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AZ Alkmaar vs Venlo Prediction & Betting tips
AZ Alkmaar is the home team on Sunday afternoon in the game against VVV Venlo. Will there be the simple Alkmaar victory that the odds are hinting at?
AZ Alkmaar:
AZ Alkmaar forced qualification for the sixteenth finals of the Europa League last Thursday. However, it was not easy for the Noord-Hollanders, in their home match against Partizan Belgrade. After a 0-2 deficit and a red card for Myron Boadu, it was perfectly possible to tie 2-2 in the absolute final phase. With two hits, Ferdy Druijf was the celebrated man on the side of the Alkmaarders.
The fact that AZ had to hit two goals was remarkable, as goalkeeper Marco Bizot had not passed in the six games before that. In the fourteen league matches, Bizot gave up only eight goals. Half of those goals were in the home match against SC Heerenveen (2-4). For Sunday’s game, coach Arne Slot has to make a line-up without Pantelis Hatzidiakos. The defender dropped out against Partizan with a (serious) injury. Ron Vlaar is also still not available.
VVV Venlo:
For VVV Venlo, a disastrous series finally came to an end last weekend. With interim coach Jay Driessen – who succeeded Robert Maaskant – on the bench, a victory was booked in their own stadium. After a difficult start FC Twente in Limburg was defeated (2-1). In terms of quality, it was not too special what the yellow blacks showed, but no one bothered at VVV. The three points were particularly welcome in the fight against relegation.
“There will come a time when they will drop points once,” Driessen looked ahead to the VVV’s own media this week against the upcoming opponent of his team. “It is up to us to do everything in our power to force them to lose points on Sunday,” said the interim trainer, who has a fair choice of available players. There were some doubts, but they all seem capable of making Sunday minutes for the Venlo team.
AZ Alkmaar vs Venlo head to head matches
16.02.19 ERE AZ Alkmaar Venlo 3 : 0
25.11.18 ERE Venlo AZ Alkmaar 2 : 2
31.10.18 KNV AZ Alkmaar Venlo 2 : 0
10.02.18 ERE AZ Alkmaar Venlo 0 : 0
03.12.17 ERE Venlo AZ Alkmaar 0 : 2