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Europa League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Hapoel Beer Sheva: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

AZ Alkmaar crest AZ Alkmaar
2-1Full time
Hapoel Beer Sheva crest Hapoel Beer Sheva
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

Our picks against the result

6 of 12 right

  • Result AZ Alkmaar win59% 2-1
  • Double chance AZ Alkmaar or Hapoel Beer Sheva (12)80% 2-1
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.555% 3 goals
  • More corners AZ Alkmaar69% AZ Alkmaar (5-1)
  • Yellow cards Above average 8 yellow cards · league 3.1
  • Yellow cards 8 yellow cards 3.5 Under54% 4.5 Under73% 5.5 Under86%
  • Corners Around average 6 corners · league 10.6
  • Corners 6 corners 8.5 Over64% 9.5 Over53% 10.5 Under57%

Match stats

AZ Alkmaar Hapoel Beer Sheva
  • 2 Goals 1
  • 4 Yellow cards 4
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 5 Corners 1

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

AZ Alkmaar vs Hapoel Beer Sheva meet in the Europa League league phase on Thursday 15 October 2026. Our model picks AZ Alkmaar to win, and we also lean towards either team winning, with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model picks AZ Alkmaar to win this Europa League game. They are rated slightly stronger than Hapoel Beer Sheva on our xG-based strength rating, with the visitors below the Europa League average, and Alkmaar also have home advantage. The main note against is Hapoel's defence: they kept a clean sheet in Europe and have a higher defence rating, while AZ lost their opener and have conceded chances. The pick still holds because AZ's attacking numbers over their last five matches are above the league average for shots, big chances and touches in the box, while Hapoel are clearly behind on big chances created. The call is moderate.

Form guide

AZ Alkmaar

  • L 0-2 at Feyenoord (A) Eredivisie · 10 Oct
  • 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

Hapoel Beer Sheva

  • W 2-0 at Ironi Tiberias (A) Ligat ha'Al · 10 Oct
  • W 1-0 vs Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (H) Ligat ha'Al · 19 Sep
  • D 0-0 vs Dinamo Zagreb (H) Europa League · 16 Sep
  • W 2-0 at Hapoel Petah Tikva (A) Ligat ha'Al · 13 Sep
  • L 1-4 vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (H) Ligat ha'Al · 7 Sep

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

Attack and defence ratings

AZ AlkmaarHapoel Beer Sheva
Attack 40 17 0.0 goals per match this season0.0 goals per match this season
Defence 29 54 1.0 conceded per match this season0.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League 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.

Head-to-head

AZ Alkmaar and Hapoel Beer Sheva have not met in our records since 2010.

Europa League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
17 Hapoel Beer Sheva 1 010 0:0 0 1
27 AZ Alkmaar 1 001 0:1 -1 0

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Europa League, League phase, matchday 2
Kick-off
Venue
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

Questions and answers

What was the score of AZ Alkmaar vs Hapoel Beer Sheva?

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Europa League (League phase, matchday 2) on Thursday 15 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for AZ Alkmaar vs Hapoel Beer Sheva right?

Yes: our result pick was AZ Alkmaar win, and the score after 90 minutes was 2-1. 6 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in AZ Alkmaar vs Hapoel Beer Sheva?

8 yellow cards (AZ Alkmaar 4, Hapoel Beer Sheva 4), no red cards and 6 corners (AZ Alkmaar 5, Hapoel Beer Sheva 1).

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