In this week 20 match, on Saturday Feb 4th, FC Volendam will host AZ Alkmaar at Kras Stadion in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, FC Volendam recorded a 3-2 win against FC Groningen. Gaetano Oristanio struck first for FC Volendam in the 21st minute, but Johan Hove got the equalizer for FC Groningen in the 50th minute , but luckily for FC Volendam it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. FC Volendam is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 5-5 draw against FC Utrecht. Douvikas struck first for FC Utrecht in the 12th minute, then Douvikas added another in the 16th minute on a feed from Can Bozdogan. With 17 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sun Oct 30th, AZ Alkmaar hosted FC Volendam in their last match together. AZ Alkmaar won by a score of 2 to 1. Jens Odgaard struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 20th minute on a feed from Yukinari Sugawara, then Tijani Reijnders added another in the 40th minute.
AZ Alkmaar is glad to have Vangelis Pavlidis in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 6 goals. FC Volendam hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Florent da Silva and Xavier Mbuyamba, and they each have 1 goal
Wim Jonk’s FC Volendam squad will be without Francesco Antonucci, while Dani De Wit and Bruno Martins Indi are unavailable to play for Pascal Jansen’s team.