AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen prediction | 12 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


AZ Alkmaar
Ranking: #95 overall, #4 in Netherlands

73.6 → 73.1 (-0.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-3 17 May NAC Breda (H) 71.6 -0.9
2-0 08 Aug ADO (H) 71.7 +0.1
1-4 15 Aug Utrecht (A) 72.6 +0.9
0-2 22 Aug Fortuna (A) 73.2 +0.6
5-2 29 Aug Go Ahead (H) 73.1 -0.1
NEC Nijmegen
Ranking: #172 overall, #7 in Netherlands

66.6 → 68.0 (+1.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 10 May Groningen (A) 67.5 -0.5
2-1 17 May Go Ahead (H) 68.0 +0.5
1-2 08 Aug Telstar (H) 67.8 -0.2
1-4 15 Aug Willem II (A) 68.3 +0.5
1-3 29 Aug Zwolle (A) 68.0 -0.3

AZ Alkmaar vs NEC Nijmegen: by the numbers

There are 77 places between these two in our European rankings, with AZ Alkmaar the higher, and 3 places between them in Netherlands.

Over their last 10 matches NEC Nijmegen have moved +1.4 rating points, against -0.5 for AZ Alkmaar.

Last time these teams played, on 31 Jan 2026, AZ Alkmaar lost 0.3 rating points.

The best xGtoday rating AZ Alkmaar have ever held is 76.2, first set on 29 Aug 2021.

NEC Nijmegen first climbed to joint #159 in our European rankings on 15 Aug 2026.