In this week 26 match, on Sun Mar 19th, FC Twente hosts AZ Alkmaar at De Grolsch Veste in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, FC Twente recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Fortuna Sittard. Václav Černý scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 67th minute, then Manfred Ugalde added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Michel Vlap At the end of 90 a dissapointed Fortuna Sittard couldn’t manage to score, and FC Twente took the shutout win. FC Twente is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against FC Groningen. Jesper Karlsson struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 4th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, FC Groningen couldn’t muster any offence and AZ Alkmaar ran away with the shutout win. AZ Alkmaar is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sep 11th, AZ Alkmaar and FC Twente battled to a 1-1 draw. Jens Odgaard scored the first goal for AZ Alkmaar in the 54th minute, then in the 81st minute, Joshua Brenet sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Manfred Ugalde earning them at least the one point.
AZ Alkmaar’s most prolific scorer has been Jesper Karlsson. The Swedish attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Manfred Ugalde and Václav Černý have been the hottest scorers for FC Twente in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals
Ron Jans’s squad will be without Wout Brama, Michal Sadílek, and Przemysław Tytoń, while Pascal Jansen’s AZ Alkmaar squad will be without Zinho Vanheusden, Dani De Wit, Riechedly Bazoer and Bruno Martins Indi.