Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Heracles
Match Time & Date:
14 September 2025
13:30
Prediction: 1-2
AZ
Asito Stadium will host Sunday’s football game between Heracles and AZ Alkmaar. The Black and Whites made a slow start to the season, with the team losing each of their first four games of the process. Given Heracles’ shaky defence, home win should not be considered. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the home team, both Yvandro Sanches and Thomas Bruns are pushing for recalls to the starting XI.
The Cheese Farmers, on the other hand, aim to build on hard-fought 1-0 win over NAC Breda. Given Heracles’ defensive struggles and lack of confidence, we predict that the visitors are going to pick up all three points from the match. Bear in mind, though, that important AZ Alkmaar attacker Troy Parrott continues to miss out with a knee injury. Last time out, Heracles defeated AZ Alkmaar 1-0 at Asito Stadium, meaning that the visitors are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Team (AZ):
AZ Alkmaar are a professional football club that play their home matches at AFAS Stadion. The venue was opened on 4 August, 2006 and the construction of the stadium cost €38 million. AFAS Stadion is able to hold 17 023 spectators.
The Cheeseheads were founded on 10 May, 1967 and they won their first trophy in 1981, finishing the season 12 points clear of Dutch giants Ajax. 18 years later AZ clinched their second Eredivisie trophy, with the team finishing the 2008/2009 campaign with 80 points, 11 clear of second-placed Twente. In 1981 the club made it to the UEFA Cup final, but English side Ipswich Town proved to be a big catch for the Dutch team.
AZ’s home kits are red and white and they wear black shirts when playing on the road. The likes of Shota Arveladze, Jozy Altidore, Ron Vlaar, Joris Mathijsen, Graziano Pelle, Simon Poulsen, Moussa Dembele and Sergio Romero are notable footballers who played for AZ in the past.
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