Eredivisie · Matchday 8 Match report

Feyenoord 2-0 AZ Alkmaar: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Feyenoord

2-0Full time

AZ Alkmaar

Saturday 10 October 2026, 16:45 UTC Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Our picks against the result

7 of 13 right

Result Feyenoord win50% 2-0
Double chance Feyenoord or draw (1X)76% 2-0
Both teams to score Yes63% No
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.565% 2 goals
More corners Feyenoord55% Feyenoord (7-6)
Yellow cards Above average 4 yellow cards · league 2.7
Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 2.5 Over63% 3.5 Under59% 4.5 Under77%
Corners Around average 13 corners · league 10.4
Corners 13 corners 9.5 Over56% 10.5 Under55% 11.5 Under65%

Match stats

Feyenoord AZ Alkmaar

2 Goals 0
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
7 Corners 6

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Feyenoord vs AZ Alkmaar opens Matchday 8 of the Eredivisie on Saturday 10 October 2026, and the pick is a Feyenoord win, with Feyenoord win or draw as the second choice.

Why this pick?

Our model leans towards a Feyenoord win, above all because it rates them slightly the stronger of the two and because they play at Stadion Feijenoord. The obvious counterpoint is AZ Alkmaar's season so far: they top the Eredivisie, unbeaten, with two more points than the hosts. That does not overturn the pick, because Feyenoord's recent attacking output back it up, with shots, big chances and touches in the opposition box all clearly above the league average over their last five matches. Even so, this is a moderate call rather than a clear one.

Both teams to score: Both teams to score is our call: two attacks that score well above the Eredivisie average meet here, and at home Feyenoord add another push forward. Both defences are strong, but not enough to outweigh that.

Form guide

Feyenoord

W 5-0 vs FC Utrecht (H) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
W 7-0 at PEC Zwolle (A) Eredivisie · 13 Sep
L 1-5 at Barcelona (A) Champions League · 9 Sep
W 3-1 at NEC Nijmegen (A) Eredivisie · 5 Sep
D 2-2 vs ADO Den Haag (H) Eredivisie · 30 Aug

AZ Alkmaar

W 1-0 vs Telstar (H) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
L 0-1 at Sunderland (A) Europa League · 16 Sep
D 1-1 vs Willem II (H) Eredivisie · 11 Sep
W 3-2 at SC Heerenveen (A) Eredivisie · 6 Sep
W 5-2 vs Go Ahead Eagles (H) Eredivisie · 29 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

FeyenoordAZ Alkmaar

Attack 94 82 3.6 goals per match this season2.6 goals per match this season

Defence 94 88 1.0 conceded per match this season0.9 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Eredivisie clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.