AZ Alkmaar 3–1 Sparta Rotterdam – Netherlands Eredivisie, 22 Feb 2026

Match facts

AZ Alkmaar Sparta Rotterdam

11 Shots 12

5 Shots on target 4

2 Corners 7

9 Fouls 12

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (214 league matches this season so far).

Result AZ Alkmaar to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.54

Expected goals 1.90 – 1.45

Home / Draw / Away

48% 22% 30%

AZ AlkmaarDrawSparta Rotterdam

Under / Over 2.5 goals

35% 65%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

35% 65%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

4% 0

12% 1

20% 2

22% 3

18% 4

25% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 9.7% 2–1 9.2% 1–2 7%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

AZ Alkmaar before this match, all matches

1.57points / match

1.70scored / match

1.61conceded / match

10 6 7

WonDrawnLost 23 played · 39:37

Sparta Rotterdam before this match, all matches

1.61points / match

1.30scored / match

1.61conceded / match

11 4 8

WonDrawnLost 23 played · 30:37

AZ Alkmaar all matches all matches Sparta Rotterdam

Per match

1.70 Goals scored 1.30

1.61 Goals conceded 1.61

3.30 Total goals 2.91

15.78 Shots 12.91

5.83 Shots on target 4.65

12.48 Shots faced 16.39

5.65 Corners 4.57

4.30 Corners against 7.09

10.65 Fouls 9.35

2.30 Yellow cards 1.83

0.91 1st-half goals scored 0.48

0.83 1st-half goals conceded 0.52

How often Full Time

43% Wins 48%

26% Draws 17%

30% Losses 35%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

78% Over 1.5 goals 70%

65% Over 2.5 goals 48%

48% Over 3.5 goals 30%

22% Over 4.5 goals 17%

13% Over 5.5 goals 17%

74% Both teams scored 39%

22% Clean sheets 39%

4% Failed to score 22%

How often Half Time

30% Wins 39%

43% Draws 30%

26% Losses 30%

74% Over 0.5 goals 78%

61% Over 1.5 goals 17%

26% Over 2.5 goals 4%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

AZ Alkmaar all matches

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Sparta Rotterdam all matches

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AZ Alkmaar before this match, at home

1.55points / match

2.00scored / match

1.82conceded / match

4 5 2

WonDrawnLost 11 played · 22:20

Sparta Rotterdam before this match, away

1.73points / match

1.45scored / match

1.64conceded / match

6 1 4

WonDrawnLost 11 played · 16:18

AZ Alkmaar at home away Sparta Rotterdam

Per match

2.00 Goals scored 1.45

1.82 Goals conceded 1.64

3.82 Total goals 3.09

16.09 Shots 13.64

6.00 Shots on target 4.73

12.00 Shots faced 16.27

5.82 Corners 4.45

3.91 Corners against 7.00

9.45 Fouls 9.82

1.91 Yellow cards 2.45

1.36 1st-half goals scored 0.36

0.82 1st-half goals conceded 0.73

How often Full Time

36% Wins 55%

45% Draws 9%

18% Losses 36%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

91% Over 1.5 goals 64%

73% Over 2.5 goals 55%

64% Over 3.5 goals 36%

36% Over 4.5 goals 18%

18% Over 5.5 goals 18%

91% Both teams scored 36%

9% Clean sheets 45%

0% Failed to score 18%

How often Half Time

55% Wins 36%

27% Draws 18%

18% Losses 45%

82% Over 0.5 goals 82%

73% Over 1.5 goals 18%

45% Over 2.5 goals 9%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

AZ Alkmaar at home

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Sparta Rotterdam away

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Last 10 matches before this match

AZ Alkmaar all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.02.26	Excelsior – AZ Alkmaar	1–2 (1–0)	3.40	3.70	2.00	1.65	2.20
08.02.26	AZ Alkmaar – Ajax	1–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.80	3.00	1.57	2.35
31.01.26	AZ Alkmaar – Nijmegen	1–3 (1–2)	1.80	4.10	3.90	1.44	2.70
25.01.26	Telstar – AZ Alkmaar	0–1 (0–0)	4.50	4.00	1.73	1.53	2.40
21.01.26	AZ Alkmaar – Excelsior	1–1 (0–0)	1.30	6.00	8.50	1.36	3.10
17.01.26	Zwolle – AZ Alkmaar	3–1 (2–0)	5.75	4.33	1.53	1.53	2.40
10.01.26	AZ Alkmaar – Volendam	1–0 (1–0)	1.20	7.00	12.00	1.30	3.50
21.12.25	For Sittard – AZ Alkmaar	4–3 (2–2)	4.20	3.80	1.80	1.57	2.35
07.12.25	AZ Alkmaar – Go Ahead Eagles	2–2 (2–1)	1.42	5.00	6.50	1.44	2.70
30.11.25	Twente – AZ Alkmaar	1–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.70	3.00	1.57	2.35

