Week 32 brings us a match on May 8th, where AZ Alkmaar will host Ajax at Afas Stadion in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 5th placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sparta Rotterdam. Vangelis Pavlidis struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 48th minute on a feed from Zakaria Aboukhlal, but Vito van Crooy got the equalizer for Sparta Rotterdam in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Sparta Rotterdam. AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while ajax sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against PEC Zwolle. Dušan Tadić scored the first goal for Ajax in the 30th minute, then Davy Klaassen added another in the 51st minute In the end, PEC Zwolle couldn’t muster any offence and Ajax ran away with the shutout win. Ajax is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10.
On the 3rd of March, AZ Alkmaar hosted Ajax at the Afas Stadion in their last match together. Ajax won by a score of 2 to 0. Steven Berghuis struck first for Ajax in the 11th minute, then Davy Klaassen added another in the 89th minute on a feed from Nicolás Tagliafico In the end, AZ Alkmaar was frustrated by Ajax’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ajax ended the match with the shutout victory.
Davy Klaassen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Ajax. AZ Alkmaar’s top weapon lately has been Vangelis Pavlidis, who has three goals in the last 5 matches
Mohamed Taabouni is unavailable to play for Pascal Jansen’s team, while Lisandro Martínez, Noussair Mazraoui, André Onana, Zakaria Labyad, Lucas Fasson dos Santos and Rensch are unavailable to play for Ajax.