AZ Alkmaar vs Sparta Praha — UEFA Europa Conference League 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 9+ matches
AZ Alkmaar61%
Sparta Praha16%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 580,715 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.3% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
AZ Alkmaar creates 124% more chances
Season form · 25 home / 9 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- No54
- Yes46
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
AZ Alkmaar ↓
Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
AZ Alkmaar at home — creates 2.24, concedes 0.60 · 25 matches
Sparta Praha away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.33 · 9 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
AZ Alkmaar attack 2.24 + Sparta Praha defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.79
Sparta Praha attack 1.00 + AZ Alkmaar defence 0.60 → ÷2 → 0.80
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 61%?"
AZ Alkmaar at 61% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 61% does not mean "AZ Alkmaar will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
2 previous meetings · small sample
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
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Statistics
AZ Alkmaar host Sparta Praha on Thursday, 12 March 2026 at 17:45. The match is part of the UEFA Europa Conference League 2026/2027 season.
UEFA Europa Conference League: AZ Alkmaar 2–1 Sparta Praha
AZ Alkmaar beat Sparta Praha 2-1 in UEFA Europa Conference League on March 12, 2026.
Goals: T. Parrott (29', 87'), M. Vojta (50').
AZ Alkmaar controlled possession (56%) and registered 27 shots to 6.
The match was played at AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar.