AZ Alkmaar vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva: Prediction, Stats and Preview
Europa League · Thursday 15 October 2026 · 16:45 UTC · AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar · updated 2026-10-09
AZ Alkmaar host Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Europa League on Thursday 15 October 2026 at AFAS Stadion. On this season's numbers, Moneyball's model makes AZ Alkmaar slight favourites at 43%, in a match close to a coin toss, puts the draw at 30% and expects about 2.3 goals.
Moneyball's estimate
- Expected goals: AZ Alkmaar 1.29, Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0.99.
- Over 2.5 goals: 40% · both teams to score: 46%.
- Most likely score: 1–1 (14%).
From each side's goals and expected goals this season (Sportmonks), pulled toward the league average while a side has played few matches (1 and 6 so far), through a Dixon-Coles score model. No bookmaker prices are in it; once the odds are out, the full model in the app reads them too.
Season statistics
| AZ Alkmaar | Per match this season | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matches | 6 |
| 0.0 | Goals scored | 1.7 |
| 1.0 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 1.53 | Expected goals (xG) | 0.51 |
| 11.0 | Shots | 9.7 |
| 2.0 | On target | 4.2 |
| 55.0 | Possession % | 50.2 |
| 0% | Clean sheets % | 50% |
| 0% | Both teams scored % | 50% |
| 5.0 | Corners | 3.7 |
| 2.0 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 6.67 | Average rating | 6.58 |
Averages per match from Sportmonks; Hapoel Be'er Sheva in its domestic league.
The full analysis
Moneyball Odds prices every line of the match once bookmakers do: win, draw and loss, Asian handicaps and goals lines, with fair odds and the expected value of each.
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