AZ Alkmaar host Hapoel Be'er looking for first points

The gap in the standings

AZ sit twenty-fifth with zero points from one played. Hapoel Be'er Sheva are eighteenth with one point from one played, though the table is bunched tight at this stage, Juventus lead on three points and a goal difference of five. A win would lift AZ to three points from two. A draw would leave them on one point from two; defeat keeps them on zero.

For the visitors, victory would mean four points from two matches and a significant early cushion. A draw takes them to two points, a defeat leaves them on one. The market-implied probabilities favour the home side heavily, a 70.8 per cent chance of an AZ win, 17.3 per cent for a draw and 11.9 per cent for a Hapoel Be'er Sheva victory.

Recent form

AZ have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five recent matches. They won against TEL and HEE, drew with WIL, and lost to FEY and SUN. Hapoel Be'er Sheva have won three, drawn one and lost one across the same span, victories over RSB twice and SAB, a draw with DZG, and a defeat to SAB. The contrasting records feed into the pre-match probability spread, though both sides have shown they can win and both have dropped points in the last month.

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