Europa League: Ararat Armenia vs AZ Alkmaar – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Europa League game between Ararat Armenia and AZ Alkmaar who meet up on Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

As the early season favourites, Ararat Armenia will look to justify their title credentials on Thursday when they take on AZ Alkmaar for a round 3 match in the Europa League.

Form: Ararat Armenia vs AZ Alkmaar

Ararat Armenia Form

Ararat Armenia have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 1-0 victory against Universitatea Craiova. Unable to follow that up, they went down 1-4 against Sparta Prague, before handing over another win to Jagiellonia Bialystok in a 3-1 defeat. Ararat Armenia didn’t manage a single win in any of their previous six Europa League games at the Republican Stadium – Vazgen Sargsyan. They have a record of zero draws and one defeats, in which they conceded four and scored one goals.

AZ Alkmaar Form

In their last three matches, AZ Alkmaar lost 2-0 against Feyenoord, won 2-1 against Hapoel Beer Sheva, and drew 2-2 with Cambuur. AZ Alkmaar are winless in their last six away games in the Europa League, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 13 goals while scoring eight themselves.

Betting stats and facts for Ararat Armenia and AZ Alkmaar

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Ararat Armenia and AZ Alkmaar played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Ararat Armenia vs AZ Alkmaar

As the new Europa League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Ararat Armenia and AZ Alkmaar this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Popular markets: Ararat Armenia vs AZ Alkmaar

Full-time result

Ararat Armenia won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Republican Stadium – Vazgen Sargsyan. They drew two and lost three as well, while AZ Alkmaar won four of their last 10 games away. They drew four and lost two.

Both teams to score

Ararat Armenia scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. AZ Alkmaar scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. AZ Alkmaar managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Ararat Armenia, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of AZ Alkmaar’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches.