On Oct 30th, AZ Alkmaar will host FC Volendam at Afas Stadion in a clash of the Eredivisie. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 4th placed AZ Alkmaar, recorded a 1-2 loss against Excelsior. Horemans struck first for Excelsior in the 6th minute on a feed from Marouan Azarkan, then Marouan Azarkan added another in the 31st minute on a feed from Lazaros Lamprou. With 20 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance, while fC Volendam sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against SC Heerenveen. Sydney van Hooijdonk scored the first goal for SC Heerenveen in the 24th minute, then in the 43rd minute, Carel Eiting sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Robert Muhren. FC Volendam looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
For FC Volendam, their top scorers are and El Kadiri, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Both Jens Odgaard and Yukinari Sugawara have been the hottest scorers for AZ Alkmaar in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Pascal Jansen’s AZ Alkmaar squad will be without Hakon Evjen and Bruno Martins Indi, while Wim Jonk’s squad will be without Francesco Antonucci.