Sparta Rotterdam all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.02.26	Sparta Rotterdam – Nijmegen	1–1 (0–0)	2.63	3.60	2.50	1.57	2.35
07.02.26	For Sittard – Sparta Rotterdam	2–2 (1–0)	2.88	3.50	2.35	1.75	2.05
31.01.26	Sparta Rotterdam – Groningen	2–0 (0–0)	2.63	3.50	2.55	1.80	2.00
25.01.26	Utrecht – Sparta Rotterdam	0–1 (0–1)	1.80	3.80	4.20	1.67	2.15
18.01.26	Feyenoord – Sparta Rotterdam	3–4 (0–1)	1.38	4.20	6.50	1.44	2.70
11.01.26	Sparta Rotterdam – Heracles	2–0 (1–0)	1.85	3.75	4.10	1.57	2.35
21.12.25	Volendam – Sparta Rotterdam	0–1 (0–0)	2.80	3.75	2.35	1.57	2.35
14.12.25	Sparta Rotterdam – Heerenveen	0–3 (0–1)	2.90	3.60	2.30	1.57	2.35
07.12.25	Sparta Rotterdam – NAC Breda	1–0 (1–0)	2.10	3.60	3.30	1.67	2.15
29.11.25	Nijmegen – Sparta Rotterdam	3–1 (2–0)	1.62	4.33	4.75	1.48	2.60

AZ Alkmaar at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
08.02.26	AZ Alkmaar – Ajax	1–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.80	3.00	1.57	2.35
31.01.26	AZ Alkmaar – Nijmegen	1–3 (1–2)	1.80	4.10	3.90	1.44	2.70
21.01.26	AZ Alkmaar – Excelsior	1–1 (0–0)	1.30	6.00	8.50	1.36	3.10
10.01.26	AZ Alkmaar – Volendam	1–0 (1–0)	1.20	7.00	12.00	1.30	3.50
07.12.25	AZ Alkmaar – Go Ahead Eagles	2–2 (2–1)	1.42	5.00	6.50	1.44	2.70
09.11.25	AZ Alkmaar – PSV Eindhoven	1–5 (1–3)	3.00	4.00	2.10	1.40	2.88
26.10.25	AZ Alkmaar – Utrecht	4–1 (2–0)	1.60	4.33	5.00	1.57	2.35
05.10.25	AZ Alkmaar – Telstar	2–1 (2–0)	1.30	6.00	8.50	1.36	3.10
24.09.25	AZ Alkmaar – Zwolle	2–2 (2–1)	1.36	5.25	7.50	1.44	2.70
21.09.25	AZ Alkmaar – Feyenoord	3–3 (1–1)	2.30	3.50	3.00	1.73	2.08

Sparta Rotterdam away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
07.02.26	For Sittard – Sparta Rotterdam	2–2 (1–0)	2.88	3.50	2.35	1.75	2.05
25.01.26	Utrecht – Sparta Rotterdam	0–1 (0–1)	1.80	3.80	4.20	1.67	2.15
18.01.26	Feyenoord – Sparta Rotterdam	3–4 (0–1)	1.38	4.20	6.50	1.44	2.70
21.12.25	Volendam – Sparta Rotterdam	0–1 (0–0)	2.80	3.75	2.35	1.57	2.35
29.11.25	Nijmegen – Sparta Rotterdam	3–1 (2–0)	1.62	4.33	4.75	1.48	2.60
08.11.25	Zwolle – Sparta Rotterdam	1–0 (1–0)	2.50	3.60	2.63	1.65	2.20
19.10.25	Groningen – Sparta Rotterdam	0–2 (0–1)	1.83	3.75	4.20	1.75	2.05
27.09.25	Heracles – Sparta Rotterdam	3–0 (1–0)	2.90	3.80	2.20	1.60	2.30
14.09.25	Excelsior – Sparta Rotterdam	0–1 (0–0)	3.20	3.60	2.15	1.67	2.15
23.08.25	Go Ahead Eagles – Sparta Rotterdam	0–3 (0–1)	2.05	3.80	3.30	1.57	2.35

