AZ Alkmaar vs Juventus prediction and preview

AZ Alkmaar vs Juventus

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 20:00 UTC · AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar

AZ Alkmaar · Juventus · Europa League predictions

AZ Alkmaar welcome Juventus at AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar on Thursday 5 November 2026 (20:00 UTC) in the Europa League. AZ Alkmaar are 10th in the table with 6 points from 3, while Juventus sit 7th on 7 points after 3 matches.

AZ Alkmaar come into the game with a W-W-L run in the league (2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in their last 3), while Juventus's recent sequence reads W-L-W-D-L. Over their last 3, AZ Alkmaar have scored 2.0 and conceded 0.7 goals per game, with 2 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 1. Juventus average 1.3 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

AZ Alkmaar list 5 absentees, including Kees Smit (injury), Jeroen Zoet (injury) and Jizz Hornkamp (injury). Kees Smit has featured heavily in recent matches. Juventus list 9 absentees, including Manuel Locatelli (injury), Zeki Çelik (injury) and Weston McKennie (injury). Manuel Locatelli and Zeki Çelik have featured heavily in recent matches. Damian Sylwestrzak is the appointed referee. Across 24 earlier matches in our data the average is 5.3 yellow cards per game and 0.4 penalties per game, and home sides won 63% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make Juventus favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.