“AZ Alkmaar are strong favorites as the higher-ranked Eredivisie side playing at home in Europa League, despite recent poor form (0 pts from 1 match).”

“AZ Alkmaar is at home and has shown stronger recent form with three wins in their last six, while Hapoel Beer Sheva has only one recent match, a 0-0 draw, suggesting limited attacking threat.”

“Without probabilities or ratings, it's hard to make a strong prediction.”

“AZ have failed to score in their last two matches (0-2, 0-1) and Hapoel drew 0-0 in their only other Europa League game, indicating a low-scoring affair where both teams may not score.”

“Both sides show very low recent European form (Hapoel 0-0 on 2026-09-16; AZ lost 0-1 and 0-2 in recent matches) and table standing is tight (Hapoel 1pt pos17 vs AZ 0pt pos24), so a low-scoring draw looks likeliest.”

“AZ Alkmaar home form shows 2W 1D in last 3 home games with mixed scoring; Hapoel has only a 0-0 draw and leads the EL table 17th (1pt) over AZ 24th (0pts).”

“AZ Alkmaar have home advantage and superior recent form (3W-1D-2L in last 6) compared to Hapoel Beer Sheva's single draw.”

“Home team has a stronger recent form and is expected to win, with our model indicating a higher probability for a home win; the away team is in a poor table position with only 1 point.”

“AZ Alkmaar has stronger recent form (3 wins in last 6) and home advantage.”

“AZ Alkmaar have stronger recent form with 3 wins in 6, including high-scoring games, while Hapoel Beer Sheva drew their only match.”