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

5 2 2

AZ Alkmaar winsDrawsSparta Rotterdam wins

9matches

2.56goals / match

44%over 2.5

67%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.11.25N1	Sparta Rotterdam – AZ Alkmaar	0–1 (0–0)	4.10	4.10	1.75	1.53	2.40
26.01.25N1	AZ Alkmaar – Sparta Rotterdam	1–2 (0–0)	1.57	4.00	6.00	1.80	2.00
24.11.24N1	Sparta Rotterdam – AZ Alkmaar	1–2 (1–1)	3.60	3.40	2.05	1.83	2.03
02.03.24N1	Sparta Rotterdam – AZ Alkmaar	1–1 (0–1)	3.80	3.80	1.85	1.93	1.93
17.09.23N1	AZ Alkmaar – Sparta Rotterdam	2–0 (2–0)	1.53	4.00	6.50	1.62	2.25
08.04.23N1	AZ Alkmaar – Sparta Rotterdam	0–1 (0–1)	1.50	4.50	6.00	1.75	2.05
14.08.22N1	Sparta Rotterdam – AZ Alkmaar	2–3 (1–1)	4.33	3.50	1.90	2.00	1.85
30.04.22N1	Sparta Rotterdam – AZ Alkmaar	1–1 (0–0)	5.00	3.60	1.75	1.95	1.90
05.12.21N1	AZ Alkmaar – Sparta Rotterdam	3–1 (2–1)	1.44	4.75	7.00	1.70	2.10

Netherlands Eredivisie table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	24	20	2	2	70	29	+41	62
2	Feyenoord	23	14	3	6	53	32	+21	45
3	Nijmegen	24	12	7	5	59	40	+19	43
4	Ajax	24	11	10	3	47	31	+16	43
5	Twente	24	9	11	4	39	26	+13	38
6	Sparta Rotterdam	23	11	4	8	30	37	-7	37
7	AZ Alkmaar	23	10	6	7	39	37	+2	36
8	Utrecht	24	8	7	9	36	31	+5	31
9	Groningen	24	9	4	11	31	32	-1	31
10	Heerenveen	24	8	7	9	40	42	-2	31
11	For Sittard	24	8	5	11	36	43	-7	29
12	Zwolle	24	7	6	11	34	50	-16	27
13	Go Ahead Eagles	24	5	11	8	37	39	-2	26
14	Excelsior	24	7	5	12	26	41	-15	26
15	Volendam	24	6	6	12	26	39	-13	24
16	NAC Breda	24	5	7	12	25	36	-11	22
17	Telstar	23	3	9	11	27	39	-12	18
18	Heracles	24	5	2	17	31	62	-31	17

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	12	9	2	1	39	17	+22	29
2	Ajax	13	8	3	2	24	11	+13	27
3	Feyenoord	12	8	1	3	30	18	+12	25
4	Nijmegen	11	7	2	2	30	17	+13	23
5	Twente	12	6	4	2	20	12	+8	22
6	For Sittard	12	6	3	3	21	18	+3	21
7	Volendam	12	5	4	3	19	15	+4	19
8	Zwolle	11	6	1	4	15	15	0	19
9	Utrecht	12	5	3	4	19	12	+7	18
10	Go Ahead Eagles	12	4	6	2	21	16	+5	18
11	Sparta Rotterdam	12	5	3	4	14	19	-5	18
12	AZ Alkmaar	11	4	5	2	22	20	+2	17
13	Heerenveen	12	4	5	3	22	21	+1	17
14	Groningen	12	4	3	5	17	13	+4	15
15	NAC Breda	13	4	3	6	15	18	-3	15
16	Excelsior	12	4	2	6	13	16	-3	14
17	Heracles	11	4	1	6	20	25	-5	13
18	Telstar	12	1	5	6	18	24	-6	8

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	12	11	0	1	31	12	+19	33
2	Feyenoord	11	6	2	3	23	14	+9	20
3	Nijmegen	13	5	5	3	29	23	+6	20
4	AZ Alkmaar	12	6	1	5	17	17	0	19
5	Sparta Rotterdam	11	6	1	4	16	18	-2	19
6	Twente	12	3	7	2	19	14	+5	16
7	Ajax	11	3	7	1	23	20	+3	16
8	Groningen	12	5	1	6	14	19	-5	16
9	Heerenveen	12	4	2	6	18	21	-3	14
10	Utrecht	12	3	4	5	17	19	-2	13
11	Excelsior	12	3	3	6	13	25	-12	12
12	Telstar	11	2	4	5	9	15	-6	10
13	Go Ahead Eagles	12	1	5	6	16	23	-7	8
14	For Sittard	12	2	2	8	15	25	-10	8
15	Zwolle	13	1	5	7	19	35	-16	8
16	NAC Breda	11	1	4	6	10	18	-8	7
17	Volendam	12	1	2	9	7	24	-17	5
18	Heracles	13	1	1	11	11	37	-26	4

