In this 16th week match, on Sat Jan 14th, SC Heerenveen will host AZ Alkmaar in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, SC Heerenveen recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against RKC Waalwijk. Neither RKC Waalwijk nor SC Heerenveen could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 18 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Vitesse. Vangelis Pavlidis struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 77th minute on a feed from Jens Odgaard, but Mohamed Sankoh got the equalizer for Vitesse in the 87th minute earning them at least the one point. With 17 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season AZ Alkmaar won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 losss.
AZ Alkmaar’s top weapon lately has been Jesper Karlsson, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. SC Heerenveen is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sydney van Hooijdonk and Milan van Ewijk each only have 1 goal in their last five.