On Sunday Sep 11th, AZ Alkmaar will host FC Twente at Afas Stadion in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, AZ Alkmaar recorded a 3-0 shutout win against FC Emmen. Jens Odgaard struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 21st minute on a feed from Jordy Clasie, then Dani De Wit added another in the 27th minute In the end, FC Emmen couldn’t muster any offence and AZ Alkmaar ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance, while fC Twente sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against PSV. Václav Černý scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 17th minute, then Václav Černý added another in the 24th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, AZ Alkmaar was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Ricky van Wolfswinkel scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 48th minute on a penalty, but Julio Pleguezuelo got the equalizer for AZ Alkmaar on an own goal in the 63rd minute on a penalty Finally they completed the comback in the 82nd minute on a goal by Vangelis Pavlidis to cap off a wild match.
FC Twente is fortunate enough to have Václav Černý in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. For AZ Alkmaar, their top scorers are Vangelis Pavlidis and Dani De Wit, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
AZ Alkmaar will be without Zinho Vanheusden, Riechedly Bazoer, Bruno Martins Indi and Jesper Karlsson, while Michel Vlap, Julio Pleguezuelo and Michal Sadílek are unavailable to play for Ron Jans’s team.