo.
Matches with AZ have tended to be lively ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 8 of those belonging to AZ. With no two games being the same, we must now wait to see whether that pattern will be maintained in this game.
Go Ahead Eagles
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In their previous fixture, Go Ahead Eagles drew 1-1 in the Eredivisie tie with NAC Breda.
In that match, Go Ahead Eagles had 50% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Go Ahead Eagles was Mats Deijl (15'). At the other end, NAC Breda got 22 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Max Balard (53') was the scorer for NAC Breda.
Go Ahead Eagles have seen success in front of goal in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 12 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Go Ahead Eagles can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same clashes.
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Head to head
An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 13/02/2022 shows that these encounters have not been fruitful for Go Ahead Eagles. They’ve not been able to come away with any victories at all while AZ have been the better of the two, running out winners in 83 per cent of those ties.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 10 on 27/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of AZ 2-2 Go Ahead Eagles.
In that game, AZ managed 59% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Troy Parrott (35') and Denso Kasius (49').
Go Ahead Eagles got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Gerrit Nauber (51') and Victor Edvardsen (85') scored.
The match was refereed by Richard Martens.
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Team News: AZ
Sven Mijnans (Achilles tendon problems), Sem Westerveld (Meniscus injury), Seiya Maikuma (minor knock), Mayckel Lahdo (Foot injury) and Lewis Schouten (unknown injury) will not be able to play for AZ gaffer Maarten Martens.
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Team News: Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles boss Paul Simonis has some current player fitness concerns. Jakob Breum (Foot injury), Søren Tengstedt (Broken foot) and Dean James (Hamstring injury) won’t be making appearances.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Go Ahead Eagles must be fancied to break down this AZ lineup, although that might not be as many as they will have scored against them.
We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for AZ at full-time. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Turning to the betting odds in the WDW market, putting your money on AZ is best priced at 1.85, going for the draw is 3.75 and betting on a victory for Go Ahead Eagles is 3.8. Those are the best of the market prices being offered at the current time.
Lucas Pereira,
07:01 19/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
AZ
Formed: 1967
Stadium: AFAS Stadion (19,478)
Captain: Bruno Martins Indi
Chairman: René Neelissen
Manager: Maarten Martens
Competitions: Eredivisie position 6, KNVB Beker (Final)
🔑 Key Man: Ibrahim Sadiq
Generally taking up the Left Wing position, Ibrahim Sadiq was born in Buduburam, Ghana. After making a first senior appearance for FC Nordsjælland in the 2018 - 2019 season, the dangerous Forward has accumulated 6 league goals in this Eredivisie 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in a total of 14 appearances.