In this 19th week match, on Saturday Jan 28th, AZ Alkmaar plays host to FC Utrecht in a clash of the Eredivisie. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 2nd placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 3-1 win against Fortuna Sittard. Dani De Wit struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 4th minute, then Burak Yılmaz tied it up for Fortuna Sittard in the 11th minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 8th placed FC Utrecht, recorded a 0-2 loss against FC Twente. Václav Černý scored the first goal for FC Twente in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Virgil Misidjan added another in the 64th minute on a feed from Gijs Smal In the end, FC Utrecht couldn’t muster any offence and FC Twente ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches FC Utrecht should be reasonably happy with their performance.
FC Utrecht and AZ Alkmaar last played eachother at the Stadion Galgenwaard on the 9th of October. AZ Alkmaar won by a score of 2 to 1. struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 31st minute, then Yukinari Sugawara added another in the 68th minute on a feed from Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
Both Jens Toornstra and Sander van de Streek have been the hottest scorers for FC Utrecht in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. For AZ Alkmaar, their top scorers are Vangelis Pavlidis and Dani De Wit, each having 3 goals in their last five matches
Bruno Martins Indi is unavailable to play for AZ Alkmaar, while Michael Kappelgaard Silberbauer’s squad will be without Jens Toornstra, Bart Ramselaar, Django Warmerdam, Sander van de Streek and Ramon Hendriks.