Utrecht vs AZ: Dutch Championship match betting tip

Netherlands

FC Utrecht

Netherlands

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18 January 09:45 UTC

AZ Alkmaar

Netherlands

Utrecht will host AZ on January 18 in the 19th round of the Dutch championship. Will the hosts be able to break their unsuccessful home streak and get three points, or will the cheese farmers justify their status as favorites and prove stronger? In the betting tip, we assessed the prospects of each team, identified current trends in the confrontation and selected reliable bets. What choice should you make?

FC Utrecht vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction and Betting Tips (18.01.2025)

Command Analysis

FC Utrecht

Netherlands

Current form

Before the start of the season, Utrecht was among the obvious contenders for a ticket to the European Cups, but at the same time, before the start of the championship, there was hardly a bet on finishing in the top three and a ticket to the Champions League. In the first round, Ron Jans team looks very strong and has held third place for a long time, but at the same time, it is only four points ahead of fourth-placed Feyenoord. Just recently, the advantage was minimal, but a 2:1 victory over the Rotterdam team in a face-to-face meeting in the last round provided Utrecht with a fairly comfortable advantage.

Disqualifications and injuries

Barkas and Ohio were injured.

Interesting trends for betting

Utrecht have won three of their last four matches
Utrecht have not lost to AZ in their last five matches – one win and four draws

Probable line-up: Brouwer - Nielsen, Horemans, Van der Hoorn, El-Karouani - Toornstra, Iqbal, Rodriguez, Aaronson, Katlin - Min.

AZ Alkmaar

Netherlands

Current form

AZ definitely set the goal of fighting for third place and a ticket to the Champions League this season – the cheese farmers were quite capable of competing with Ajax, Twente and Utrecht. However, in the first round, Maarten Maartens' team made many mistakes and currently occupies only sixth place in the table. However, there is a modest gap of six points from third-placed Utrecht, which there is a chance to reduce today. In the last round, AZ was close to beating PSV (2:2), but allowed the opponent to come back at the end.

Disqualifications and injuries

Westerveld is injured.

Interesting trends for betting

AZ have not lost in their last 10 matches – seven wins and three draws
AZ have scored against Utrecht in their last eight matches

Tentative line-up: Owusu-Oduro – Maikuma, Goes, Pentera, Wolfe – Kopmeiners, Klasi, Lado, Miinans, Poku – Parrott.

Trends

Bet Exact score 2:1

Utrecht last two matches ended with this score

9.70

Bet Utrecht to score in the second half

In Utrecht last 12 matches this bet has been successful

1.79

Bet AZ to score in the second half

In AZ last five matches, this bet has been successful

1.69

Tip and bets

2.39total over three goals

Utrecht beat Feyenoord in the last round and today will strive to take points against another direct competitor. The hosts will certainly play boldly in the front, the opponent had a very difficult week and meetings with PSV and Ajax, they will clearly strive to beat the opponent on their home field. AZ is unlikely to be able to stay dry in such a situation, but at the same time the cheese farmers will have to take risks, a defeat will seriously complicate their task - the visitors have no problems in attack and they will clearly bet on it, the match may well turn out to be spectacular and productive.

We believe that the match will be productive. Betting Tip - total over three goals . This bet is offered with odds of 2.39

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2.07handicap (0) to Utrecht

Bet on the outcome

AZ have had two tough games in the last six days against PSV in the league and Ajax in the Cup, in which they certainly gave a lot of effort. Utrecht will clearly be looking to take advantage of this and get three points in the confrontation with a direct competitor, in the last matches the hosts looked more than worthy. Utrecht definitely has a chance of success, AZ will be forced to rotate, and in the last face-to-face meetings with the cheese farmers they managed to get points regularly.

Bet - Asian handicap (0) on Utrecht. This bet is offered for 2.07

Bet on corners

Utrecht will probably spend a lot of time attacking at home, but AZ are quite capable of responding, there should be a lot of corners.

Bet - total over 9.5 corners. This bet is offered for 1.79

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