AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham Betting Tips [6 March 2025]

For the second time in the Europa League this season, AZ Alkmaar faces Tottenham Hotspur. The two will meet in Alkmaar for the first leg of their last 16 tie. Read on for our prediction of the match.

The hosts are playing at this level for the first time in more than a decade. Given their poor run against English teams, this doesn’t look great for AZ. The Dutch side has suffered five straight defeats against Premier League sides.

That run includes a 1-0 loss to Tottenham in London, in the league stage. With four straight home wins though, AZ will be confident of ending that poor run.

Tottenham aren’t having a great season and were it not for their firepower in attack, their season would have already crumbled. This competition offers their only hope for silverware as well as participation in Europe next season.

At the moment, they are 13th in the Premier League and already dumped out of the FA Cup and League Cup. Right ahead of this game, they lost for the 14th time in the league, falling 1-0 to Manchester City.

That marked a third loss in their last five matches. They’ve also lost twice in their last three away matches and in the Europa League Spurs have two wins only in the last five away from home.

Tottenham are having a really poor season and their only glimmer of hope happens to be the Europa League. They are languishing in 13th place in the Premier League, in what is already their worst league performance in 15 years.

AZ will look at Spurs' troubles, especially in recent matches, as an opportunity to rise in Europe. The Dutch side has a good run at home which should lift them here. Our prediction for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham Hotspur is for AZ to win.