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Heracles vs AZ Alkmaar Prediction & Betting tips
In Alkmaar one looks undoubtedly more to next week than the meeting with Heracles Almelo. For the hosts, this is perhaps the right time to meet the club from Alkmaar.
Heracles Almelo:
In Almelo you experience a carefree season. Trainer John Stegeman and his team have won four matches for the season with enough points to keep the relegation ghost in Almelo. Where that other club in the region is doing very badly, Heracles won a place in the middle. A great achievement, since the club from Almelo has a smaller budget than for example FC Twente or FC Groningen. These teams gained significantly fewer points.
Last weekend, the Almeloans had the task to keep the number two of the competition of scoring. In the first half it was amazing how Heracles managed to keep the zero. Time and time again the Ajax players came up with decent opportunities but mostly the sharpness was missing or was the Heracles goalkeeper Bram Castro in the way. After a long hour of play, the ban was broken.
Right on the outside, David Neres scored on Hakim Ziyech’s request. For Stegeman and his team, this goal was extra acid, as there was more than one outdoor play. Despite the fact that the team from Amsterdam was much better (Ajax aimed 35 times towards the goal of Heracles, the other way only four times), Heracles felt somewhat robbed.
AZ Alkmaar:
In Alkmaar the sights are on the race of 22 April. That Sunday the Alkmaarders take on reigning champion Feyenoord. The Rotterdammers are the direct opponent that day in the final of the KNVB Cup. The fact that the focus is more on that game is also fueled because AZ can not actually rise or fall in the ranking.
That AZ has a hard time this year against the traditional top three, was again underlined last Saturday. The Alkmaarders came in the game with leader PSV, although leading 2-0, after the games they were again empty-handed against a top club. With a 2-0 lead, PSV started to play very well, where the team of John van den Brom did not really have an answer.
The same Van den Brom commented openly at the address of referee Kevin Blom after the match. According to the coach, AZ has already been disadvantaged a number of times this season by the leader. For Van den Brom a reason to express this openly. The KNVB then saw another reason to suspend the trainer for a match. Van den Brom thus takes place in the stands during this game.
Heracles vs AZ Alkmaar head to head matches
09.12.17 ERE AZ Alkmaar Heracles 5 : 0
14.04.17 ERE Heracles AZ Alkmaar 1 : 2
27.11.16 ERE AZ Alkmaar Heracles 5 : 1
13.02.16 ERE Heracles AZ Alkmaar 3 : 6
26.09.15 ERE AZ Alkmaar Heracles 3 : 1