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AZ Alkmaar vs Manchester Utd Prediction & Betting tips
In a non-sold-out stadium of ADO, AZ will face the fallen English superpower Manchester United on Thursday evening. Can AZ continue its good line against a B-team of the English?
AZ:
AZ is running at full speed this season. Under the leadership of Arne Slot, only one of the fifteen official games was lost this season, three preliminary rounds of the Europa League were survived – against BK Hacken, Mariupol and Antwerp FC – and the Eredivisie team is in third place with only one one point behind PSV and Ajax. The Alkmaarders are widely praised by their front trio Calvin Stengs, Myron Boadu and Oussama Idrissi, but it is the defense that can provide the most impressive figures. The Alkmaarders remained the last three league games without a goal against and goalkeeper Marco Bizot kept his goal clean ten times this season. It can therefore be assured that the Alkmaarders are in blood form and that United cannot be hit at a better time.
AZ kicked off the group stage with a 2-2 tie visit to Partizan Belgrade, which can be called a great achievement considering that Arne Slot’s team played almost three-quarters of the match with a man less due to a red card from Jonas Svensson . With ten men, Partizan turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 lead by two hits from Bibras Natcho, but in the second half AZ straightened out and came alongside via Myron Boadu. Stengs and Boadu each scored and prepared each other’s goal. Against United, although starting with a B-team, the Alkmaar fans hope again for a whim of the three men in the front.
Manchester United:
For Manchester United, the mid-week trip to The Hague to take on the Europa League against AZ feels like a nuisance interruption of competition obligations. Last Monday, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team played the top match against Arsenal, which ended in 1-1. Strong holders like David de Gea, Harry Maguire, Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford must be at their best in the competition and the overcrowded program – Sunday sees the competition match against Newcastle United on the roll again – United enters the Europa League with a B team. It
would not be surprising if no name from the basic line-up against Arsenal made its appearance in The Hague. In the first group match against Astana, there were, among other things, basic places for the talents Talith Chong, Mason Greenwood, Angel Gomes and Axel Tuanzebe, supplemented with reserves such as Sergio Romero, Fred and Marcos Rojo. Against AZ again a mix of youth with substitutes will come into action. The stars are saved for Sunday, because it is clear that the priority of United is not in the Europa League.
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| Prediction: | Both teams to score / YES |
| Selection odds: | 1,70 |
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