AZ Alkmaar Sparta Rotterdam

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	PSV Eindhoven	24	4	20	2.9	1.2	20	2	2	70	29	62
2	3	Nijmegen	24	5	19	2.5	1.7	12	7	5	59	40	43
3	18	Heracles	24	6	18	1.3	2.6	5	2	17	31	62	17
4	10	Heerenveen	24	7	17	1.7	1.8	8	7	9	40	42	31
5	11	For Sittard	24	8	16	1.5	1.8	8	5	11	36	43	29
6	12	Zwolle	24	8	16	1.4	2.1	7	6	11	34	50	27
7	2	Feyenoord	23	8	15	2.3	1.4	14	3	6	53	32	45
8	7	AZ Alkmaar	23	8	15	1.7	1.6	10	6	7	39	37	36
9	13	Go Ahead Eagles	24	9	15	1.5	1.6	5	11	8	37	39	26
10	14	Excelsior	24	9	15	1.1	1.7	7	5	12	26	41	26
11	15	Volendam	24	9	15	1.1	1.6	6	6	12	26	39	24
12	4	Ajax	24	10	14	2.0	1.3	11	10	3	47	31	43
13	8	Utrecht	24	11	13	1.5	1.3	8	7	9	36	31	31
14	9	Groningen	24	12	12	1.3	1.3	9	4	11	31	32	31
15	16	NAC Breda	24	12	12	1.0	1.5	5	7	12	25	36	22
16	6	Sparta Rotterdam	23	12	11	1.3	1.6	11	4	8	30	37	37
17	17	Telstar	23	12	11	1.2	1.7	3	9	11	27	39	18
18	5	Twente	24	14	10	1.6	1.1	9	11	4	39	26	38

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	PSV Eindhoven	12	1	11	3.2	1.4	9	2	1	39	17	29
2	3	Nijmegen	11	1	10	2.7	1.5	7	2	2	30	17	23
3	7	AZ Alkmaar	11	3	8	2.0	1.8	4	5	2	22	20	17
4	10	Heerenveen	12	4	8	1.8	1.8	4	5	3	22	21	17
5	11	For Sittard	12	4	8	1.8	1.5	6	3	3	21	18	21
6	13	Go Ahead Eagles	12	4	8	1.8	1.3	4	6	2	21	16	18
7	15	Volendam	12	4	8	1.6	1.2	5	4	3	19	15	19
8	17	Telstar	12	4	8	1.5	2.0	1	5	6	18	24	8
9	18	Heracles	11	3	8	1.8	2.3	4	1	6	20	25	13
10	2	Feyenoord	12	5	7	2.5	1.5	8	1	3	30	18	25
11	9	Groningen	12	5	7	1.4	1.1	4	3	5	17	13	15
12	14	Excelsior	12	5	7	1.1	1.3	4	2	6	13	16	14
13	5	Twente	12	6	6	1.7	1.0	6	4	2	20	12	22
14	8	Utrecht	12	6	6	1.6	1.0	5	3	4	19	12	18
15	12	Zwolle	11	5	6	1.4	1.4	6	1	4	15	15	19
16	16	NAC Breda	13	7	6	1.2	1.4	4	3	6	15	18	15
17	4	Ajax	13	8	5	1.8	0.8	8	3	2	24	11	27
18	6	Sparta Rotterdam	12	7	5	1.2	1.6	5	3	4	14	19	18

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Zwolle	13	3	10	1.5	2.7	1	5	7	19	35	8
2	18	Heracles	13	3	10	0.8	2.8	1	1	11	11	37	4
3	1	PSV Eindhoven	12	3	9	2.6	1.0	11	0	1	31	12	33
4	3	Nijmegen	13	4	9	2.2	1.8	5	5	3	29	23	20
5	4	Ajax	11	2	9	2.1	1.8	3	7	1	23	20	16
6	10	Heerenveen	12	3	9	1.5	1.8	4	2	6	18	21	14
7	2	Feyenoord	11	3	8	2.1	1.3	6	2	3	23	14	20
8	11	For Sittard	12	4	8	1.2	2.1	2	2	8	15	25	8
9	14	Excelsior	12	4	8	1.1	2.1	3	3	6	13	25	12
10	7	AZ Alkmaar	12	5	7	1.4	1.4	6	1	5	17	17	19
11	8	Utrecht	12	5	7	1.4	1.6	3	4	5	17	19	13
12	13	Go Ahead Eagles	12	5	7	1.3	1.9	1	5	6	16	23	8
13	15	Volendam	12	5	7	0.6	2.0	1	2	9	7	24	5
14	6	Sparta Rotterdam	11	5	6	1.5	1.6	6	1	4	16	18	19
15	16	NAC Breda	11	5	6	0.9	1.6	1	4	6	10	18	7
16	9	Groningen	12	7	5	1.2	1.6	5	1	6	14	19	16
17	5	Twente	12	8	4	1.6	1.2	3	7	2	19	14	16
18	17	Telstar	11	8	3	0.8	1.4	2	4	5	9	15	10

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.