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Preview Excelsior vs AZ Alkmaar December 20, 2026 — Preview and Prediction

Excelsior
Excelsior
Home · last 5 W L
Kick-off
Sun 20 Dec · 16:00
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Pre-match · scheduled
AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar
W W Away · last 5
Home Win · EXC
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Best
Draw
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Best
Away Win · ALK
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Best
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Last 5 matches · all competitions
Excelsior
W/D/L 3-1-1
Goals (for / against) 12 / 7
Avg goals / match 3.8
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 4/5
Home (W-D-L) 0-1-1
Away (W-D-L) 3-0-0
xG (for / against) 1.75 / 1.39
AZ Alkmaar
W/D/L 2-3-0
Goals (for / against) 12 / 7
Avg goals / match 3.8
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 3/5
Home (W-D-L) 1-2-0
Away (W-D-L) 1-1-0
xG (for / against) 1.86 / 1.08

Head-to-Head Performance

last 10 H2H · per match
2.50
Goals Scored
3
1
Goals Conceded
0.50
1.84
Expected Goals (xG)
2.30
5.50
Shots on Target
6.50
4.50
Corners
9
47.50
Possession (%)
53
Efficiency index
Adjusted index
Eff. index — performance vs season baseline. Adj. index — efficiency normalised for opponent strength.

📡 Team strength

0–100 rating vs league · season-to-date
0
OFF · home
89
39
DEF · home
94
89
OFF · away
50
83
DEF · away
78
Each axis is rated 0–100 against all teams in the same league this season. 100 = league best on that axis, 0 = league worst. Higher is better.

🎯 Scenario insights

Excelsior wins when scoring first
AZ Alkmaar wins when scoring first
Excelsior BTTS rate · last 10
70%
AZ Alkmaar BTTS rate · last 10
40%
Excelsior Over 2.5 · last 10
70%
AZ Alkmaar Over 2.5 · last 10
60%
Excelsior comeback rate · last 10
0%
AZ Alkmaar comeback rate · last 10
0%

🔥 Goal timing

Excelsior · last 4 at home

0–15 50%
16–30 25%
31–45 0%
46–60 0%
61–75 0%
76–90 25%

AZ Alkmaar · last 4 away

0–15 17%
16–30 17%
31–45 0%
46–60 33%
61–75 0%
76–90 33%
Front-loaded — most goals fall in the opening half-hour.

Top scorers

N. Naujoks
EXC · Midfielder
2 G · 2.00 g/90
I. Yegoian
EXC · Attacker
1 G · 0.55 g/90
C. Stengs
ALK · Midfielder
1 G
R. Daal
ALK · Midfielder
1 G · 0.56 g/90