AZ Alkmaar - Heracles predictions

This match is somewhat one-sided, but not the most imbalanced clash we’ve seen. The odds are heavily in the hosts’ favour, who will likely walk away with 3 more points to the tally.

Considering what they’re up against, Heracles can’t set their ambitions too high in this match. Playing as visitors at odds of 8.50 for an away win, calling them underdogs seems like an understatement.

There is no doubt that hosts will be keen to extend the positive run and build upon their morale-boosting Sparta Rotterdam away win from the last round. AZ Alkmaar kept their guard up for a draw in the first 45 minutes before inflicting a deadly blow in the second half and recording a narrow victory.

Heracles will have been disappointed with the fact they only drew 2:2 in the previous round of the Eredivisie. They were seen as firm favourites against RKC Waalwijk with 1.75 betting odds stacked in their favour. They were on the right path towards victory after taking the lead in the first half but it all came to nothing as rivals managed to hold them to a draw.

With 6 concessions over the last 3 matches, AZ Alkmaar will definitely have to make some improvements in their defensive line.

Heracles’s home stadium have seen a lot of conceded goals recently – 6 in the last 3 games, to be exact. Considering they don’t have home-field advantage this time, most online sportsbooks are giving rather short odds on Over markets.

Although AZ Alkmaar are marked as the clear favourites in this matchup, things didn’t go well against Heracles last season. They lost a game with a considerable goal difference, so their supporters are hoping that they’ll manage to avoid such mishaps this Sunday.

They may be favoured to win, but the home team are still playing at an extreme disadvantage because a lot of their players suffered an injury recently. S. Westerveld, Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro, Kristijan Belic, Lequincio Zeefuik, Ibrahim Sadiq will not be able to play, putting the team in a dangerous situation.

An Over 2.5 Goals is a great bet if you like staying on the safe side. The betting value for this market is strong compared even to the 1.61, which makes this an easy betting prediction to make.